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Why I love Hockey, No. 1

I ask you, in what other sport could you see anything approaching the sheer awesomeness of this [image source]?It's been fifty years since the introduction of the goalie mask. A nice round-up of the goalie mask's impact on pop culture and hockey... ...full story at Kyklops

from Kyklops on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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