The goalie mask, at least the retro-styled fiberglass types from the 60s and 70s, hasn’t been used in hockey for about 50 years — it’s instead made many more appearances in horror movies ...

Later, working in an auto body shop in hockey-mad Michigan, he took on a different project after watching a minor league hockey goalie on TV in a bland white mask. He started designing goalie ...

While Plante wasn't the first goalie to wear a mask (Clint Benedict wore one for ... while playing goalie for a factory team. After high school, he played for $85 a week with the Quebec Citadels ...