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For today's goalies, it's not a matter of toughness. It's a matter of sanity. Full Article at Sporting News
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This Sunday, November 1 will mark the 50th anniversary of Jacques Plante wearing a facemask in an N.H.L. game for the first time, which led to all goalies eventually wearing one and transforming not only the way hockey looks, but also the way it is... Full Article at Slap Shot
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Fifty years ago Sunday night, Nov. 1, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante wore the first full-face goalie mask in a NHL game. Full Article at National Hockey league | NHL.com
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If you had a good surgeon, he could sew you up and you didn't notice anything
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It took a special person in Plante ... I don't know how long it would have taken to bring the mask in had it not been for him.
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If they didn't have masks, I would have played anyway
– Tony Esposito SOURCE: Sporting News -
I can't imagine ... That's pretty crazy. Obviously the shots were not what they are today, but still. There was a lot of stuff going on around the crease. I don't know how those guys did it.
