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  • bashbros30
    Pro
    • Mar 2009
    • 542

    #1

    Best All Time Goalie Helmet

    hey everyone. I want to know what you all think is the greatest NHL goalie mask ever!!!


    I will start.

    Patrick Lalime

    Ottawa Senators


    (cant find a better pic)

    But yeah post your pic with your favourite mask ALL-TIME
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  • Bolts_26
    MVP
    • Jan 2009
    • 2653

    #2
    Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

    Nice thread, Bashbro's!

    Even though I'm not a goalie I always had a "thing" for goalie masks.

    It may be a bit outdated, but heres a website that may help with your decision.



    I'll post in a sec..gotta make up my mind

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    • bashbros30
      Pro
      • Mar 2009
      • 542

      #3
      Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

      i feel like its cheating to put up two masks... but i just love this one.

      Marty Turko

      Dallas Stars

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      • shinderhizzle84
        Banned
        • Nov 2008
        • 1836

        #4
        Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

        mike richter's was pretty cool, but that could just me being biased.

        lalime's helmet is pretty much based directly on Richeters, but instead of it being lady liberty, it's the Marvin the Martian, which i actually think is pretty cool, lol.

        Currently, I'd say it's either Turco's Masks (notice the S, lol, hes got a sick one for home and an even sicker one for away) and Stephen Valiquette;s, although that could just be me being biased again.

        Also, Anterro Nittymakki's (sp?) is pretty cool, with "Nitty" the famous mobster on the sides.

        Some i don't like:

        Timmy Thomas...I love how the cage is completely different, but don't like the overall look. Same goes for Tobias Stephan, who also uses "The Mage" which is the name of that model, made by Sportsmask, I believe...

        Henrik Lundqvist...I LOVE the model! I think he got it made custom to him, and the shape of it looks so cool! I want that one, or the Rbk that Giggy uses...it's also got a really cool shape. But I'm not a big fan of Lundqe's designs, especially bc it's just esentially the logo pasted on a glittery background.

        Um, I'm sure I'll think of more, but I also hate Miikka Kiprusoff's. I liked his old one, which i believe is used in NHL 09, but the newer one, which is just basically plain white and red, is downright disgusting.


        I somewhat like Nabokov's and of course, you've got to love Luo's helmet, with the angry whaler. Pretty awesome.

        Also on the top of my list is definitely Ryan Miller, Marc Andre FLeury (I LOVE how he has some igloo blocks as the background for it!!!).

        That's about all I can think of, for right now, at least.

        Also, I loved Felix Potvin's helmets, with those gash things, whatever they were supposed to be, haha.

        ADDITION: HOW COULD I FORGET CUJO'S???

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        • SPTO
          binging
          • Feb 2003
          • 68046

          #5
          Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

          I'm cheating because this is long before the era of goalie helmets though I think someone paid homage to this guy and wore a modern day helmet with the design.



          Gerry Cheevers
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          • bashbros30
            Pro
            • Mar 2009
            • 542

            #6
            Re: Best All Time Goalie Masks

            LOL that is a good one.I really like it because it reflected how much goalies NEEDED face protection, not alot of people know this but every stitch on that mask stands for one puck to the face of Cheevers. and your right i cant remember who but someone did pay homage to him. anyways the title of this thread was SUPPOSED to be best all time goalie MASKS. LOL that still counts
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            • Madman55
              Dibs!
              • Apr 2008
              • 1255

              #7
              Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

              Biased opinion: Ryan Miller of the Sabres



              Unbiased: Patrick Lalime's Ottawa mask and stick design.


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              • oakfan162
                Get Ducked Up!
                • Mar 2006
                • 4724

                #8
                Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                Very hard for me to say, but i've always like what Ed Belfour brought to the table.
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                • Donovan
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 3354

                  #9
                  Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                  It has to be said, Domineks old school cage.

                  Maybe it was just him that made it cool.
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                  • Skerik
                    Living in this tube
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 5215

                    #10
                    Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                    A few I always liked....

                    Curtis Joseph


                    Stephane Fiset


                    Brian Heyward


                    Vesa Toskala


                    Curtis Sanford's "Sandman" mask is also totally awesome.
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                    • Spear
                      Video Game Dev
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 4434

                      #11
                      Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                      When I was younger I always liked John Vanbiesbrouck's mask.



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                      • SPTO
                        binging
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 68046

                        #12
                        Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                        Very underrated mask and man the Panthers really screwed up their uniforms since then.

                        EDIT:

                        Ray Emery's Tyson mask (he only wore it for one game because he got in trouble for using it)

                        Last edited by SPTO; 06-18-2009, 02:43 PM.
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                        • OpusX910
                          Pro
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 517

                          #13
                          Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                          Since I played goalie thru high school and college this thread is awesome as I have a fetish for goalie masks and equipment...but my number one mask, and my favortie goalie is Felix Potvin. This was the best pic, i think his maple leafs version is the best, followed by Bruins (both not pictured)
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                          • shinderhizzle84
                            Banned
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 1836

                            #14
                            Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                            opus, I'm a goalie, too!

                            On top of that, I'm also a "gear whore", haha.

                            I agree on the Potvin mask. My two favorite classics, as posted before, are Potvin and Richter.

                            I love Cujo's mask, as well...the Mad Dog is used by so many little keepers now, it's almost ridiculous.

                            Of course, I love Varlamov's mask, because it's half AHL and half NHL, which symbolizes his career so far--always jumping between the two

                            Other than that, a lot of the goalie helmets around stink, like I also said.

                            To whoever said the Sandman mask...THAT was a great mask!!

                            It's too bad he had to get rid of it, kinda.

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                            • OpusX910
                              Pro
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 517

                              #15
                              Re: Best All Time Goalie Helmet

                              Originally posted by shinderhizzle84
                              opus, I'm a goalie, too!

                              On top of that, I'm also a "gear whore", haha.

                              I agree on the Potvin mask. My two favorite classics, as posted before, are Potvin and Richter.

                              I love Cujo's mask, as well...the Mad Dog is used by so many little keepers now, it's almost ridiculous.

                              Of course, I love Varlamov's mask, because it's half AHL and half NHL, which symbolizes his career so far--always jumping between the two

                              Other than that, a lot of the goalie helmets around stink, like I also said.

                              To whoever said the Sandman mask...THAT was a great mask!!

                              It's too bad he had to get rid of it, kinda.
                              Haha, nice...its seems that most goalies I meet are gear whores like you and I lol.

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