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OTD in 1959, after taking a shot from Andy Bathgate in the nose, Jacques Plante leaves the game & returns wearing a mask.

This is a (mega) thread to Plante & to the mask wearers who followed. Some great goalies/masks do not appear & some appear more than once.

#halloween2021
Gerry Cheevers and his iconic mask. The first to have markings on it. #NHLBruins
3/many

I considered doing a thread just on Michel Dion's mask.

#Pens #LetsGoPens
4/many

Gilles Villemure #NYR

#HappyHalloween2021
Murray Bannerman #Blackhawks

#HappyHalloween2021
6/many

Glenn "Chico" Resch

#NJDevils
#HappyHalloween2021
7/many

Grant Fuhr (his 1st of many appearances)

#LetsGoOilers #HappyHalloween2021
8/many

Ken Dryden. Simple is beautiful.

#Habs #GoHabsGo #HappyHalloween2021
9/many

Ed Giacomin

#NYR #HappyHalloween2021
10/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Kirk McLean #Canucks

#halloween2021
11/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Terry Sawchuk #LeafsForever

#HappyHalloween2021
12/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Wayne Thomas #NYR

#halloween2021
13/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Larry Lozinski #LGRW #RedWings #GoalieDay

#HappyHalloween2021
14/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Patrick Roy (rookie mask).

#GoHabsGo #Habs #halloween2021 #GoalieDay
15/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Patrick Roy (again). Ah, yes. The wink.

#Habs #GoHabsGo #GoalieDay #halloween2021
16/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Bernie Parent. Like I said...simple is beautiful. #bringittobroad

#GoalieDay #HappyHalloween2021
17/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Palmateer rocking his less famous mask.

#LeafsForever #Leafs #halloween2021
18/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Richter. #NYR

#GoalieDay
19/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Bernie Parent #NHLBruins

#HappyHalloween2021
20/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Garrett with one of his many great masks. #Canucks #GoalieDay #HappyHalloween2021
21/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Palmateer. Classic. #Caps #ALLCAPS #GoalieDay
22/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ron Hextall. In his mask, full armour and sharpening his sword. #bringittobroad #halloween2021
23/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ed Staniowski. #gojetsgo

#Halloween
24/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gilles Gilbert. #NHLBruins

#GoalieDay #Halloween
25/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

CuJo. Curtis Joseph. #LetsGoOilers #Halloween #halloween2021
26/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gilles Meloche. North Stars!! #Minnesota #mnwild #GoalieDay
27/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Cesare Maniago. North Stars!!! #Minnesota #mnwild #halloween2021
28/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jim Craig. #MiracleOnIce #USAHockey #Halloween
29/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gord Laxton. What a get up! Looks like he's on his way to prom or something. #LetsGoPens #pens
#halloween2021
30/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Wayne Thomas. #Leafs #LeafsForever #GoalieDay
31/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Grant Fuhr. This one freaks me out a bit. #LetsGoOilers #Oilers #Halloween
32/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Liut. Canada. #GoalieDay #halloween2021 #HockeyCanada
33/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gary Bromley. #Canucks #Halloween #GoalieDay
34/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Garrett deserves his own thread. Here he is with the WHA's Birmingham Bulls. #GoalieDay #halloween2021
35/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Markus Mattsson. #GoKingsGo #lakings #GoalieDay #Halloween
36/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Palmateer. #LeafsForever #Leafs #GoalieDay #halloween2021
37/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ed Giacomin makes another appearance. #NYR #halloween2021
38/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Grant Fuhr. Again. #LetsGoOilers #GoalieDay
39/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rogatien Vachon. #GoKingsGo #lakings #GoalieDay
40/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Denis Herron. #Habs #GoHabsGo #GoalieDay
41/many (goalie mask mega thread)

John Garrett. Dressed to the nines. #Québec #Nordiques #GoalieDay
42/many (goalie mask mega thread)

John Garrett. Looking just as good if not better in the Home whites. #Québec #Nordiques #halloween2021
43/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Michel "Bunny" Larocque #LeafsForever #Leafs #halloween2021
44/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Ed Johnston. Canada. #GoalieDay

(taking a break...gotta eat and will continue later)
45/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Terry Sawchuk. #LeafsForever #leafsnation #GoalieDay
46/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Michel Dion. #Québec #Nordiques
47/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gilles Meloche with one of the best. #HockeyTwitter #Cleveland #Halloween
48/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

All Star Jacques Plante. #HappyHalloween2021 #HockeyTwitter
49/many (goalie/mask mega thread

Roger Crozier. #LetsGoBuffalo #Sabres #GoalieDay
50/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rogie Vachon with the #RedWings #LGRW #GoalieDay
51/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Denis Heron. #Pens #LetsGoPens
52/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Grant Fuhr. Again. #LetsGoOilers
53/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Davidson. #NYR
54/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jim Craig. #NHLBruins
55/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ed Mio. Way ahead of his time with this mask. #LetsGoOilers
56/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mario Lessard #GoKingsGo
57/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Dan Bouchard. #Flames
58/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Fort Wayne. Wayne Stephenson. #Caps #ALLCAPS
59/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

In his pose and with his mask. Ken Dryden. #GoHabsGo #Habs
60/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Tony O. Tony Esposito. #Blackhawks
61/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Phil Myre. #BringItToBroad
62/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Liut. Before he was cool. 😁 #stlblues
63/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Mike Liut. After he became cool. 😁#stlblues
64/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jiří Crha. #LeafsForever #Leafs
65/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ed Staniowski. #gojetsgo
66/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Garrett. Perfection. #Hartford #Whalers
67/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gary Edwards #LetsGoOilers
68/many (goalie mask thread)

