re potvin s new goalie mask stephen legge slegge kean ucs munc ca writes i was wtahcing right guard hockey week on tsn yesterday and they had a feature on this guy that does a lot most of the masks for nhl goalies they talked about how they are made what they are made of and the designs that are put on them etc actually this part was really interesting it turns out that the mask is custom fit to the goalie s face the goalie puts his her face through a piece of wood or was it plastic with a hole in it that allows only the face and forehead to show hair is covered by a cap eyes are covered by a plastic wrap type material and vaseline is put on the goaltender s face then a plaster is spread on their cheeks forehead and chin which takes about minutes to dry sufficiently when it dries it is effectively a mold of the goalie s face this is used as the basis of the mask the rest involves padding the inside hardening the exterior fitting the cage etc etc john blue of the bruins actually demonstrated the procedure on the show he exhibited a couple masks he is currently working on namely a new mask for andy moog which is a basic re working of his current mask with the bear on it and new mask for bob essensa which was really cool the jets logo was on the chin and there were two fighter jets on either side on the forehead with an air brushed back ground yeah essensa s mask looked really good the best one of all was one he never talked about he just held it up it has the current leafs crest on the chin and an awesome looking black panther on the forehead it has to be a new mask for felix potvin but he never said whose it was actually i thought i heard him say that it was potvin s for certain i would bet money on it either way and it did look awesome dchhabra stpl ists ca
