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A Goalie mask is a mask worn by an ice or field hockey goalie to protect the head from injury.In recent years, baseball catchers have begun to wear very similar masks.
The first mask was a crude leather one worn by Clint Benedict in the 1920s to protect a broken nose. Upon recovery from the injury, he never used it again. Jacques Plante was the first to wear a mask full-time after being struck in the face with a puck during a game in 1959. Although he faced some derision, Plante's fiberglass mask soon became the standard and a symbol of the game.
In addition, and especially when the popular mask was a fibreglass covering, goalies found it fashionable to give their mask distinctive decorations.
Ice hockey
