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fiveholegoalie · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 01:34 PM

Who was the first goalie to wear a painted mask in a game?

No internet searches......

Good Luck

mikebu · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 01:47 PM

Gerry Cheevers with the stitches?

fiveholegoalie · #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebu

Gerry Cheevers with the stitches?

Much debate is over this question because technically Cheevers mask was not considered by many as a "painted" mask. He took a black marker and made it look like stitches were on it.

I'll take Cheevers as a good guess but two other goalies remain out there that are apart of this great trivia debate.

Who were the other two goalies and what made their masks so unique to be considered by many as one of the first painted masks in the NHL?

1 down, 2 more goalies to go:

1. Cheevers - stiches on his mask with a black marker
2. ???
3. ???

Keep going......

njt42 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 02:01 PM

Chico Resch

tcgoalie008 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 02:28 PM

Jim Rutherford

fiveholegoalie · #6 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by njt42

Chico Resch

Yes, Chico was considered by many as the first goalie with an "artistic" design on his mask however one more is out there...

1. Cheevers
2. Resch
3. ?????