BROSSARD, Quebec -- The 4 Nations Face-Off got very real a few minutes before 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday, directly beneath the ...

besting the record held by Montreal Canadiens legend Jacques Plante. The Hockey Hall of Famer and the goalie who pioneered the face mask set the wins record in 1962-63, winning his 300th game in ...

Though that is the date when Jacques Plante innovated the position of goaltender in the NHL by popularizing equipment for the face, he’s not actually the first goalie who wore a mask in the NHL ...

Goalies have one of the most demanding positions in the NHL. Which ones have secured the most wins? Check out this definitive all-time list.

Jacques Plante is immortalized for becoming the first goalie to wear facial protection ... hit with a puck in the throat before donning the mask, which was the ‘pretzel style’ facial protection.

And no goalie has ever played the position as well as Hasek did. Not Patrick Roy, not Martin Brodeur, not Terry Sawchuk, not Jacques Plante. To make such a claim is to brazenly contradict the ...

Lorne “Gump” Worsley, born and raised in Montreal, was the last NHL goalie to play without a ... New York net by trading for him, sending Jacques Plante to the Big Apple in a transaction ...

Canadian professional ice hockey player Jacques Plante goalie of the Montreal Canadiens sits in the locker room and shows his mask, September 30,... Canadian professional ice hockey player Jacques ...

A new international hockey tournament calls for new goalie masks. Some of the masks that will be worn by netminders during the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal and Boston were revealed Friday.

Artist Cole Redhorse Taylor smiles as he views the Minnesota Wild Native American Heritage goalie mask he designed, on display at the Minnesota History Center on Tuesday.