They're harder to shake off to get a whistle when your defense is pinned in your own zone.
They're ugly. Goaltending is all about looking good.
I'd imagine they just had an old sticker lying around, although it'd be funny if CCM provided their sponsoree with an outdated logo.Even weirder is that photo is from the 2010’s and the bucket has the old CCM logo from 90s-early 2000’s on it.
I think the helmet in the above photos is really just the Warwick with stickers or logos painted on it. Not sure if Warwick ever paid the equipment licensing fees for NHL (or Swiss NLA if they have such rules). For example, Jonathan Quick uses their masks but never has Warwick's logos on them.I thinks it’s an older Jofa though. Reebok bought CCM and Jofa years ago before selling CCM again. Probably couldn’t use the Jofa name on it.
I'm surprised no one mentionned Andy Moog with Canada in the 1988 Olympics. With the full glass mask View attachment 376075
I used to unbuckle my cage because of Kenny Wregget. I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed back then.I love the look of the old cages...my two favorite goalies growing up wore them, at least for a while (Wregget eventually switched).
That said, I hated playing with those things and immediately switched to the modern mask. Hell, a lot of baseball catchers have done the same, though in this case the old style is actually safer.
Some still do, I think it's mostly a comfort thing. If a goalie has a close call they're more likely to use it...Fleury has had multiple neck guards break on him, so he's not about to risk what would happen if they weren't there.
Wow I never realized how big the holes are for the eyes on modern helmets. When we played pond hockey when we were like 11-15 we played with small pucks, those would have gone straight through I think. We mostly played without goalies but sometimes one would have some old goalie gear.
I must be reading this wrong.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.
They're not really any bigger than the "cat's eye" cages on older combo masks. It has been an issue for a long time, that's why they're not certified for use by Hockey Canada and haven't been for years. For example, Mario Lessard's mask from 1982:
.So uh you don't like the old time goalie masks huh?!
I bet it’d be your favorite if MAF was wearing one...Cause they're super unsafe.
The only goalie I remember at the NHL level who wore a combo mask and didn't use a cat's eye cage was John Vanbiesbrouck.
Kelly Hrudey, too, if not yet mentioned.Tim Thomas, Roland Melanson, Don Beaupre and Mike Liut did as well.
Hasek used to use his head fairly routinely to make saves.
When goalies are hit in the head with the modern mask, thy tend to be stunned a bit and the game ahs to be stopped. Dom continued on like nothing happened
Kelly Hrudey, too, if not yet mentioned.
That's interesting I had no idea. My idea of old masks is probably based of of a handful of masks I saw growing up in the 90's and early 2000's in Sweden. Found an article that claimed the reason for the cat-eyes being non-certified was that sticks could get through, along with an informative picture. I wonder if small pucks getting through could be an additional reason, but I have no idea how common they even are.They're not really any bigger than the "cat's eye" cages on older combo masks. It has been an issue for a long time, that's why they're not certified for use by Hockey Canada and haven't been for years. For example, Mario Lessard's mask from 1982:
The only goalie I remember at the NHL level who wore a combo mask and didn't use a cat's eye cage was John Vanbiesbrouck.
This led to goalies with the Hasek mask mutation not being able to pass on their genes and so the mutation has all but died out out of the gene pool. Sad, but that's just nature.Hasek style masks are unnattractive. It hinders them from finding potential mates