When Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy trudges down the tunnel at Amalie Arena to begin pregame warmups, his mask appears white with only faint gray and pale blue markings. When the ...

Islanders icon Billy Smith was a superb goalie and four-time Stanley Cup winner. But he was also a fantastic interview. And in this story Smith wrote for THN, he was in peak form.

Roland Melanson or “Rollie the Goalie” was Billy Smith’s backup when the New York Islanders were dominating the NHL in the early ’80s — he won three Stanley Cups from 1981-83.

On Nov. 1, 1975, Billy Reay became just the second man to coach 1,000 games in the NHL as he led the Blackhawks to a 3-1 victory at the Red Wings. There are now 31 head coaches in league history ...

Ed Cubberly made masks for NHL goalies from 1988 to 2000, including Mike Richter's. In 1989, he got a request for something different.

It was an ironic move since Plante was the goalie who designed and wore the first goalie mask at the old Garden on Nov. 1, 1959. He finished the game wearing his mask and Toronto won 4-1, tying ...

The 2024-25 NHL season is here, marking the beginning of another run to the Stanley Cup and, most importantly, new goalie masks. With the Ducks rebrand officially complete, Dostal took the chance ...

The 2024-25 NHL season is here, marking the beginning of another run to the Stanley Cup and, most importantly, new goalie masks. The league's top goaltenders are set to show up in style while ...

The 2024-25 NHL season is here, marking the beginning of another run to the Stanley Cup and, most importantly, new goalie masks. Editor's Picks NHL season preview: Power Rankings, best- and worst ...

And that’s what was great about being a goalie – I could hide behind the mask. ... the once-shy Cohn adopted an aggressive netminding style akin to then-New York Islanders great Billy Smith. ...

The start of a new NHL season means new goalie masks. The NHL on Wednesday released images of the masks goaltenders, including the Nashville Predators' Juuse Saros and Winnipeg Jets' Connor ...

Let us know your favorite Smith mask in the comments below! Before the start of the 2023-24 season, The Hockey News interviewed Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin about his brand-new mask:. Related ...