The long-standing link between Halloween, horror movies and goalie masks goes well beyond the iconic example of Jason Voorhees wearing one in the "Friday the 13th" films. Gerry Cheevers is credited as the first goalie to decorate his mask in the late 1960s ...

Although it's true that fighting is a hot topic for many, nothing brings people together more than seeing each team's goalie go after the other's.

It's time for a new NHL season, which means unique goalie masks return across the league. Goaltenders use their masks to express creativity or pay homage to the people closest to them. The designs are eye-catching, and this season is no different.

A pair of Russian monuments in the Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, as well as the Space Conquerors Monument, will also be on the mask. One represents space exploration, and another represents unity and hard work. Vasilevskiy first saw them after visiting the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow a few years ago, "one of the best places he’s ever been”.

The Lightning credited the first goalie fight in an NHL outdoor game -- between Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jeremy Swayman -- for helping to spark their historic Stadium Series comeback win over the Bruins on Sunday.

Men’s Team Canada goalie Logan Thompson, and women’s netminders Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer and Kayle Osborne unveiled their custom goalie gear Tuesday ahead of the start of Milano Cortina 2026.

It was an outrageous display. On Dec. 14, four days after being acquired in a trade, goaltender Stuart Skinner made his debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers.

On any hockey rink, goaltenders are presented with a more unique challenge than most in that they do not get to show fans much of their personalities on the ice