Goalies looked so awesome back then. Now they’re just a lump of padding usually all the same color. Big fat square equipment.
More-Stick9980
When I was little, during the Dynasty years, I was such a terrible skater that my older brother and friends made me be the goalie when we played playground hockey. I had a very similar picture to this of Billy Smith on my wall in my bedroom, which is how I grew up and Islanders fan in St. Louis. Didn’t get to actually see them play in person until 1990 for my 14th birthday. When I turned 19, I moved to Brooklyn and went to as many games as I could. Isles for life!
therealchrisredfield
It would be sick if Varly took this design and put it on his modern style mask
SlowReaction4
Love those old school masks. Wish we could see them nowadays.
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Yeah. I made a post listing my top 5 favorite goalie masks for the Islanders. This was one of them.
[modern version](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a29c00e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/369×512+0+0/resize/1200×1665!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fee%2Fd21edafb3dfac491bcb50ca71a63%2Fsdut-file-this-this-dec.-8-2009-20160830)
Goalies looked so awesome back then. Now they’re just a lump of padding usually all the same color. Big fat square equipment.
When I was little, during the Dynasty years, I was such a terrible skater that my older brother and friends made me be the goalie when we played playground hockey. I had a very similar picture to this of Billy Smith on my wall in my bedroom, which is how I grew up and Islanders fan in St. Louis. Didn’t get to actually see them play in person until 1990 for my 14th birthday. When I turned 19, I moved to Brooklyn and went to as many games as I could. Isles for life!
It would be sick if Varly took this design and put it on his modern style mask
Love those old school masks. Wish we could see them nowadays.