In the first curated post from The Hockey News Archive, Adam Proteau looks at the origins of goalie masks and the art form that is now part of every elite goaltender's head protection - starting with former Blackhawks netminder Murray Bannerman and a legendary THN magazine cover image.
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Instead, we have a generation of young goalies growing up with the cage, yielding an assembly-line look of helmet and screened mask, threatening to bury what has been one of the most colorful, interesting eras in the history of the National Hockey League. “At first,” Harrison says, “I was just making fibreglass masks. They weren’t being painted or anything like that.”
“The first time I ever did it was with Jim Rutherford. He was wearing a plain red Lefty Wilson mask. Because he was playing with Pittsburgh, I painted it powder blue. When he was traded to Detroit, I repainted it white and put on red leather straps. I was going to give it to him like that, but then I decided to put a couple of wings over each eye hole.
Having played net, Harrison understands goalies. He knows them because he is one and that, he says, helps him to serve their needs. He realizes they can be flaky or superstitious and knows what they are looking for when they request graphic illustration on their masks. It works the other way, too. Harrison notes that Liut, in his World Hockey Association days, wore a mask with a design on it. When he made it to the NHL, though, he told Harrison he didn’t need graphic design anymore, that his netminding ability should stand on its own.“Take Phil Myre for example,” Harrison says. “If I make him a new mask, he insists that I put in the foam padding from the old one. I made the Lone Ranger mask for John Davidson.
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