PUCK CULTURE

From the last goalie to play without a mask to the last goalie to play every minute of a season, here are six stoppers who hold a unique place in hockey lore

BY SAL BARRY

HOCKEY CARDS OF SIX GREAT GOALTENDING ‘LASTS’ 1. LAST GOALIE TO PLAY WITHOUT A MASK Andy Brown (1977) Jacques Plante was the first goalie to wear a mask regularly in the NHL, beginning when he donned one in a game in 1959. Fifteen years later, every goalie in the league was wearing a mask – except the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Andy Brown. Brown’s last NHL game was April 7, 1974, a 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Flames. He went on to play three more seasons in the WHA with the Indianapolis Racers – all without a mask – before retiring in 1977. Brown had only one hockey card during his career, in the 1974-75 O-Pee-Chee WHA set. 2. LAST GOALIE TO WEAR A FIBERGLASS MASK Sam St-Laurent (1991) The fiberglass goalie mask introduced by Plante was a…

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