What Happened To Goalie Masks

[Mr. Met]

What happened to goalie masks? They all seem full of small details rather than iconic simple masks like Eddie Belfours eagle mask, CUJOs wolf masks, Brodeurs simple NJD mask.

What is your favourite goalie helmet art for this season?

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[Romang67]

DaveArt happened.

 

[Hallonbroder]

DaveArt happened.

Worst thing that ever happened to the NHL tbh

 

[Gerulaitis]

I miss the days when goalies played maskless.

#TerrySawchuk

 

[Matti_A]

Anton Forsberg has a nice mask, one of the very few that looks good on the television.

 

[Realgud]

Worst thing that ever happened to the NHL tbh

Slightly joking but yeah I agree with the op. I miss the simpler and more iconic masks that you can recognize from a distance. Now it seems to be more about the details which is nice if you're holding the mask yourself but on TV, and when quickly glancing at the goalie, it's those simpler designs that stand out.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Goalies are able to put small details on them that mean something to them. Some prefer that to something that just looks cool. Kind of too bad it died out, but it will probably come back at some point.

Who had the first shark bite mask? Was that Hackett? That was a good one.

 

[Oilslick941611]

What happened to goalie masks? They all seem full of small details rather than iconic simple masks like Eddie Belfours eagle mask, CUJOs wolf masks, Brodeurs simple NJD mask.

What is your favourite goalie helmet art for this season?

Dave Art happened.

DaveArt happened.

My thoughts exactly. I didn’t even read the thread past op but I said the same thing.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Not made by DaveArt.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Just the ebbs and flows of fashion. Cujo and Ed Belfour had my favourites.

 

[PWiz30]

Jake Allen's masks are pretty simple. Pretty unique for a goalie to have home and away masks too.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

I always liked Luongo's masks. Particularly the pink panther in his first stint with Florida.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Jake Allen's mask has very Marty mask vibes. I love both of Marky's masks.

Scott Clemmensen's Felix Potvin ripoff mask is one of my favorite Devils masks of all time.

Kevin Weekes's mask with the Devils was sick. So was Yann Danis's Devils mask from 09-10.

 

[Cleetus]

I loved Arturs Irbe mask it was simple but I loved the look of it lol

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

What happened to goalie masks? They all seem full of small details rather than iconic simple masks like Eddie Belfours eagle mask, CUJOs wolf masks, Brodeurs simple NJD mask.

What is your favourite goalie helmet art for this season?

Needs more Andy Moog in the OP

Was way ahead of Cujo, I’d guess around the same time as Belfour’s eagle mask

Always liked Fiset’s igloo mask w/ the Nordiques

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

I loved Arturs Irbe mask it was simple but I loved the look of it lol
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IIRC, by the end of his career he had to put out postings in Pennysavers and magazines to solicit replacement masks, since they'd been out of production for years.

 

[shello]

Now that you mention it, I can’t remember the last time I saw a memorable goalie mask

 

[Bowski]

The OG Cradle of Creativity

The modest man forgot about:
-Blast Processing
-Atari Jaguar 64-bit

...and much more

 

[Voight]

CuJo mask one of my all time favs, as is this case for most fans I'm sure.

 

[Leafidelity]

Came to say David Gunnarsson, I'm glad others came before to say the same.

The man has had a stranglehold on NHL masks for 25+ years, and has yet to understand how to make anything iconic.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I loved Arturs Irbe mask it was simple but I loved the look of it lol
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It’s so hideous it’s beautiful.

Jofa buckets were something else

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Jake Allen's masks are pretty simple. Pretty unique for a goalie to have home and away masks too.

Needs more lens flares

 

[Master P]

One of my favorites was Dwayne Roloson.

Sure I'm biased but I really thought it was a good mask design.

Thor helmet. (I think)

 

[Auston Marlander]

Wolls mask is more of a large piece than a bunch of small stuff, but still not iconic.