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Clint Benedict uses first face protection. This cover most of all of his nose, mouth and forehead.
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Jacques Plante is hit by puck in game and breaks his nose. After trainers attended to him, he returned to the game and used a hand made mask.
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After being hit in the head by a puck in practice, goaltender of the Boston Bruins Jerry Cheaver drew 10 stitch marks where hit. Soon the mask was covered and many other's followed.
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Russian goaltender sported a plastic shell helemt with a metal cage attatched. This would be the first mask with a cage.
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Goalie "J.D" of the New York Rangers was the first goalie to have full paint on mask. The coloyrs were that of the Rangers and it also had the sheild of his team.
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Michel Dion becomes first goaltender to use a mask that also covers the neck. First attempt to protect neck with a mask.
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Gilles Gratton wore a mask that had a realistic tiger on it. The intet was to scare the other team and it did just that.
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Mike Richter of the New York Rangers is the first goalie to use a specific goaltender mask that cover the head and mouth with steel bars in front of the face.
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Ty Conklin of the Edmonton Oilers uses the cateye cage to his advantage. The holes in the cage where his eyes are wwere so big you could fit a stick into it. The NHL then regulated a rule where all masks had to be checked over.
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Bauer relaes the NME 10 mask. This mask has woven carbon fibre in it for shell integrity. The model also featured non vibrating tape used in airplanes.
