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

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.)

Nathan Lawson

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

Jonathan Bernier

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

The Manchester Monarchs, behind a 38 save effort from Jonathan Bernier, picked up their 33rd win of the season (33-20-2-5) with a 5-2 victory over the Springfield Falcons. With 73 points, Manchester remains in third place in the Atlantic Division. Springfield (18-32-9-3) is in eighth place in the Atlantic Division with 48 points.

(Click on Falcons vs Monarchs to view more shots of the game.)

Jonathan Bernier

Bernier stopped 38 of 40 shots on the night , 20 of which came in the first period, to earn his 25th win of the season (25-15-5). Monarchs’ goals were scored by Kevin Westgarth (11), Corey Elkins (18), Bud Holloway (16) and 2 from David Mekler (10).

Jonathan Bernier #45 watches as Chris Minard's shot heads for the back of the net. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Jonathan Bernier waits for the faceoff from the left circle during the second period. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Devan Dubnyk

Dubnyk (11-17-2) draws the loss, his 17th of the season, stopping 35-of-40 pucks. Falcons’ goals came from Chris Minard at 16:16 of the second period and Charles Linglet at 1:08 of the third period.

Falcons Note: The Springfield Falcons signed goaltender Byron Lewis to an Amateur Tryout Agreement on Wednesday afternoon after J.P. Levasseur was reassigned by the Anaheim Ducks back to the Central Hockey League’s Laredo Bucks.

Falcons goalie Devan Dubnyk #40 can't catch up to the Corey Elkins shot in the third period. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Devan Dubnyk #40 denies David Meckler's attempt at a hat trick. Photo by Scott Slingsby

During the recent game between the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and Lowell Devils I had a chance to get some detailed shots of the Penguins’ goalie masks.

John Curry

John Curry’s mask was created by Ray Bishop. You can view more of Ray’s work at Bishop Custom Designs.

Curry (20-16-0) is currently in his third season with the Penguins and has been called up to the parent club, Pittsburgh Penguins, twice this year due to injuries to Marc-Andre Fleury.  Prior to turning pro, Curry spent his college career at Boston University where he was ranked fourth in the nation with a 2.01 goals against average, sixth with a .928 save percentage, ninth with 2,154 minutes played, and first with seven shutouts.

Goalie John Curry, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Goalie John Curry, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Brad Thiessen

I’m not sure who did the artwork on Thiessen’s mask, so if any of our readers know who the artist is, please drop us a line in the comment section at the end of the post.

Thiessen (6-9-1) is in his first season with WBS Penguins. He came to the Penguins after his Junior year at Northeastern University where he had a 25-12-4 record, 2.11 GAA, 3 shutouts, and a .931 save percentage. He was the 2008–09 Hockey East Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

I had the opportunity last season to shoot one of Thiessen’s games when he was still with the Northeastern Huskies. If you’re interested in viewing  the pictures just click on the Northeastern vs Merrimack link.

Goalie Brad Thiessen, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Goalie Brad Thiessen, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Penguins’ goalie Brad Thiessen picked up his second shutout of the season and extended Wilkes- Barre’s winning streak to five games with a 1-0 win over the Lowell Devils.

(Click on Penguins vs Devils to view more game shots.)

Penguins Goalie Brad Thiessen

Brad Thiessen won his fourth straight for the Penguins and improved his record to 6-8-0 after stopping all 24 shots on goal. With the victory, the Penguins are 6-0-0-0 versus the Devils in the all-time series.

Penguins' goalie Brad Thiessen #39 uses the blocker to deflect a first period Devils shot. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Penguins' goalie Brad Thiessen #39 lost his stick and makes the save with his teamates smaller stick. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Devils Goalie Mike McKenna

Mike McKenna had a great game in net but unfortunately came up on the short end of the 1-0 game. McKenna turned away 20 of 21 shots on the night with the only blemish being a Luca Caputi snapshot that found the back of the net at the 5:49 mark of the third period. With the loss, McKenna’s record drops to  17-11-3.

Devils' goalie Mike McKenna #1 sends a third period rebound into the left corner. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Devils' goalie Mike McKenna #1 covers the rebound late in the the third period. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Boston College’s John Muse vs Boston University’s Kieren Milan

In their 250th meeting, The BC Eagles and John Muse picked their 15th overall Beanpot trophy with an exciting 4-3 win over cross town rival Boston University.

Muse earned both the Eberly Trophy (highest save percentage) and Beanpot MVP honors, stopping 64-of-67 shots (.955) in the two-game tournament to become the first BC goalie since Greg Taylor in 1994 to capture both honors.

Muse picked up his 11th win of season (11-6-2) by stopping 31 shots, including 13 alone in the third period. The win was Muse’s 54th of his career, surpassing Taylor and goalie coach Jim Logue for sole possession of fifth place on the school’s win list.

(Click on Beanpot Championship to view more shots of the game.)

