Bruins Bruins’ Linus Ullmark honors Gerry Cheevers with new stitched goalie mask Ullmark's new mask will debut as part of Boston's "Big Bad Bruins Night" on Saturday.

Cheevers supplanted veteran Eddie Johnston as the Bruins’ No. 1 goalie in 1967, the same year the team acquired centers Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield and right wing Ken Hodge in a trade with ...

Boston Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers waves his stick in the air after the Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 4-0, at Boston Gardens, Thursday, May 19, 1978, Boston, Mass. Montreal leads the ...

Cheevers’ stitches-plastered goaltending mask is arguably the most famous in the game’s history. He played for the Bruins in their heyday from 1965 to 1972, then again from 1975 to 1980. He ...

Here we are, a half-century later, and Cheevers was back in the news Friday night, his name getting plenty of mentions as the fired-up present-day Bruins were completing a 4-1 victory over the ...

Ullmark, who now guards that same 6-foot-by-4-foot area that Cheevers blocked, wore a modern-day version of Cheevers's stitched-face cage during the morning skate and warm-ups.

The Boston Bruins drafted Cheevers in 1965. He was a member of both the 1970 and 1972 Stanley Cup winning teams. Cheevers joined D.A. to discuss the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup win, this year's ...

Ahh, the Bruins-Canadiens rivalry. May it live forever. In this week’s recounting of Black-and-Golden memories from a half-century ago, several B’s noted they should have won the Stanley Cup ...

Bruins' Linus Ullmark Unveils Centennial Celebration Mask Honoring Gerry Cheevers. ... Saturday's game honors the 1960-76 Bruins. Cheevers played for the Black and Gold from 1965-72 and again ...

As the Bruins try to pull further ahead of the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers sizes up Tuukka Rask. Skip to main content.