What is Dave Dryden?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Dave Dryden.png | image_size = 230px | caption = Dave Dryden (c. 1961) | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|9|5|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|4|1941|9|5}} | death_place = [[Oakville, Ontario]], Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 186 | played_for = [[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]<br>[[Buffalo Sabres]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | career_start = 1961 | career_end = 1979 }} '''David Murray Dryden''' (September 5, 1941 – October 4, 2022) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. Dryden was known for the distinction of creating (as well as being the first goaltender to employ) the modern day goaltending mask consisting of a fiberglass mask with a cage. ==Playing career== Before playing in the NHL, Dryden played 2 seasons in the [[Ontario Hockey Associaation|OHA]] playing for the Toronto St. Michael's. In the NHL, he played for the [[New York Rangers]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]], [[Buffalo Sabres]] and [[Edmonton Oilers]]. Dryden faced his brother [[Ken Dryden|Ken]] in a game between his Sabres and the Montreal [[Canadiens]]. It was the only time in the history of the NHL that brothers opposed each other as goalies. Dryden was the goalie against whom [[Wayne Gretzky]] scored his first professional goal. During his time in the [[World Hockey Association|WHA]], he played for the Chicago Cougars and Edmonton Oilers. He won the Ben Hatskin Trophy as the WHA's top goaltender, and the Gordie Howe Trophy as league MVP. Since retiring from playing professional ice hockey in 1979, he became the chair person of Sleeping Children Around the World charity which was founded by his father and provides bed kits to children in developing countries. On October 4, 2022, Dryden died at his home in [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville