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To: Alberta's Child

“One of the biggest factors in the increased size and strength of padding in hockey has been the increased exposure to injury from players shooting pucks harder than ever before.”

Can you imagine a goalie going into an NHL game today wearing a 1970s molded mask? Mind you, those began to fall out of favour when Bernie Parent nearly lost an eye due to an errant stick catching him in the wrong place at the wrong time, but still, lol.


49 posted on 09/25/2017 10:19:24 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: OttawaFreeper


Best mask, ever.
50 posted on 09/25/2017 10:22:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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