Once again Marlene Ross Designs has created Alex Auld’s new look. When Alex was recently picked up by the Rangers, Marlene, his long time artist, created this great tribute to former Ranger goalies.
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Goalie Mike Smith of the Tampa Bay Lightning is one of David Arrigo’s best customers – David has sent us a number of new designs for Mike recently. The last one wasn’t in action for too long before a Montreal Canadiens player stepped on it and put a slash in it. The mask by Pro’s Choice did its job and saved Mike, but now he has had to take delivery of another and of course a sharp new design. David obviously had fun fitting Mike’s “41″ in a few different places as well as the Lightning bolt. You can also clearly see here the one piece milled centre bar on the Pro’s Choice Tri-cat cage.
Earlier in the season while shooting the Sound Tigers-Devils game, Scott Munroe had a mask that closely resembled that of New York Islanders goalie Marty Biron.
As can be seen in tonight’s shots, Munroe also has a mask that bears a striking resemblance to that of Dwayne Rolson’s.
Munroe signed with the NY Islanders in the summer of 2009. He spent the previous four season in the Philadelphia Flyers system with the Philadelphia Phantoms. Scott was the winning goaltender in the longest AHL game ever played. It was Game 5 of the East Division Semifinals where the Philadelphia Phantoms faced the Albany River Rats. The game lasted 142:58 and ended in the fifth overtime where the Phantoms won 3-2. Munroe had 65 stops in the victory.
(Click on Scott Munroe to view more shots of his mask.)
Photo by Scott Slingsby
Photo by Scott Slingsby
Photo by Scott Slingsby
For the second week in a row I’ve got a mask from Ray Bishop. Please visit Ray’s website Bishop Designs to view more of his great work.
I shot these photos of Devan Dubnyk while he was with the Springfield Falcons earlier this season. Shortly after this game Dubnyk was called up to the Edmonton Oilers where he currently shares the Oilers net with Jeff Deslauriers after starting goaltender Nikolai Khabibulinn underwent season ending surgery.
Springfield Falcon/Edmonton Oilers Goalie Devan Dubnyk. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Springfield Falcon/Edmonton Oilers Goalie Devan Dubnyk. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Springfield Falcon/Edmonton Oilers Goalie Devan Dubnyk. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Many readers have wondered – how does an artist break into the NHL market painting masks? Well, you can’t just have a web site and a sign saying “Goalie Mask Painting – $500 and up.”
Many budding artists will paint a design for a goalie and send it his way, hoping it will excite them and get used in a game. Once they have an “in” a cool design might well get seen by other pros and the magic of word of mouth marketing takes over.
Artist FX Allaire has an “in” to get his masks seen, so he did this cool design in hopes that Roberto Luongo would like it. What do you think? Please cast your vote and we’ll try to get word to Roberto!
To see more great work by FX visit his web site FXkustomART.com
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Should Luongo use this mask with the Canucks?
Cap Raeder, Assistant Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, may not have invented the position of goaltender coach, but he didn’t miss by much.
After a successful career in the net at the University of New Hampshire, in 1973 Raeder was drafted by both Montreal in the NHL and the Hartford Whalers in the WHA, at that time the upstart league competing with the NHL for players. Raeder signed with Hartford and, after a brief stint in the minors, was called to the big team at the end of 1976 and started all the conference final games. He started the next year in the minors but returned to Hartford and ended up playing in the last 26 games that season while posting the third best goals-against average in the league.
But after two seasons during which he played some of his best hockey ever, his career started to slip.
“After that ’77 season, I never got it back again,” Raeder lamented. “I saw some pretty good goalies coming up and realized that I wasn’t going to be able to make a career of playing.”
Raeder returned to the University of New Hampshire in 1980 to finish up his degree and help coach the school hockey team. He served as the head coach of Clarkson University before joining the staff of the L.A. Kings in 1988.
Now in his 22nd year of working with netminders in the NHL, Raeder, the Dean of goaltending coaches, reflected on the position that he has influenced so strongly and the changes that he has seen.
Mike Smith is one of Cap's Pupils in Tampa
InGoal: When did the position “Goaltending Coach” come into being?
CR: It really started in the 80’s, the early 80’s. Warren Strelow was one of the first ones. As far as I’m concerned he still was one of the best. I worked with him for 10 years in San Jose. He was the 1980 Olympic Goalie Coach, the Miracle on Ice. Now, it’s a specialized position. I think you’re seeing a lot better goaltenders coming through. They are much more knowledgeable.
InGoal: You have to attribute that to having a one-on-one coach working with them, right?
» Continue reading “Cap Raeder, Goaltending Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning”
Nathan Lawson picked up his 13th win of the season with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Manchester Monarchs.
With the victory, the Sound Tigers are now (30-27-3-6) and are in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with 69 points. Manchester (34-22-3-5) gained a point and remains in third place in the Atlantic Division with 76 points
(Click on Sound Tigers vs Monarchs to view more shots of the game.)
Lawson, who earned the game’s second star, stopped 26 Manchester shots for his 13th win of the year (13-12-3). Lawson got help from defenseman Jake Gannon, who scored for the second time this season with what seemed like a routine shot on goal that beat Bernier to the far side. Jon Gleed scored his first goal when he deflected the puck into the net off a shot from left wing Trevor Smith.
Sound Tigers goalie Nathan Lawson (52) watches the puck come back into play after hitting the crossbar in the third period. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Sound Tigers goalie Nathan Lawson (52) is positioned to grab a first period slapshot. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Bernier (26-17-5) took his 17th loss of the season with 28 saves on 30 shot. Manchester’s lone goal came when Corey Elkins (19) blasted a shot from the right face-off circle and sent the puck top shelf on Bridgeport’s goaltender Nathan Lawson.
Monarchs' goalie Jonathan Bernier (45) prepares to stop the Sound Tigers LW Jesse Joensuu in the second period. Photo by Scott Slingsby
Monarchs' Goalie Jonathan Bernier (45) watches a second period rebound go between defenseman Andrew Campbell (2) and Sound Tigers forward Jeremy Reich (17). Photo by Scott Slingsby
Artist Todd Miska of Miska Designs recently sent s along this great image of Nabby’s new Sharks mask.
Apparently assistant trainer Wes Howard came up with the idea of Poseidon, God of the Sea and Sharks swimming around him and the California seal on the back. The seal, which looks like some of the sickest work on the mask, includes the names of Nabby’s two kids.
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