Top 10 NHL Masks of All-Time

With the NHL off-season still far from being over, and all the fans getting impatient, I thought I would write a fun article to give everyone something to read. I have decided to countdown the NHL's Top Ten greatest goalie masks in its history. So lets get right to it!

10. Ilya Bryzgalov (Anaheim Ducks)

Number ten was a really tough choice for me, as it was the last mask I had to pick from my list of many. I decided to go with Ilya's because it was a great mask with a prefect theme. It included the great beaches of California, cartoon Character Daffy Duck and pretty much just looked cool!

Link:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0707/gallery.nhl.goalie.masks/content.6.html

9. Andrew Raycroft (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Raycroft actually made a top ten list for something positive! His helmet in Toronto was a very interesting one, I must say. Every time the camera man would go to it and then leave it, you would be like, "No who cares about the game, I want to see the rest of his helmet!". Raycrofts helmet was like a trip through the Leafs history, as it sported the old Maple Leaf Gardens and many Leaf greats.

Link:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0707/gallery.nhl.goalie.masks/content.3.html

8. Jose Theodore (Heritage Classic Outdoor Game-Montreal)

Theodore had two masks that I had to choose from. Either this outdoor classic toque on his helmet, or his stylish one he wore in Colorado. But I had to go with this one as it will always be remembered at the first outdoor NHL game of all time. He put the toque on over his helmet for his mom who had always told him to wear a toque when he would go outside to play hockey on the pond with his friends.

Link:http://i.cnn.net/si/2003/hockey/nhl/11/22/bc.hkn.oilers.canadiens.ap/p1_theodore_all.jpg

7. Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche)

How can you have an NHL top goalie list without the greatest goaltender of all time on it? Patrick's mask had the Rockie mountains as well as a snow monster -- it was a pretty slick mask. However, do you know how hard it is to find a picture close up on his mask? Well, too hard for me.

Link:http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/3629/roy_pic/roy6.jpg

6. Stephane Fiset (Quebec Nordiques)

Fiset had a really simple yet cool design and theme. Fiset took the saying "That goalie is a wall" and made it into his own helmet. As he was playing "way up in Canada", he made his mask a wall of ice blocks! Awesome and funny helmet.

Link:http://www.geocities.com/garitor/images/fiset.jpg

5. Rick Dipietro (New York Islanders)

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