Hockey fans: Help Tingkai pick a goalie mask

[Tingkai]

I've decided to buy a goalie mask and now I face the difficult choice of picking the right look. It's going to set me back about Cdn$400 so it ain't an easy choice.

Which one do you think I should buy?

These links show eight choices. I'll try to attach my top three favourites.

http://www.itech.com/gmask_pages/images/nhlm.html?productID=4000NHLD&pagestyle=goalie&format=

http://www.itech.com/gmask_pages/images/p2special.html?productID=2000DD&pagestyle=goalie&format=

I like the native art look of the Canucks one.

[Tingkai]

Being a Leafs fan, I naturally like this one

[Tingkai]

Then there's the patriotic look

[Spiffor]

Go with the red one. Red is beautiful.

[DarthVeda]

I'd pick the red one.

[notyoueither]

Get a plain white one and paint stitches on it where ever you get hit with a puck, stick, or skate.

Cheevers' old face plate was one of the best ever.

[Kontiki]

Being a Leafs fan, you've already got problems.

I love the Canucks, but can't say I'm wild about their uniforms/masks/logos/etc.

You can never really go wrong with a Team Canada mask, altough those big "ITECH" ads are pretty crap.

[RedFred]

What colour scheme is your uniform?

[FrustratedPoet]

Paint it to look like Krusty the Klown, stick the hair on and everything ... that'd really psyche out the opposing players.
When someone's skating in on a penalty shot keep shouting "Hey Hey!", then throw a pie in his face.

Alternatively, you might want to go with the Leafs mask. I think that's a stylish design.

[cinch]

What about the Tommy Salo "Angry Viking" mask? That'as always a winner.

(As for the options given, I'll say... Team Canada.)

[Pekka]

As a fan of Rangers, I like that mask. Also Canada mask is cool.

[Ben Kenobi]

Paint over the ad, and go with the team Canada facemask.

Again, if you are a Leaf's fan there is no hope for you.

Krusty the Clown

[notyoueither]

Ahh, come on! The wounded look is best.



Don't you agree?

[Tingkai]

Dead on NYE. The Cheever's look is great. I hadn't thought about that in years. Could definitely be a possibility.

Those old goalies must have been really crazy to play with that kind of minimal protection. No protection for the eyes, throat, ears, back of the head. And the guys who played before Plante... I can't even imagine what it would have been liked to stand in goal without a mask while some guy like Rocket Richard fires a slapshot at me.

Kontiki: The Canucks look pretty good these days, but if you don't like the look just wait a year and they'll change it. The Itech does suck.

Pekka: your're right, it does look good, but I'd never be caught dead wearing a Ranger's mask.

[Guynemer]

I like the Vancouver one. The Tlingit-esque artwork is beautiful, and very distinctive.