Ever since Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante, in 1959, became the first NHL goaltender to permanently don a face mask and the use of masks went from a curiosity piece to a necessity over ...

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Welcome to Goalie Week. NHL Social is celebrating goaltending with NHL Goalie Week from Sept. 2-7, reveling in the uniqueness and artistry of puck-stoppers through the decades. Today, NHL.com has ...

It's time for a new NHL season, which means unique goalie masks return across the league. Goaltenders use their masks to express creativity or pay homage to the people closest to them. The designs are ...

In his era, Jacques Plante was seen as a wimp. After the Montreal Canadiens goalie was struck in the face by a flying puck while playing against the New York Rangers on Nov. 1, 1959, the future ...

When Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy trudges down the tunnel at Amalie Arena to begin pregame warmups, his mask appears white with only faint gray and pale blue markings. When the ...

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Favell laid for an hour and breathed through a straw while his goalie mask was molded to his face. It was made for him by a man who lived near Boston and fit perfectly when Favell ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Photos: Icon Sportswire, Steph Chambers and Jonathan Kozub / Getty Images Welcome to The Athletic’s annual goalie mask power rankings, in which we admire ...