tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post2793649039318167296..comments2024-03-08T23:13:42.780-06:00Comments on Hockey Blog In Canada: How Plante Changed The WorldTeebzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538474727022437837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-55834157917548269072009-11-09T18:16:17.643-06:002009-11-09T18:16:17.643-06:00I've always been partial to Patrick Roy's ...I've always been partial to Patrick Roy's Habs mask. This is most likely due to my love of les canadiens but also because like Brodeur it was a simple yet modern design. Most masks today look overly jumbled and don't look 'uniform' to the team. Roy's was rich in colour, unique yet blended in. It's one of the reason I like Luongo's throwback mask more than anything else out there these days.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565630433382572677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-13179655043619638252009-11-02T17:50:33.867-06:002009-11-02T17:50:33.867-06:00The irony is that Gratton got his idea from thumbi...The irony is that Gratton got his idea from thumbing through the pages of a National Geographic. He saw it, and commissioned the work to be done.<br /><br />All of the masks that involve a real nature scene, though, seem to be some of the best. Brian Hayward's Sharks mask, for example.Teebzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538474727022437837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-447779902596211352009-11-02T12:39:21.820-06:002009-11-02T12:39:21.820-06:00Greatest goalie mask ever - Gilles Gratton's L...Greatest goalie mask ever - Gilles Gratton's Lion/Tiger mask. Years ahead of it's time.<br /><br />http://thirdstringgoalie.blogspot.com/2009/10/greatest-goalie-mask-ever.htmlJeffBhttp://thirdstringgoalie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-20301773188515718422009-11-02T11:27:35.310-06:002009-11-02T11:27:35.310-06:00As a child of the 70's and 80's my picks a...As a child of the 70's and 80's my picks are biased, but I'll do my best. Also, if you look up "Islander Homer" in the hockey dictionary, you will see my face.<br /><br />#1 - No mask to this day beats Gary Bromley's Cannucks mask.<br /><br />#2 - Gilles Gratton's Ranger mask. All is forgiven for being a Smurf if you sport a mask that cool looking.<br /><br />#3 - of course Smitty's NY Islander mask from his 77-78 season.<br /><br />#4 Gilles Meloche's Baron's mask. Don't remember much about the old club from Cleveland, but this mask was cool.<br /><br />#5 Liut's Stinger mask. Don't know much about anything from the WHA, but a sharp looking mask.<br /><br />The rest in no particular order:<br /><br />Beaupre's Caps mask from 92-93. I really like this one since everyone was wearing cat's eye masks by this time. Don always wore that weird cage since he was North Star and seemed to have kept it when he switched up to a mask. I wore a Badger when I was a kid and playing on a team named the "Capitals" I had mine painted just like his.<br /><br />Eddie Belfour's Hawks mask from the 89-90 season. Felix Potvin (Leafs) and Cujo (Blues) sported some sharp looking masks. I liked Richter's Ranger mask from 93-94, even though the Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey.Dondihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905982497854771142noreply@blogger.com