From Nabokov to Varlamov to Bryzgalov, and everywhere in between.
Goalie masks are one of the coolest aspects of hockey — they allow the guys clad in big, goofy-looking pads and obscured by an enormous helmet to express a bit of their personality in just about any way they can dream up. Still, some masks are better than others.
The Ed Hardy Division:
Evgeni Nabokov's "Long Island Skull Creature"
Cool skull creature, Evgeni. Is that the Montauk Monster?
Image by David Pokress/Newsday/MCT
Miikka Kiprusoff's "Angry Skull Chin"
It looks like the cover of a Goosebumps book. Do the eyes light up?
Image by The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck / AP