To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's final seasons, and two years before Ovechkin entered the NHL, the length of goalie pads was limited to 38 inches. NHL scoring at its ...

But the same goes for Fedotov, who also has had to get used to a longer season with constant travel. Add the differences in goalie equipment, ice size, and style of play, and it has been a significant ...

“The game always changes,” Montgomery said. “I thought it was great they reduced goalie (equipment) size. Equipment was getting ridiculous. Now you see more pucks go through goalie ...

They got together for five mini-debates, presented below. The question: Goalie equipment is larger today than it was decades ago. But is it too big, or just right? Sean says: In a league in which ...

still wearing his leather goalie pads, after playing in a town-league game following his high school graduation. “I’ve always seen the picture of him,” Jameson says. “He’s in an old ...