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This book here is from 1977. It is called Hockey Masks And The Great Goalies Who Wear Them. Published by Tundra Books and written by Michael M. Cutler, the book features paintings by the author that replicate the goalie masks of Ken Dryden (cover), Pete Lopresti, Dan Bouchard, Gerry Desjardins, Mike Palmateer, Curt Ridley, Glenn Resch, Ed Giacomin, Dave Dryden, Gilles Gratton, Bernie Parent, Gilles Meloche, Joe Daley, Ron Low, Rogie Vachon, Gerry Cheevers, Ed Staniowski, Denis Herron, Michel Plasse, and Vladislav Tretiak. Cutler came back with a 22 page bilingual follow-up book in 1983. Grant Fuhr's mask graced the cover of Great Hockey Masks. Cutler's books may have been the first books ever dedicated to the art of the goalie masks. Fast forward to 2008 and we have two noteworthy publications completely dedicated to goalie mask art work. The first is Wiley's Saving Face: The Art And History Of The Goalie Mask . Written by Jim Hynes and Gary Smith research the complete hist...

Inspired by the new book Saving Face: The Art And History Of The Goalie Mask , I rank my personal top ten goalie masks of all time over at Top Ten Tuesday at GreatestHockeyLegends.com .

I'm lucky enough to have had a chat with Jim Hynes, one of the authors behind Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask . Jim was kind enough to answer my questions about the book, the masks and the goalies. Buy at | Amazon.ca - chapters.indigo.ca - Amazon.com | HBR - You give a thorough chronological history of the great innovators of the goalie mask - Clint Benedict, Jacques Plante, Delbert Louch, Bill Burchmore, Lefty Wilson, Ernie Higgins, Jim Homouth, Greg Harrison, Michel Lefebvre, Dave Dryden, Ed Cubberly, Jerry Wright, and then painters like Gerry Cheevers, Frank Cipra, Ray Bishop, and Todd Miska. Was there one man who was more instrumental in the development of the goalie mask than the others? Jim Hynes: I have to give the tip of my CCM helmet there to Bill Burchmore. He came up with the idea of using fibreglass...and everyone else followed for the next 25 years. His masks were a little crude, Higgin's designs worked better, but Burchmore started T...

One of the most anticipated books of the season is Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask by Jim Hynes and Gary Smith, published by Wiley. Buy at | Amazon.ca - chapters.indigo.ca - Amazon.com | Hockey goalies tend to be amongst the most popular athletes in all of sports, partly because of the strange equipment they wear. No piece of goalie equipment is more revered than the mask, which nowadays is more often than not a piece of personalized art work that only adds to our love of goalies. For many it is the face of hockey, quite literally the saving face. With about 150 images of goalie masks through the ages, this book is sure to be a hit. It would make an awesome coffee table book, encouraging discussion as guests flip through the photographic evidence of the evolution of the goalie mask, conjuring up old memories of years gone by. There are some amazing early pics of primitive masks that never even made it to the NHL. Clint Benedict's and Jacques Plante's early...

The book: Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask , Hardcover 160 pages The Authors: Jim Hynes, Gary Smith Foreword: Gerry Cheevers The Publisher: Wiley Release Date: September, 2008 Pre-order: Amazon - Chapters Book Description The game of hockey changed forever when the legendary Jacques Plante donned a face mask on November 1, 1959, and kept it on for good. From those early, primitive leather masks, the goaltender’s mask has evolved into what it is today—a high-tech piece of protective equipment and a thing of beauty. Today’s goaltending stars owe a debt of thanks to the original mask makers. Saving Face is the story of those who developed, championed, and continuously improved the most unique and … + read more The game of hockey changed forever when the legendary Jacques Plante donned a face mask on November 1, 1959, and kept it on for good. From those early, primitive leather masks, the goaltender’s mask has evolved into what it is today—a high-tech piece of pro...