Best goalie mask of all time?

[Legend]

Eh, the Tea Party stuff kinda ruins it for me, and I'd prefer if it had more colors.

What Tea Party stuff?

The Gadsden Flag, the snake with "Don't Tread on Me" on the rear of his helmet, has been adopted as sort of the official symbol for the Tea Party.

There is a similar flag, the First Navy Jack, that has a snake with the "Don't Tread on Me" phrase on it, but the snake is elongated over the flag, not curled in a striking position like the Gadsden and on his helmet.

Without getting political, I find it a little unfortunate that the flag is associated with any political party, because it really is a cool ass flag.

America. yeah.

[PurpleRush]

Turco's last Stars mask's were spectacular. Particularly the Black one with the cracked earth in gold

Lastly we have Wade Dubielewicz. Who else would put Yoda, the Fisherman and pictures from the dynasty years on the same design?

He's gotta be the only goalie to have an opposing team's player on his mask!

Mel Bridgeman, #10 of the Flyers.

Wow.

[Ted Cunningham]

Eh, the Tea Party stuff kinda ruins it for me, and I'd prefer if it had more colors.

What Tea Party stuff?

The Gadsden Flag, the snake with "Don't Tread on Me" on the rear of his helmet, has been adopted as sort of the official symbol for the Tea Party.

There is a similar flag, the First Navy Jack, that has a snake with the "Don't Tread on Me" phrase on it, but the snake is elongated over the flag, not curled in a striking position like the Gadsden and on his helmet.

Without getting political, I find it a little unfortunate that the flag is associated with any political party, because it really is a cool ass flag.

America. yeah.

I'm quite familiar with the Gadsden flag and I own the First Navy Jack. (It hangs in my house.) I was afraid that that's what RedSox44 was referring to, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything else that's Tea Party related on that helmet. To your point, I agree. That is one of the coolest symbols of patriotism that this country has. It's just a shame it's become so politicized.

[Mingjai]

Eh, the Tea Party stuff kinda ruins it for me, and I'd prefer if it had more colors.

What Tea Party stuff?

The Gadsden Flag, the snake with "Don't Tread on Me" on the rear of his helmet, has been adopted as sort of the official symbol for the Tea Party.

There is a similar flag, the First Navy Jack, that has a snake with the "Don't Tread on Me" phrase on it, but the snake is elongated over the flag, not curled in a striking position like the Gadsden and on his helmet.

Without getting political, I find it a little unfortunate that the flag is associated with any political party, because it really is a cool ass flag.

America. yeah.

I'm quite familiar with the Gadsden flag and I own the First Navy Jack. (It hangs in my house.) I was afraid that that's what RedSox44 was referring to, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything else that's Tea Party related on that helmet. To your point, I agree. That is one of the coolest symbols of patriotism that this country has. It's just a shame it's become so politicized.

Tell me about it--a few years back, I was going to get a First Navy Jack to hang in my office to show my support of the US men's soccer team when Nike was running their DTOM campaign. Then to Tea Party started using the DTOM stuff so the flag would be a political statement hanging in my office. Annoying.

[RedSox44]

Eh, the Tea Party stuff kinda ruins it for me, and I'd prefer if it had more colors.

What Tea Party stuff?

The Gadsden Flag, the snake with "Don't Tread on Me" on the rear of his helmet, has been adopted as sort of the official symbol for the Tea Party.

There is a similar flag, the First Navy Jack, that has a snake with the "Don't Tread on Me" phrase on it, but the snake is elongated over the flag, not curled in a striking position like the Gadsden and on his helmet.

Without getting political, I find it a little unfortunate that the flag is associated with any political party, because it really is a cool ass flag.

America. yeah.

I'm quite familiar with the Gadsden flag and I own the First Navy Jack. (It hangs in my house.) I was afraid that that's what RedSox44 was referring to, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything else that's Tea Party related on that helmet. To your point, I agree. That is one of the coolest symbols of patriotism that this country has. It's just a shame it's become so politicized.

Yeah. As a flag, it's goddamn sweet and if it wasn't associated with the Tea Party movement I'd love that Thomas would've used such an awesome flag as part of his mask design.

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One more Carey.

Correction, that's Byron Dafoe during is cup of coffee with the Caps.

Derp. I'll correct my post.

[Morgan33]

I'm quite familiar with the Gadsden flag and I own the First Navy Jack. (It hangs in my house.) I was afraid that that's what RedSox44 was referring to, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything else that's Tea Party related on that helmet. To your point, I agree. That is one of the coolest symbols of patriotism that this country has. It's just a shame it's become so politicized.

Yeah symbols and flags should just be benign and meaningless

[IceCap]

Given the nature of the flag I'm surprised it took this long for a political group to lay claim to it.

As far as the design goes I prefer the Join or Die flag. As far as revolutionary American banners go at any rate.

[Bigboy1083]

Chris Holt - Hartford Wolf Pack

[Xodius]

I cannot get over how stunning Giggy's mask is.

[IceCap]

I hadn't seen Giguere's mask since going to Colorado.

That's very nice. I'd even say it's nicer then Roy's iconic(?) Aves mask design.

[spottedbadger]

I'm quite familiar with the Gadsden flag and I own the First Navy Jack. (It hangs in my house.) I was afraid that that's what RedSox44 was referring to, but I wanted to confirm. I didn't see anything else that's Tea Party related on that helmet. To your point, I agree. That is one of the coolest symbols of patriotism that this country has. It's just a shame it's become so politicized.

Yeah symbols and flags should just be benign and meaningless

ummm he's not saying that at all....he's saying it's too bad a flag meant to represent all americans as a symbol of pride and patriotism has now become divisive and polarizing.

[Morgan33]

I cannot get over how stunning Giggy's mask is.

I think it looks terrible. Those blue sun rays look like they belong on a brand juice from concentrate.

[raysfan24]

I'm a fan of Tugnutt's splash mask with the Penguins. Pieterangelo's triangles are another favorite. As well as Wregget's ice penguin:

No penguin mask matches the Wregget DeVito Penguin one posted earlier, though.

And while it didn't match the team at all, it seemed to be part of the charm of Johan Hedberg his rookie season when he seemingly came out of nowhere. Also there was the "penguins waddling into the igloo" mask Aubin had. As a child, these were my absolute favorites.

I am no hockey fan but that Manitoba Moose mask is pretty sweet. If only baseball catchers could do this to their masks

[Morgan33]

I'm a fan of Tugnutt's splash mask with the Penguins. Pieterangelo's triangles are another favorite. As well as Wregget's ice penguin:

Me too. The best part was that he carried this design over to all the other teams he played for

[BBTV]

I cannot get over how stunning Giggy's mask is.

That is fantastic. Would be better without the gradient lines though. Maybe a solid blue that matched the sleeve blue. Either way that's a great simple design.

[charger77]

I wish there was something in that large maroon space.

[raysox]

A lot of very cool masks done by this guy.

http://daveart.com/

[M4One]

I think Roberto Luongo's first Canucks mask and his first Johnny Canuck mask are two of the best. They aren't too simple, yet simple enough that you can make out the elements on the mask without a magnifying glass.

Sticking with the Canucks, former backups Curtis Sanford and Corey Hirsch.

Finally, Jose Theodore, who is probably the last goalie left who kept the same basic design after moving on to different teams.

[RedSox44]

I cannot get over how stunning Giggy's mask is.

That is completely and utterly phenomenal.

[Xodius]

I wish there was something in that large maroon space.

The simpler the better. I'm not much of a fan of masks with a hundred different designs that clutter up the mask. The most iconic masks were simple designs with bold shapes. I think we're finally seeing a return of that.