I worked for Eddy Masks years ago. 20 years ago. He made a great mask and always used top products in every mask. I still wear an Eddy to this day. It’s a shame he’s not in business anymore. But with the top brands shipping production over seas and paying top players to wear their product it’s hard to compete. I’ve never been hurt wearing my mask and I’ve had some rockets at my head. It would be nice to see Eddy come back to making masks again. I should have got a custom one from him when I was there. I’d still like one today. I remember the osgood one fit me perfectly.. Again amazing masks
This video should be titled: How "MODERN" goalie masks are made". Very interesting video. Back in MY day, I had a plaster cast made of MY face, and layers of fiber glass were heated and dropped on to it like cheese on a burger. Then the eye and vent holes were drilled and cut out. A lot of us wore that style of mask. It was basically like what Jaques Plante and Bernie Parent wore. The style shown here, basically what EVERYONE wears today, is pretty nice. I doubt it offers any more protection than the helmet and cage type, but it looks cooler!
I got my helmet custom painted by Marlene Ross (lives in my town) It has my nickname (YOSHI) on both sides, graffiti style, and my team logo on the front, and the rest is landmarks in my town, like city hall, Memorial Center, and places like that, it's red, white, and black, IT"S PIMP!!!
My friends mask was black and it faded into a wolf head with lime green eyes at the top and fangs going down the side. (She played for Chicago Mission)
@tylerdurdonxx I think it was the original intentions (guys started painting skulls and shit on their masks). Now its just to look cool and its just tradition.
Apewrench If I had to guess I would say it was an Eddy GT with a Molson paint job. The eddy pro had a full layer of Kevlar. The Eddy Custom Kevlar also had a full layer of Kevlar as well. The Custom LT also had full Kevlar. I believe their GT model only had spot reinforcement of Kevlar like this model. (I'm going off of memory as I've owned several Eddy masks and I used to work at a pro shop that sold them). They've been out of business for several years now. I still own one of their last high end models (eddy custom LT pro spec....Ben Bishop was the last NHLer to use this model I believe).
i dont think that putting on a goalie mask is a sign of weakness. i call that common sense. do skydivers use a parachute because that are weak, or do police wear bullet-proof vests because they are weak? its just dumb not to wear a mask, i mean come on....
Psychological tactic to intimidate the other team? lol.... I don't know about that one? They're just painted to look cool dude. C'mon like grown men are going to be scared by a mask.
how is your life?? I just saw your 9year old comment and liked it...and wondered what happened in the last 9 years of your life, did things got good or normal or bad...just curious, cheers!
haha yeah the first thing i look at when im on a breakaway is the goalies artwork on his mask and get intimidated by it. no. not really. i just look for an opening and then i shoot.