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  2. Goaltender mask - Wikipedia

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    A baseball catcher wearing a mask modeled after the goaltender mask. In recent years, baseball catchers have begun wearing facemasks similar in style to goaltender masks. Charlie O'Brien was the first to use a hockey-style catcher's mask in a Major League Baseball game in 1996 while playing for the Toronto Blue Jays. [22]

  3. Ice hockey goaltending equipment - Wikipedia

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    The first modern goaltender mask was pioneered by professional goaltender Jacques Plante. Early masks were constructed from fiberglass and were molded to the shape of the wearer's face. These became less popular in the year 1969 in North America when a series of severe and career ending injuries struck down many NHL goaltenders using molded ...

  4. Jacques Plante - Wikipedia

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    Plante subsequently designed his own and other goaltenders' masks. [40] He was not the first NHL goaltender known to wear a face mask. Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict wore a crude leather version in 1930 to protect a broken nose, but Plante introduced the mask as everyday equipment, and it is now mandatory equipment for goaltenders. [41]

  5. NHL players are refining the art of the bank shot via ... - AOL

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    Maybe banking shots in off a goalie's mask was the inevitable next step in a league that saw its first “Michigan” — the lacrosse-style goal done from behind the net — only in 2019.

  6. Butterfly style - Wikipedia

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    Glenn Hall is generally thought to be the first goaltender to react to shots by dropping to his knees. This was remarkable because he did it without a mask. [4] Other contemporaries, such as Terry Sawchuk and Jacques Plante (who, while not having invented the goalie mask, is credited with having popularized it) relied mostly on the stand-up style.

  7. Clint Benedict - Wikipedia

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    He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) to wear a face mask. He led league goaltenders in shutouts seven times over his professional career. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Benedict played for the Ottawa Stars Lacrosse Club, winning the City Championship in 1911.

  8. Ice hockey equipment - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Plante was the first regular user of the goalie mask; Clint Benedict used a crude leather version in 1928 to protect a broken nose. The goalie mask evolved to Vladislav Tretiak design, the first helmet, and cage combo. Considered primitive by today's standard, that sort of mask is used by Chris Osgood.

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    Dr. Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask for $455. Dyson Airwrap for $490. Dyson Airstrait Straightener for $499. Gifts for the gamer. Meta. Meta Quest 3S Virtual Reality.

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