Nov. 1, 1959 - Nothing could mask the facial damage on the night Jacques Plante went down in Madison Square Garden. Nothing, that is, but a mask. Early in the first period, a hard backhander by the ...

The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers game ...

"There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren't many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie," says Ken Dryden on ESPN ...

Jacques Plante was never much for convention. And Andy Bathgate was never much for Jacques Plante. It was that confluence of personality and rivalry – not to mention of puck and cheek – that wound up ...

In his era, Jacques Plante was seen as a wimp. After the Montreal Canadiens goalie was struck in the face by a flying puck while playing against the New York Rangers on Nov. 1, 1959, the future ...

Sixty-five years ago Jacques Plante was called up by the Montreal Canadiens and it was a roster move that ended up changing the game forever. As one of the winningest goalies in the history of the NHL ...

This week’s Google Doodle pays tribute to Jacques Plante, a former Canadian professional ice hockey player credited for inventing the fiberglass mask that goalkeepers wear on the rink today. Tuesday ...

The history of hockey is well over 100 years old, and for a large majority of it, the NHL has been king. So, we looked at the history of the league and who were the best at the league's most important ...

How much would you pay for Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Jacques Plante's 1959-60 Vezina Trophy, the first season he wore a mask for the Montreal Canadiens? Because until Oct. 4, it's going for $6,900 ...

There have been some odd and awesome masks in the history of the NHL, from the very basic one worn originally by Jacques Plante to Gerry Cheevers’ stitch design to Gilles Gratton’s phenomenal lion ...