Why don't goalies wear the hasek-style mask anymore?

[Man in the Mirror]

Any particular reason?

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[bWo*]

ugly

 

[Romang67]

They're ugly. Goaltending is all about looking good.

 

[DearDiary]

Hasek style masks are unnattractive. It hinders them from finding potential mates

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Only Hasek looked good in them

The real question is: where is osgoods mask

 

[TrillMike]

Only Hasek looked good in them

The real question is: where is osgoods mask

I was always so surprised he could see out of that thing.

 

[Claypool]

One of the reason Hasek's mask wasn't attractive for a lot of other goalie was because it was too difficult to take on and off. It's why Hasek never took off his mask during the national anthems.

 

[tooncesmeow]

Only Hasek looked good in them

The real question is: where is osgoods mask

Both masks are old models and are fading, I think it just has to do with fit/securing the mask. I remember Osgood did an interview in the twilight of his career where he'd said how difficult it was and that his latest mask he bought from a yard sale.

They didn't look shabby but I always thought they weren't as secure as the traditional bucket.

 

[CanuckGame39]

I think Cloutier was the last Goalie to wear the cooper style. He looked badass in it. He started to wear the current style of mask in LA but it didnt suit him.

Top 3 Goaltender in canucks history dont care what anyone says. #2 on my list.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Goalies could probably see better in those old masks? I never wore one but you would think so.

 

[izzy]

Probably a vision thing, harder to lift up as well.

 

[Spade]

Cages are simply attached to a regular helmet, and thus were generally poorly designed and angled. Because of that it wasn't as effective for protecting against pucks compared to full-on goalie masks.

Goalie masks are designed to take pucks to the head as shots can come from anywhere, hence the smooth design you see on the store shelves. It's like a jet wing where rather than taking the full force of air/a puck flat, it's supposed to slide around it or ricochet.

The old masks blocked the puck rather than deflect it, which causes more force to a goalie's head.

 

[Leafidelity]

More youth goalies used to start with skater helmets than they do today.

 

[Ducks in a row]

vs.

Which would you feel safer using?

Which would someone look better in?

 

[Chfan]

I think Cloutier was the last Goalie to wear the cooper style. He looked badass in it. He started to wear the current style of mask in LA but it didnt suit him.

Top 3 Goaltender in canucks history dont care what anyone says. #2 on my list.

Wow. Never thought I'd see this day. Go back a decade and he was synonym to a sieve here on HFBoards.

 

[Leafidelity]

Which would you feel safer using?

Which would someone look better in?

It was never about looks or safety, it was about field of view.

 

[CBJx614]

It was never about looks or safety, it was about field of view.

Safety was definitely part of it, as was the puck deflecting or ricocheting away from the net.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

vs.

Which would you feel safer using?

Which would someone look better in?

Those are the best goalie helmets they could come up with?

 

[CaseyMitts37]

Rick DiPietro had one of the old school masks a couple of years ago

 

[Eisen]

vs.

Which would you feel safer using?

Which would someone look better in?

I don't give a rats how it looks. But the newer masks are saver.

 

[Jeti]

Compare the cages in those Hasek and Emery pictures:

The newer style has big openings in front of the eyes for better visibility when looking straight forward (or almost straight forward), which should be useful on pretty much every save.

The bottom of the newer style mask fits closer to the face, obstructing peripheral vision (or whatever it's called at the bottom) less than an ill-fitting cage that sticks way off the face.

 

[boredmale]

I personally wish they would go back to Gerry Cheevers masks

 

[TheTwelfth]

Compare the cages in those Hasek and Emery pictures:

The newer style has big openings in front of the eyes for better visibility when looking straight forward (or almost straight forward), which should be useful on pretty much every save.

The bottom of the newer style mask fits closer to the face, obstructing peripheral vision (or whatever it's called at the bottom) less than an ill-fitting cage that sticks way off the face.

This! I played goalie in peewee, and when I switched from a cage to a real goalie mask I was surprised over how much better vision it gave me. The grid like facemask Hasek wore is very crude in terms of the vision it provides compared to a goalie mask.

 

[Thrice]

I think Cloutier was the last Goalie to wear the cooper style. He looked badass in it. He started to wear the current style of mask in LA but it didnt suit him.

Top 3 Goaltender in canucks history dont care what anyone says. #2 on my list.

Kings management made him change his mask style due to safety concerns. After his legendary injuries/struggles in LA, management let him go back to his Cooper mask in a last ditch effort to help him find his game. It didn't work.

http://ingoalmag.com/news/islanders-dipietro-dons-osgoods-old-mask-to-protect-shattered-face/

It’s also the reason the Los Angeles Kings cited when they forced similarly injury prone goaltender Dan Cloutier to abandon the same helmet-and-cage set up in favor of a new-style mask because they were more worried about the risks of cuts and concussions than they were the fact Cloutier was uncomfortable and struggled to track pucks in the more modern mask.

 

[CBJx614]

Kings management made him change his mask style due to safety concerns. After his legendary injuries/struggles in LA, management let him go back to his Cooper mask in a last ditch effort to help him find his game. It didn't work.

http://ingoalmag.com/news/islanders-dipietro-dons-osgoods-old-mask-to-protect-shattered-face/

Hey! I had those RBK leg pads my sophmore year of HS!