When Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy trudges ... Painting the cage itself didn’t come without challenges. These masks are, after all, protective equipment used in high-stakes ...

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 ...

And being a goalie for the St. Louis Blues, he also appreciates what the St. Louis Cardinals mean to that city. It's precisely why the 31-year-old chose the mask he will wear at the Discover NHL ...

Asked if he were scared to play without a mask, Plante replied ... and Buffalo of the American Hockey League before sticking in the NHL. When Canadiens goalie Gerry McNeil suffered a fractured ...