SI Link

Awesome 51 page long Gallery on SI.com on masks. Check it out now!

Link: Hockey in Art

Plenty of sites are now blurring the line between sports and art. See Uni Watch, Icethetics, and even here. Well we can add another site up: Hockey in Art. It's simply drawn, painted, and sketched hockey pictures. Look at the detail in Ryan Millers mask on the left! Really good site to just waste a couple minutes looking around.

Scarier Than a Puck at 98 mph

This is probably old news to most of you, but in case you haven't heard, Olaf Kolzig and Mike Smith have been promoting SAW V on their masks. You can see Smith's here, and Kolzig's here. Personally I like Kolzig's better, simply because I know what's on it. However, promoting a movie on a mask; not a good idea. I better not see a Beverly Hills Chihuahua mask anytime soon.


Icethetics Link
Awful Announcing Link

Nice Season Mask Preview

From the genius behind Icethetics (formerly NHL Tournament of Logos), comes his mask preview for the season. Take a look here.

The Newest Blank Canvas to Create On...

Masks are now old news*. The newest goaltender equipment/art statement is the stick. Two NHL goalies have seen using sticks with some sort of design on it. Chris Mason went with his number (50) and his teams logo, while Patrick Lalime of the Sens took it another route with Marvin the Martian, the same lovable alien that is on his mask. What they might be using is a product called Blade Tape (official site)
I think this a great way to extend the art on the mask, to the stick, as long as it doesn't get carried away, like putting stuff on the pads.

Notes:
Tobias Stephan seems to prefer Marty Turco's white mask, since he himself has one.
Jose Theodore switched teams, but hasn't gotten around to changing his mask.
Mathieu Garon has a incredible mask to go along with the Oilers new 3rd Jersey/throwback, I believe it is modeled after Grant Fuhr's

News From the Garden State

Big mask news from Jersey today. In case you haven't heard already, Martin Brodeur has a new mask. No earth shattering changes, just switches up his old "J" for his personal logo "MB30". However, it is the first change to his mask since 1993 (Short sideshow, displaying all 3 masks), making it one of the more recognizable masks in the league.

As you can see, the sides are basically the same, and the head logo still has the devilish tail. I haven't seen the back of the new design but I assume that they kept all of his mementos.

There's a nice article explaining all that went into it, and another picshow on the redesign.



UPDATE: Here is how it looks in a game

Luongo's Mask Tweaked

Roberto Luongo was named captain of the Vancouver Canucks recently, and since goalies are not allowed to wear the "C" on their jerseys (stupid, right?), Luongo is wearing the C on his mask. Creative? I think so.