Quick's 2014-15 Mask

[Captain Mittens*]

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[Bandit]

Great goalie, but his masks have always been meh. Whatever, the guy could wear a solid pink helmet for all I care.

 

[MollerManor]

Simple, but iconic.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I love that he more or less keeps the same design. Would be neat to see what the differences are this time around.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

I love that he more or less keeps the same design. Would be neat to see what the differences are this time around.

I know the internet lies sometimes, but this was supposedly taken during Game 5 against NY

 

[Captain Mittens*]

and this is supposedly before Game 2 of the WCF

 

[kingsholygrail]

I like the changes. Wonder what's written on the band at his forehead. It was just black before.

 

[Bandit]

I like the changes. Wonder what's written on the band at his forehead. It was just black before.

Looks like "Los Angeles"

 

[Scottkmlps]

Looks like they added a mesh/graphite look to the slots in the knights helmet.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I know the internet lies sometimes, but this was supposedly taken during Game 5 against NY

No Stanley Cup Final patch on his jersey. The internet did lie.

Here are some nice shots of Quick from the Final.

 

[KingsHockey24]

I would need a side by side comparison photo to see the difference. Looks the same.

I was hoping Quick would change it up this year.. make it look like Ersberg's.

 

[Whiskeypete]

he makes very slight changes. to the point that it is difficult to notice without having them side by side to compare.

iirc the back plate last year was when he added the LA graphic. i remember him switching it out between period's in a game because of a fit issue. he went back to his old one iirc

this year's mask has Kings crown logos on the forehead crown and the backplate, last year's mask didn't have that. the painted cut out notches on this year's mask now has a mesh type design worked into them. last year's mask were just full black with nothing in them.

it is small cosmetic changes like these are what he seems to do. is it the coolest design out there? no. what it does though (especially if he continues this), will be over time establish an image that will be iconic with J Quick. in 20 years from now you will think of the Knights helmet design as being JQ. the same way us old farts can identify and recall other iconic masks of keepers.

Beezers cat mask, Dryden's oval striped mask, Cheevers stitches mask, Roy's 'Lanche mask, Brodeur's NJ devil tail mask, Parent's all white with 2 Flyers logos only, etc.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

No Stanley Cup Final patch on his jersey. The internet did lie.

I did notice that but decided that the picture didn't show enough of his jersey to determine if it was there or not

 

[cyclones22]

Yep, Quick's masks are always understated. He could put the number of Stanley Cups won somewhere on it, but that wouldn't really fit with his personality. I seem to remember a goaltender back in the day who did something to that effect, but I may be misremembering.

 

[Riofan]

Little trip down memory lane:

I remember when Quick first got called up and he had palm trees on the back of the knight's mask. I think Quick might have used the image to motivate him to where he aspired to be.

But General Manager Dean Lombardi jokingly said he doesn't like Quick's mask, which is decorated in the back with an artist's rendering of palm trees and a goalie silhouetted against a California sunset. The front is painted to resemble a knight's visor.

"This mask does not make me very happy. I'm not sure I like the palm trees," Lombardi said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/12/kings-update--1.html

 

[FrozenKing18]

I've always liked the Knight design.

 

[kingsfan28]

He tried a new mask, very similar to his new 2014-15 before the playoffs started but after the first two losses, ditched it and went back to his reg season mask. It seemed to have worked switching back.

 

[kingsfan28]

I would need a side by side comparison photo to see the difference. Looks the same.

I was hoping Quick would change it up this year.. make it look like Ersberg's.

One of the differences is around the front rivets. This year he has crowns, last years were diamonds.

 

[kingsfan28]

I like the changes. Wonder what's written on the band at his forehead. It was just black before.

"Los Cucarachas!"

 

[EmperorPenguin]

Yep, Quick's masks are always understated. He could put the number of Stanley Cups won somewhere on it, but that wouldn't really fit with his personality. I seem to remember a goaltender back in the day who did something to that effect, but I may be misremembering.

Grant Fuhr had little Stanley Cups on the back plate of his goalie mask when I believe he was in LA. I might have the team wrong but I'm certain it was Fuhr.

 

[kingsfan28]

Grant Fuhr had little Stanley Cups on the back plate of his goalie mask when I believe he was in LA. I might have the team wrong but I'm certain it was Fuhr.

Martin Brodeur has cup logos on his backplate as well.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Little trip down memory lane:

I remember when Quick first got called up and he had palm trees on the back of the knight's mask. I think Quick might have used the image to motivate him to where he aspired to be.

I totally forgot about that

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Grant Fuhr had little Stanley Cups on the back plate of his goalie mask when I believe he was in LA. I might have the team wrong but I'm certain it was Fuhr.

Those weren't Stanley Cups, it was just bottles of alcohol to commemorate how many he'd have before each night when he was with the Kings. He was such a lousy piece of **** here.