25 most bizarre goalie masks in NHL history
By C.L. Kohuss
No. 9: The Rask mask
Just when Leonardo Dicaprio thought it was safe to go back in the forest. We had no idea Winnie the Pooh took this insane of a transformation. Side note: We’re staying out of the woods if this is what bears look like now. Demonic and hungry to gorge on our limbs, no thanks.
See the look of pure “whatever” on the face of Tuukka Rask? He knows that puck is about to be eaten by the unholy beast upon his head. It’s basically taken on a life of its own and devoured his entire soul. Probably why he’s in a constant running for the Vezina Trophy. That creature feasts on pucks and people like there’s no tomorrow.
To be fair to Andy Moog, it does appear he was the first to wear a bear (no rhyme intended) atop his dome while playing for the Boston Bruins.
But this isn’t “cuddliest mascots adorned to my head” week. We want bizarre, awful and morbid. Sorry, Andy. No Downey soft bears here.
The trend of open-mouth insanity was touched upon, but we say keep it going. Especially if it’s in the demonic/zombified range, because this one by Rask is awesome. He’s been using a similar style with a Bruin painted to his mask essentially since he entered the league with Boston. It’s changed over the seasons, morphing ever slowly into an eventual fright fest.
Here below are a couple of the more similar masks with scary animals on them.
