NickNickNick Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Did anyone else notice what Tim Thomas was wearing for the Bruins last night? It looked like some sort of hybrid between a regular mask and a Cloutier-Osgood style cage & helmet...Here're some pics: Spoiler New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_gold_capone Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Pretty weird looking mask. Probaly for neck protection? Now that we have the one for the thumb, the other hand looks lonely........GO STEELERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetropolisPt31 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 It's a Sportmask MAGE:http://www.sportmask.com/mage.htmlThe wre dangler (throat guard) is a one-time custom design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbasalmon Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I didn't get a look at the back of it when they were on NBC on Saturday, but it looks an awful lot like the Dominator line of helmets that Dominik Hasek started. Side note - I like the bear and arrow design on it. They were talking during the broadcast about how his favorite offseason hobby is bear hunting with a bow and arrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickNickNick Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Hmm.Interesting, I guess...I had no idea there were "Mages." Spoiler New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetropolisPt31 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I didn't get a look at the back of it when they were on NBC on Saturday, but it looks an awful lot like the Dominator line of helmets that Dominik Hasek started. Side note - I like the bear and arrow design on it. They were talking during the broadcast about how his favorite offseason hobby is bear hunting with a bow and arrow. The common goalie combo (worn by Osgood) was a Cooper/Bauer SK2000 helmet with an HM30 cage. Hasek used a different cage - an HM50. Their new helmets are made of custom composite materials and shaped to look like the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopop Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Thank you Nick for bringing this up, as I also was watching the game on Saturday and ended up freaking out my fiancee with a "what the hell is that he's wearing??" The responses were illuminating. The common goalie combo (worn by Osgood) was a Cooper/Bauer SK2000 helmet with an HM30 cage. Hasek used a different cage - an HM50. Their new helmets are made of custom composite materials and shaped to look like the originals.So am I to assume that Cloutier still uses a Cooper/HM30 match? I didn't really get to see too many Canucks games before he got hurt, and all the pics I've come across have him using the old combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickNickNick Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Thank you Nick for bringing this up, as I also was watching the game on Saturday and ended up freaking out my fiancee with a "what the hell is that he's wearing??" The responses were illuminating.Actually, I was playing poker at the local casino here, and was watching the hilites on the big screen. When it showed a close-up of Thomas, I said "what the f*** is that thing?" pretty loudly. I got a language warning, but it was well-worth it. I knew something was awry. Spoiler New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUNKAFIED Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Did anyone else notice what Tim Thomas was wearing for the Bruins last night? It looked like some sort of hybrid between a regular mask and a Cloutier-Osgood style cage & helmet...Here're some pics: I was at this game on Monday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Did anyone else notice what Tim Thomas was wearing for the Bruins last night? It looked like some sort of hybrid between a regular mask and a Cloutier-Osgood style cage & helmet...Here're some pics:I was at this game on Monday afternoon. Pretty weird looking mask. Probably for neck protection? I guess they decided to make the cage over the throat to make sure that 1) no one gets hit in in the throat with a puck and 2) they don't have another Clint Malarchuk incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebod39 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 reminds me of a what Billy Smith used to wear in the 80's. He had a Koho helmetand used an HM30 cage, but would secure it to the sides and not use the chinguard. There was a similar style used in college hockey also but I don't see it anymore.As a goalie, I like this hybrid better. I personally wera the Sk2000 and hm30 because I always felt the masks were too heavy and restricted vision downward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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