Top 10 NHL Masks of All-Time

Ricks mask with the islanders is a tribute to the American soldiers, with pictures of the soldiers raising up the American flag. It's a really neat mask that is a great tribute to all the men and woman fighting over seas for us.

Link:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0707/gallery.nhl.goalie.masks/content.2.html

4. Patrick Lalime (Ottawa Senators)

Lalime was not usually a fan favorite in Ottawa, but his helmet was pretty cool. He had his famous eyes that he always has on his helmet. Over top of the eyes was a senator helmet and then the rest just had really awesome designs. The icing on the cake for the mask was the golden bars for the cage.

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http://www.saljbarry.com/hockey/autographs/cards/2002-2003/vintage/lalime.jpg

in case the first one does not work for you, which has been the case for some people i added a second link.

3. Eddie Belfour (Dallas Stars)

Eddie the Eagle always had a nice helmet with the same theme for every team he played for. His mask always had two eagles on each side of the helmet. This helmet is one of the things he was known for and it became a classic that could not be kept off my list.

Link: http://mattgunn.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/belfour.jpg

2. Felix Potvin(Los Angeles Kings/Toronto Maple Leafs)

I could not decide which helmet of Potvins looked better, his LA one or his Toronto one, so I said "What the heck! I'll put in both!". It was one of NHL's most classic helmets. Potvins helmet represented cartoon character, "Felix the Cat", on it which was his nickname. In case you haven't figured out why his nickname is that, take a look at his first name!

Link:http://www.freewebs.com/felixpotvin/fcat.jpg

1. Curtis Joseph (wherever he played!)

Curtis Joseph gets my vote for greatest mask of all time. It might be a little biased since he is my favorite goalie, but he does have one hell of a mask. Perfect theme and looks good in many colors, as we know from the many teams he has played for. His helmet represents a rabid dog from the Stephen King book "Cujo". Cujo is also Joseph's nickname. Any player coming down on Cujo had to be intimidated from that mask. Truly a classic!

Picture: Look at image above

Honorable Mention:

-Gerry Cheevers/Shields: Cheevers wore a face mask, with stitches drawn on it. When shields came to the league years later, and played for Cheevers old team the Bruins, he drew a replica of his face mask on his new goalie mask.

- Jacques Plante: Plante is considered one of the most important innovators in hockey. Most notably, Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goalie mask in regulation play on a regular basis. With the assistance of other experts, he developed and tested many versions of the goalie mask, including the forerunner of today's mask/helmet combination.

- Johan Hedberg: He began his career in the IHL with The Manitoba Moose, and throughout his entire career has had a moose on his helmet to represent where it all began for him.

-Dwayne Roloson (Edmonton):Really busy helmet that sported an oil rig, Oilers symbol, gears and a bunch of other cool images. Color was baby blue and had a gold face cage.

This concludes my list of great NHL goalie masks! I hope everyone enjoyed it, and tell me what you think about my list, whether it be negative or positive. Believe me, I took a very long time to decide this list, because there has been so many wonderful NHL masks throughout the years.

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