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James Reimer wearing a goaltender mask Braden Holtby wears a goaltender mask, protecting his head from an incoming shot on goal from Bryan Rust.. A goaltender mask, commonly referred to as a goalie mask, is a mask worn by goaltenders in a variety of sports to protect the head and face from injury from the ball or puck, as they constantly face incoming shots on goal.
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 .
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. Plante actually tried the butterfly style when sharing goaltending duties with Glenn Hall in St. Louis, but cautioned others against its use except under ...
Clinton Stevenson "Praying Benny" Benedict (September 26, 1892 – November 12, 1976) was a Canadian professional lacrosse goalie, ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) to wear a face mask ...
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Liverpool's first-team wearing the 2012–13 season home kit made by Warrior. In April 2011, Warrior Sports reportedly signed a sponsorship agreement for Liverpool worth £25 million per season as of the 2012–13 season while Carlsberg reduced their annual sponsorship to just half of that, overtaking the English club record of £23.3 million paid by Nike for supplying Manchester United and ...
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Windsor Clippers Jr. B goalie wearing field-style helmet (2014). Box goalies wear two different types of helmets. One type is the standard field lacrosse helmet, the other is the ice hockey mask. Field masks [12] have strongly reinforced face masks, thick like the bars on a football helmet and also offer a wider range of vision than a hockey ...