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. Hockey Hall-of ...

but he will always be remembered for his goalie mask while with the Nordiques. Roland Melanson or “Rollie the Goalie” was Billy Smith’s backup when the New York Islanders were dominating the ...

Goaltender Jacques Plante became a member ... They came in a 9-0 route of the Atlanta Flames. Goaltenders Billy Smith and Goran Hogosta shared the shutout. Trottier was the first Islander with ...

Gerlach reached out to Cubberly about making a mask ... the mask. Billy Crystal wore the original while hosting the Oscars in 1992, making a joke that he looked like the goalie from the ...

This week recalls an incident involving Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Bernie ... of the Rangers," Smith wrote. Said Hadfield: "Bernie jumped me from behind. Then I saw his mask sitting there, so ...

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 ...

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 ...