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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!
 
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
 
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.
 
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