The 50 Best Goalie Mask Designs in NHL History
After experimenting with designs off the ice for months, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante felt he had found the right kind of goalie mask to use
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In the Crease: Varlamov shining Then, as expected, the other shoe dropped, and the Nashville Predators put four pucks past him on Sunday. Of the two, Mason has the higher profile as the |
Upon Vokoun’s leaving for the Sunshine State after the 2006-2007 season, Mason stepped up and assumed the role of full time starter. He was a UFA at the end of the season, and with Dan Ellis and rookie Pekka Rinne coming up through the system, the Predators let him walk. 18 GAA in the seventeen games that he played in. After the lock-out, he took over the full position of back-up, with a. 913 SV% and 2. Nashville has a certain reputation with starting goaltenders. Dan Ellis and Pekka Rinne come to mind usually the most quickly, because both goalies are still with the Predators (albeit in a 1A/1B tandem). Mason had played 40 games the prior season, with a. 925 SV% and a 2. Solid and impressive first year followed by a middling second with the team, which is promptly followed by the starter becoming the back-up, and the back-up becoming the starter. But what of the goaltender that Ellis dethroned....