On Nov. 1, 1959, Jacques Plante returned to the game wearing a mask, after getting hit in the face with a puck that Andy Bathgate shot. The goalie started wearing a mask regularly after that...

Jan 17, 2025 · Though that is the date when Jacques Plante innovated the position of goaltender in the NHL by popularizing equipment for the face, he’s not actually the first goalie who wore a mask in the NHL –...

Nov 3, 2021 · On November 1, 1959, the day after Halloween, Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens revolutionizes hockey by donning a facemask, the first NHL goaltender to do so in a regular-season game....

Nov 1, 2023 · Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante became the first man to wear a mask in net—but it only caught on because it was a good luck charm.

Nov 1, 2009 · 50 years ago today the great Jacques Plante introduced a new piece of equipment to the NHL -- the goalie mask. The author describes the events of that day, and personal recollections of the legendary innovator who wound down his career a decade and a half later with the Edmonton Oilers.

Oct 30, 2009 · Fifty years ago Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York, Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens changed hockey. Having suffered a nasty cut to the nose from a shot by Rangers star Andy...

Nov 1, 2007 · Plante led the Canadiens to a 3-1 win that night and is widely recognized as the trailblazer behind the goalie mask. And while he certainly deserves credit for that, it's worth mentioning...

Nov 21, 2009 · But in 1959, Montreal's Jacques Plante got fed up with hockey pucks in the face. His fiberglass face mask remains a staple for goaltenders 50 years later.

Mar 21, 2020 · Jacques Plante (January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986), hockey legend and goalie for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team (1954–1963), designed and built the first-ever fibreglass mask in 1956 to protect himself from being injured by flying pucks.

Sep 13, 2020 · Jacques Plante is widely known as the first professional hockey player to wear a mask in an NHL game, when on November 1, 1959, his nose was broken by a shot from New York Rangers star Andy Bathgate, just three minutes into the game.