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

[Thrice]

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

The Kings could've used you in 2007/08.

 

[SwissLeaf]

Marco Bührer, SC Bern's current goalie:

 

[The Nuge]

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

No, the new style are just as easy, if not better, because the cage design blocks less of your vision than the cages they put on player helmets

 

[JuniorNelson]

The old helmet/cage dealies are illegal in the NHL, now.

 

[FreshBlood]

Florence Schelling played with special cage.

Also Irbe and Thomas played with old school masks.

(Old school/new school mask?)

 

[sepster]

Thomas' Panthers mask is the shell of a "current" style goalie mask with the jaw bone part cut off and a players cage attached. That's probably the weirdest mask I've ever seen.

As far as the Osgood/Cloutier/Hasek (which, in later years was a single-piece mold, not the converted Cooper 2000), I don't believe they meet current NHL safety standards, and therefore, are considered illegal equipment.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Any particular reason?

They aint baws like Dom

 

[Siamese Dream]

Because it looks goofy and doesn't provide as good protection

 

[OneMoreAstronaut]

Why doesn't anyone use the Jacques Plante mask anymore

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I use a Mage RS like what Tim Thomas wears. I love the sight lines.

 

[blankall]

Hasek was even more badass, as he didn't wear that plastic neck protector piece. He had his neck exposed with a thin fabric neck guard covering only part of his neck.

 

[roboninja]

They are simply not as good at protecting the goalie as the new ones.

 

[Terry Yake]

irbe's was always my favorite

 

[tntkid]

I think the new style of Goalie masks is safer & deflects shots at the head better than the old helmets would.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

In my experience, as a former goalie who's used both, is that the Hasek version is more difficult to see out of. I'm sure you could change the cage on it and all that but why bother? While we're on the subject, players should go back to these

 

[MessierII]

Because no one currently in the league is as cool as Hasek was.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Cause they're super unsafe.

 

[Commander Clueless]

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

Female goalies are more attracted to how well the male can perform the butterfly. It's an evolutionary trait of the species.

 

[KingsFan7824]

It's weird how what some of these guys wear almost becomes part of them. You can't really even picture Hasek or Gretzky wearing anything other than what they wore.

 

[mrhockey193195]

The answer is safety. Masks have evolved - sometimes in ways not detectable by the naked eye. Take the classic Mike Richter mask. Looks very similar to current masks, but in reality it did not provide him with enough protection and contributed to his concussions. His last season, he wore an "even more modern" mask.

The old Hasek/Osgood masks are just not safe enough to be worn in the NHL anymore.

But while we're posting classic pictures, how has nobody mentioned Tommy Soderstrom?

 

[varsaku]

The answer is safety. Masks have evolved - sometimes in ways not detectable by the naked eye. Take the classic Mike Richter mask. Looks very similar to current masks, but in reality it did not provide him with enough protection and contributed to his concussions. His last season, he wore an "even more modern" mask.

The old Hasek/Osgood masks are just not safe enough to be worn in the NHL anymore.

But while we're posting classic pictures, how has nobody mentioned Tommy Soderstrom?

The new helmets do a better job of distributing the force of puck hit the helmet than those helmets do.

 

[achtungbaby]

I thought I once read that the newer goalie masks deflected pucks away from the face more often then the older styles where the head took a lot of the force.

EDIT: Should have read the thread first I guess. My answer has already been covered.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Those masks are ugly but you can see better with them. But I think its because they look unsafe.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Florence Schelling played with special cage.

Also Irbe and Thomas played with old school masks.

(Old school/new school mask?)

The Tim Thomas mask case is funny. I remember one game his helmet broke so he used Tuukka Rask's, but it was too small for his head or something.

 

[sparxx87]

To be fair no one looks good in Sens colours

Except Rihanna.

Helmets don't deflect the puck as well. The new masks are much safer in that they better distribute impact and deflect the puck... It's a safety thing. The design concept is now used by, in my estimation, the majority of catchers in baseball. It's not a coincidence.