Broad Street Hockey · Mar 20, 2017
Goalie mask bracket madness!
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesBracket season is upon us, and while the Flyers do not look like they will be on a bracket come this April, we have made our own.
Jacques Plante famously was the first goaltender to sport a mask in 1959. Since then masks have grown and changed with the game around it. Gerry Cheevers first decorated his mask, making a mark on it every time a puck struck him in the face; Vladislav Tretiak helped to popularize the cage mask.
We’re all familiar with the famous Flyers goaltender masks of the past, Parent; Lindbergh; Hextall and so on. But how about Beezer or Laforest maybe Hackett or Favell? Today we’re here determine the best mask, worn by a Flyers goaltender.