Player Discussion Robin Lehner – Part 1

[Howie Hodge]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres -

Correction: According to Rip Simonick, this is a mask from Paul Harrison who played for the #Sabres in 1981-82.

Robin Lehner says he hopes to wear the Harrison mask. “At least for warmups.” He says he’s borrowing it for a bit.

Desjardins did briefly wear a Paul Harrison styled mask, but it was painted. Most of his Sabres tenure he wore a white mask. After his eye injury he went with the cage.

 

[oldgoalie]

Desjardins did briefly wear a Paul Harrison styled mask, but it was painted. Most of his Sabres tenure he wore a white mask. After his eye injury he went with the cage.

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christ, it's been so long... I think his his white mask was made by Ernie Higgins; same guy that did Ed Giacomin's and so many others in that style. Paul Harrison did some in that same style as well.
It's the same style mask I wore playing in the 70s and into the 80s.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Is a straight up goalie mask even allowed to be worn if a crazy goalie wanted to?

 

[oldgoalie]

Is a straight up goalie mask even allowed to be worn if a crazy goalie wanted to?

Good question. I wonder if there’s rules in the equipment area that specify a cage has to be worn... with today’s masks, I don’t recall seeing any goalies get really hurt like they did back in the day. Those fiberglass masks were molded to your face, and they fit so close that taking a shot in one often caused impact cuts that split the skin, stitches, etc.
There’s vendors out there that sell reproductions of these old masks. Back when goalies didn’t all look like clones.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Also players had sticks without a curve up until the mid 60s and never shot the puck 100 mph.

The first player with a curve stick Bathgate hit Plante in the face.(1959)

 

[Howie Hodge]

christ, it's been so long... I think his his white mask was made by Ernie Higgins; same guy that did Ed Giacomin's and so many others in that style. Paul Harrison did some in that same style as well.
It's the same style mask I wore playing in the 70s and into the 80s.

Very good oldgoalie, I did not know that.

I believe Rocky Farr used the same mask during his brief stints in Buffalo. I remember Norman getting injured near the eye with that mask too...

Remember this briefly worn Dave Dryden mask?

 

[hizzoner]

I assume he wears a mask when he picks up his pay check.

 

[oldgoalie]

Very good oldgoalie, I did not know that.

I believe Rocky Farr used the same mask during his brief stints in Buffalo. I remember Norman getting injured near the eye with that mask too...

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Remember this briefly worn Dave Dryden mask?

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I loved watching Rocky Farr play. Guy could do a full split and you couldn't see daylight under him, he got that flat to the ice. My mask was exactly like that.
That mask Dave is wearing is his own. He was very much into making his own masks. Somewhere in the sands of time I lost both the instructions I got from him when I was in high school for making your own masks, and my signed copy of "Playing the Shot at Both Ends"; the book his dad wrote on Dave and Ken. Dave was a super nice guy.

 

[Chainshot]

I'm hoping he plays better down these last few weeks so that some team with perennially bad goaltending judgement is willing to part with something this summer for him. Not hopeful.