Coolest Old-School NHL Masks and Oilers Underdogs
Jacques Plante shocks the league in 1959 by strapping on that fiberglass face-saver after a puck carves up his mug, kicking off an era where goalies finally fight back against the barrage. From Gerry Cheevers' stitch-marked terror to Curtis Joseph's snarling Cujo beast, these masks turn netminders into walking nightmares that haunted shooters for decades.
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