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Celebrating Hockey History. https://t.co/hIriHdQnGt
Nov 1, 2022 18 tweets 8 min read
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Dave Dryden. Edmonton Oilers. The first cage/mask combo. RIP.🙏 139/many

Patrick Lalime, Ottawa Senators. #GoSensGo
Nov 1, 2021 139 tweets 85 min read
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