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50 Years Behind The Mask
by Paul on 10/28/09 at 12:52 PM ET
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You can watch the show on November 1st at 7:00pm ET on the NHL Network.
added 1:02pm, from Shawn P. Roarke of NHL.com,
Today, goalie masks are part of the fabric of professional hockey, designed to not only protect the wearer from injury, but also as an artistic vehicle to express the goalie’s creativity and entertain millions of hockey fans.
But there was a time—not so long ago—when such protective measures were seen as not only unnecessary, but as an affront to the game.
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