Gary Edwards. Hell yeah! #NorthStars #Minnesota #mnwild
69/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Fort Wayne. Wayne Stephonson. #bringittobroad
70/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gary Edwards with the King of all Kings' masks. #GoKingsGo

(break time)
71/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Martin Brodeur. #NJDevils
72/many (goal/mask mega thread)

Michel "Bunny" Larocque #Habs #GoHabsGo
73/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Artūrs Irbe. Latvia. What a bucket.
74/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Felix The Cat Potvin. #LeafsForever #Leafs
75/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jiří Holeček. Czechoslovakia.
76/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rogie Vachon. If your mask is too detailed, I don't care if it is the most skillful design...I have to be able to see it on TV or from the nose bleeds at the game. Like this one. #NHLBruins
77/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Anton Kehle. West Germany. Another bucket.

#deb
78/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Pelle Lindbergh in his #Flyers mask and Swedish uniform. (Peter Šťastný with a cameo).#TreKronor #bringittobroad
79/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Dunc Wilson. Yes!!! #Pens #LetsGoPens
80/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Michel Plasse. Kansas City Scout. #HockeyTwitter
81/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gary Cobra Simmons. #GoKingsGo

This thread will be continued this evening...apparently, I'm falling behind on responsibilities or something or other...😁
82/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jacques Plante. The reason for the thread makes another appearance. #Habs #GoHabsGo
83/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jorma Valtonen. Finland. #Leijonat #Finland @OnsideWithJouni
84/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Steve Baker sporting a great mask. #NYR #GoalieDay
85/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Pete LoPresti. USA. Check out that sweater. #USAHockey
86/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Hardy Åström. Sweden. #TreKronor
86/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Dominik Hašek of the #Sabres sporting the bucket. #LetsGoBuffalo
87/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Had to get Gary Bromley in again. #Canucks
88/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Vanbiesbrouck. Panthers. #TimetoHunt
89/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Pretzels anyone? Vladimír Dzurilla. Czechoslovakia. @HockeySlovakia
90/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rogie Vachon. Canada.
90/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

No mask thread is complete, the day after Halloween, without Gilles Gratton's mask. Even if it is the only non-true gif. #NYR #halloween2021
91/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Vladislav Tretiak. USSR. Looks like he is wearing a sweater underneath as a chest protector. #RussiaHockey
92/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Curt Ridley. What a mask. #Canucks
93/many (Goalie/Mask Mega Thread)

Ed Belfour. #Blackhawks
94/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gilles Gilbert with the bucket. Same idea as his mask.
#NHLBruins
95/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jiří Crha. #LeafsForever #Leafs
96/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Warren Skorodenski. #LetsGoOilers
97/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Doug Soetaert. #NYR
98/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Warren Skorodenski. Jeepers. #HappyHalloween #Blackhawks
99/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Curt Ridley. #LeafsForever #leafsnation
100/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jacques Plante. #Trailblazer #Habs #GoHabsGo
101/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

John Davidson. #NYR
102/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Patrick Roy. The Wink, Avalanche style. #GoAvsGo
103/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jim Rutherford. #RedWings #LGRW
104/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rogie Vachon (again). #GoKingsGo
105/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Warren Skorodenski. #Blackhawks
106/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Miikka Kiprusoff #Flames #cofred
107/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ed Giacomin. #RedWings #LGRW
108/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ray Emery. Razor. #Sens #GoSensGo
109/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Wayne Thomas #NYR
110/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Mike Vernon. #Flames #CofRed
111/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Pelle Lindbergh. #BringItToBroad #Flyers
112/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Manon Rhéaume. #Trailblazer #GoBolts
113/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jim Rutherford. #LeafsForever #GoLeafsGo
114/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Curt Larsson of Sweden with the Hannibal Lecter mask. #TreKronor
115/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Kevin Weekes. Ottawa 67's. #NoQuit
@KevinWeekes
116/many (goalie/mask thread)

Glenn Hall. Mr. Goalie #stlblues
117/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Rare Billy Smith mask sighting. #Isles
118/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Billy Smith. Bucket. #Isles
119/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jon Casey. #NorthStars #mnwild
120/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Phil Myre. #Flames
121/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Bill Ranford. #LetsGoOilers
122/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Glenn Chico Resch. #Colorado #HockeyTwitter
123/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Artūrs Irbe. Looks like Artūrs is about to go deep sea diving. #SJSharks
124/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jacques Plante. #LeafsForever #Leafs
125/many (goalies/mask mega thread)

Richard Sévigny with his mask that resembled those tri-coloured "rocket" popsicles. #Habs #GoHabGo
126/many (goalies/mask mega thread)

John Garrett with a rare plain, non-painted mask.

#Whalers #Hartford
127/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Michel Bunny Larocque. #LeafsForever
128/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Pete Peeters. Cagin'. #NHLBruins
129/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ken Dryden. #Habs
130/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Jacques Plante. #stlblues
131/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Ernie Wakely. #stlblues
132/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Chris Osgood. Cagin'. #RedWings #LGRW
133/many (goalie mask mega thread)

Dan Bouchard #Nords #Cagin'
134/many (goalies mask mega thread)

The home stretch. For now.

Murray Bannerman #Blackhawks
135/many (goalie/mask mega thread)

Gerry Cheevars maskin' up. #NHLBruins
136/137 (subject to change)😁 (goalie/mask mega thread).

Jacques Plante's last NHL mask. #NHLBruins
137/137

I may choose to add to this down the road but I'm out of gas. Hats off, or should I say, masks off to Jacques Plante and all goalies.👍✌️ #GoalieDay

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