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Head Cases: NHL Goalie Masks

Gerry Cheevers

Gerry Cheevers

Gerry Cheevers' mask, covered with drawn-on stitches indicating where Cheevers had been smacked in the face by pucks, is the single most famous hockey mask in the history of the game. Few players in any sport have ever been as immediately recognizable as Cheevers was (and still is) behind that thicket of imaginary stitches.

Photo: AP Photo

Oct 16, 2009
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