Hockey fans: Help Tingkai pick a goalie mask

Tingkai · March 25, 2003, 12:51

I've decided to buy a goalie mask and now I face the difficult choice of picking the right look. It's going to set me back about Cdn$400 so it ain't an easy choice.

Which one do you think I should buy?

These links show eight choices. I'll try to attach my top three favourites.

http://www.itech.com/gmask_pages/ima...goalie&format=

http://www.itech.com/gmask_pages/ima...goalie&format=

I like the native art look of the Canucks one.

Tingkai · March 25, 2003, 12:52

Being a Leafs fan, I naturally like this one

Tingkai · March 25, 2003, 12:53

Then there's the patriotic look

Spiffor · March 25, 2003, 12:58

Go with the red one. Red is beautiful.

DarthVeda · March 25, 2003, 13:00

I'd pick the red one.

notyoueither · March 25, 2003, 13:07

Get a plain white one and paint stitches on it where ever you get hit with a puck, stick, or skate.

Cheevers' old face plate was one of the best ever.

Kontiki · March 25, 2003, 13:27

Being a Leafs fan, you've already got problems.

I love the Canucks, but can't say I'm wild about their uniforms/masks/logos/etc.

You can never really go wrong with a Team Canada mask, altough those big "ITECH" ads are pretty crap.

RedFred · March 25, 2003, 13:30

What colour scheme is your uniform?

FrustratedPoet · March 25, 2003, 19:06

Paint it to look like Krusty the Klown, stick the hair on and everything ... that'd really psyche out the opposing players.
When someone's skating in on a penalty shot keep shouting "Hey Hey!", then throw a pie in his face.

Alternatively, you might want to go with the Leafs mask.

I think that's a stylish design.

cinch · March 25, 2003, 19:27

What about the Tommy Salo "Angry Viking" mask? That'as always a winner.

(As for the options given, I'll say... Team Canada.)

Pekka · March 25, 2003, 19:34

As a fan of Rangers, I like that mask. Also Canada mask is cool.

Ben Kenobi · March 25, 2003, 20:17

Paint over the ad, and go with the team Canada facemask.

Again, if you are a Leaf's fan there is no hope for you.

Krusty the Clown

notyoueither · March 25, 2003, 20:23

Ahh, come on! The wounded look is best.

Don't you agree?

Tingkai · March 25, 2003, 21:57

Dead on NYE. The Cheever's look is great. I hadn't thought about that in years. Could definitely be a possibility.

Those old goalies must have been really crazy to play with that kind of minimal protection. No protection for the eyes, throat, ears, back of the head. And the guys who played before Plante... I can't even imagine what it would have been liked to stand in goal without a mask while some guy like Rocket Richard fires a slapshot at me.

Kontiki: The Canucks look pretty good these days, but if you don't like the look just wait a year and they'll change it.

The Itech does suck.

Pekka: your're right, it does look good, but I'd never be caught dead wearing a Ranger's mask.

Guynemer · March 25, 2003, 23:46

I like the Vancouver one. The Tlingit-esque artwork is beautiful, and very distinctive.

Jaguar · March 26, 2003, 00:21

The leafs one.

cinch · March 26, 2003, 00:25

How about the ol' Hextall Nordique Polar Bear mask? No?

(if pic doesn't show up:
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/goaliem...extallmask.jpg )

notyoueither · March 26, 2003, 00:48

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Originally posted by Tingkai

Dead on NYE. The Cheever's look is great. I hadn't thought about that in years. Could definitely be a possibility.

Those old goalies must have been really crazy to play with that kind of minimal protection. No protection for the eyes, throat, ears, back of the head. And the guys who played before Plante... I can't even imagine what it would have been liked to stand in goal without a mask while some guy like Rocket Richard fires a slapshot at me.

That ain't the half of it. The story of where those face plates came from is better. You prolly know, but for the benefit of others...

The date was November 6, 1959. Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante had just been hit in the face with a puck during a game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. After a brief stay in the locker room Plante returned with two things: a host of fresh sutures and a fiberglass mask he had fashioned himself. The first goalie to wear a mask in a game since Clint Benedict in 1928 made 18 saves as the Canadiens beat the Rangers 8-2.

http://pathfinder.com/photo/gallery/sports/cap14.htm

Yes, prior to that goalies stood there with bare heads. Other goalies picked it up after Plante. Cheevers started 'decorating' the plain white surface, and the rest, as they say, is history...

The Mad Monk · March 26, 2003, 01:12

I like the blue and silver one.

Tingkai · March 26, 2003, 02:13

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Originally posted by cinch
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How about the ol' Hextall Nordique Polar Bear mask? No?

Could get the one. Found it at on the net.

Tingkai · March 26, 2003, 02:26

I don't like most of the like this, but this one is pretty good.

Imran Siddiqui · March 26, 2003, 12:16

The Canada one is the best.

Though the polar bear mouth one is pretty cool

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optimus2861 · March 26, 2003, 12:28

As a goalie myself, I'd go with the Team Canada one. Litte patriotism never hurts

. The black/red colour combo will match pretty well with most uniforms, too, aside from all-blue ones.

Sava · March 26, 2003, 12:58

I've never been a big fan of custom goalie masks... the plain old Dominick Hasek look is fine for me.

There was a kid I knew in high school who was obsessed with goalie masks. He sucked in net. OTOH, our goalie my junior and senior years didn't care about his mask, and he was voted the MVP of the Chicago Metro West league.