Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings we have a book for you. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. For the mask today has gone far beyond its original functionsaving faceto become the most intriguing piece of equipment in sports. While goaltenders the world over owe a debt of thanks to those who created, developed, championed, and continuously improved the mask, hockey fans everywhere are thankful, too. This updated edition includes masks worn by some of the most exciting stars in the game today. It also looks at the talented mask makers, artisans, and artists behind hockey’s modern masterpieces. More than 150 historic and modern photos, including thirty-plus full-page shots of some of the most famous masks ever created, support a text that weaves the tale of the mask’s development.īased on extensive archival research and exclusive interviews, Saving Face tells the story of the goalies behind the mask and their fight for the right to wear one. Saving Face looks at the development of the mask from its earliest days as a rudimentary face-saving device to its current high-tech design, bullet-proof construction, and cutting-edge artwork. These are just a few of the questions that are answered in this definitive book on goalie masks. Chris Osgood, playing for the Detroit Red Wings, and Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins are the only current NHL goaltenders to use this type of mask, the latter being the only one to use a helmet/cage combination specifically made for use by a goaltender.Who was the first goaltender to wear a mask in a game? Who was the last to go without one? When did goalies start painting their masks? Dominik Hašek, a Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy-winner in the late 1990s used this type of mask Hašek retired from the NHL in 2008. Dan Cloutier switched from this type of mask to the widely more popular full fiberglass citing safety reasons upon the advice of the Los Angeles Kings. Like the original fibreglass design, the helmet/cage combination has been criticized for not providing adequate facial/cranial protection. in the 1970s, a helmet/cage combination became popular, which was popularized by Vladislav Tretiak, the noted Russian goaltender who competed against Canada in the 1972 Summit Series. "The goaltender mask evolved further from the original face-hugging fibreglass mask designed by Plante. This comes from a site that is auctioning off a "Chris Osgood Autographed Exact Replica Goalie Mask": Here is what Ozzie's "regular" mask, the one in which he was going to use, or was using when he got cut looked like design wise. I used to get guys bringing me masks all the time with (Wizard of Oz) kind of stuff on them but I just like the way it is, just plain and simple." ![]() He's not going to change his equipment at this point. I wear that style because I can see better out of it than I can out of the new ones - I tried wearing those a couple of times and I just couldn't get used to them just because I feel I can't see down.”Īt 35, Osgood is playing some of the best hockey of his career, leading the NHL with a 1.79 goals-against average. “I’ve had it painted but it just chipped off all the time. “It's tough to paint - I don't think it would ever stay on,” Osgood said. ![]() James of the Detroit Free Press asked the Wizard of Oz why he wears that archaic lid on his head, or why he at least doesn’t put a splash of paint on it. But I couldn’t work that into the story either.īut the most significant information that I couldn’t fit into the piece was Chris Osgood’s explanation for why he has no artwork on the vintage bucket-style headgear that he wears. I also found it interesting that Detroit-based artist Ray Bishop has painted masks for goalies in Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom, and recently he received a mask from a goalie in South Korea. "One of the interesting tales that I could not weave into the story was that mask designer Frank Cipra is such a skilled artist that he was able to paint a design on a micro-sized hearing aid for one of his buddies.
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