Thing like this leave an impression...

[lumm0x]

LINK

 

[ernieren]

Nice

 

[Poopy Pants]

Got beaned by a fastball as a kid that left some stitch marks from the ball on my forehead for a few hours. Ouchies

A kid I worked with got hit in the face by a fastball and had to have reconstructive surgery. He sticks to softball now.

 

[deimos]

its amazing that NHL players use to not wear any protective gear like that back in the day!
could you imagine that hitting your jaw!

 

[scrappy]

guess it's good they wear brain buckets.

one of our guys lost his 4 front teeth last weekend in a game up here. 4 minute major just doesn't seem long enough for 4 teeth.. sad thing is he was an emergency player, retired a few yrs ago but plays when we need a body. 15 yrs of hockey with all his teeth and in one shot he lost 4

 

[Krusin]

why they now wear masks

http://www.life.com/image/50542947/in-gallery/35222/head-cases-nhl-goalie-masks

 

[Krusin]

The Hockey channel had a special on earlier that still runs from time to time. I forget the name but it was a history of the masks & what lead up to them. They had a number of interviews, footage & pic's from the orginal masks to todays. It's a great watch if you happen to run accross it, I think it was a 50 years of Masks special but wouldn't swear to it.