The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers game ...

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 ...

We recently saw the brand-new helmet of young Habs goalie Jacob Fowler. Fowler paid tribute to the legendary Patrick Roy with a very similar replica of the former Montreal Canadien’s mask. Very well ...

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 ...

The creature crouched in the net at the Montreal Canadiens’ end of the ice looked like nothing ever seen before in the National Hockey League. His face was covered by a flesh-colored, fiber-glass mask ...