BC goalie John Muse #1 looks for the rebound as the puck falls behind Terrier forward Zach Cohen #11. Photo by Scott Slingsby

BU goalie Kieren Milan took the loss, his 11th of the season (9-11-0).  Milan stopped 28 shots in 58:02.

Terrier goals were scored by Kevin Shattenkirk in the first period and David Warsofsky and Colby Cohen in the third.

BU goalie Kieren Milan #31 stops an early second period rush by the BC Eagles. Photo by Scott Slingsby

 Harvard’s Ryan Carroll vs Northeastern’s Chris Rawlings

Northeastern goalie Chris Rawlings picked up his 12th win of the season topping Harvard 4-1 in the Beanpot consolation game. Rawlings stopped 26 of 27 shots while getting support from Tyler McNeely who scored two goals, one short handed and the other on a power play. Other Northeastern goals were scored by Greg Costa in the second period and Wade MacLeod.

Rawlings made a combined total of 60 saves in both Beanpot games.

(Click on Beanpot Consolation to view more shots of the game.)

Harvard forward Louis Leblanc #20 tries to get a handle on a Chris Rawlings #37 rebound in the second period. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Harvard netminder Ryan Carroll (4-5-1) got the start for the Crimson and stopped 30 shots on the night. Carroll made several spectacular saves in the third period alone, stopping all 12 shots by Northeastern.

Harvard’s lone goal came at 11:13 of the second period when Conor Morrison deflected a Ryan Grimshaw shot from inside the blue line.

Harvard goalie Ryan Carroll #35 makes a right pad save during third period action. Photo by Scott Slingsby

The Boston Bruins hosted the Vancouver Canucks the past Saturday in hopes of breaking their nine game losing streak but ran into a hot Roberto Loungo who stopped 41 of 43 shots enroute to a 3-2 shootout win.

(Click on Canucks vs Bruins to view more shots of the game.)

Tuukka Rask

Tuukka Rask was trying to stop his own losing streak (0-4-2) dating back to Dec. 30. Rask was given an early 2-0 lead but was unable to hold off the resilient Canucks. Vancouver goals were scored by Mason Raymond (21) in the second period and Pavol Demitra (1) in the third.  Demitra also scored the only goal of the shootout.

Rask (10-7-2) stopped 29 of 31 shots.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask #40 stops Vancouver's Darcy Hordichuk #24 in the second period. Photo by Scott Slingsby

The Bruins Derek Morris #53 fights to clear the puck in front of goalie Tuukka Rask #40. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Roberto Loungo

Luongo and the Canucks,  in the midst of the longest road trip in NHL history,  made their only stop in Boston this season count. Boston started the scoring early with two first period power play goals by Zdeno Chara (5) and Michael Ryder (13) but couldn’t find the back of the net the rest of the game. Luongo stopped 41 shots including 3 in the shootout.

This was Luongo’s 30th win (30-15-2), his fifth consecutive 30 win season.

Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo #1 uses the side if the blocker to make the save as Blake Wheeler #26 waits for the rebound. Photo by Scott Slingsby

The Canucks Roberto Luongo #1 stops Patrice Bergeron #37 in the shootout. Photo by Scott Slingsby

In one week Tim Thomas and Jonathan Quick will be playing for the same team. Saturday night, January 30th, they were at opposite ends of the ice as the LA Kings handed the Bruins their seventh straight loss 3-2 in a six round shootout.

Tim Thomas (13-14-7)  stopped 31 of 33 shots on the night. With the loss, Thomas’ shutout record drops to 20-21.

Kings goals were scored by Dustin Brown in the first and Anze Kopitar in the third period. Kopitar also scored the game winning goal in the shootout when he faked left but dangled the puck on the right around Thomas. (See photo below.)

The Kings Anze Kopitar #11 Scores the game winning goal in the shootout. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Bruins goalie Tim Thomas #30 makes a first period save and has the puck wedged underneath his mask. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Jonathan Quick picked up his 30th win of the season and improved his shootout record to 12-4 with the win over Boston. Quick stopped 27 of 29 shots on goal.

Bruins goals were scored by Marco Sturm in the second period and Mark Recchi in the third. Both were power play goals.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick #32 makes a second period pad save as Miroslav Satan #81 waits for a rebound. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick #32 is looking for the high rebound as the Bruins Mark Recchi #28 comes crashing into the play. Photo by Scott Slingsby

What is the Beanpot? To most people, a beanpot is a deep, wide-bellied, short-necked vessel used to cook beans. To those of us in the Boston area, it’s a winter hockey tradition that takes place on the first and second Monday in February at the TD Garden, home of the Bruins.

The tournament consists of four local schools, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston College and Boston University. All are within a few square miles of each other.  It lasts two rounds, with first-round opponents being rotated from year to year. The second round consists of a consolation game to start the night followed by the championship game.

In addition to the trophy, the winner is also awarded city bragging rights for a year.

Harvard’s Kyle Richter vs Boston College’s John Muse

Boston College took the first game of the night 6-0, behind a 33 save effort from junior goaltender John Muse.  The win for Muse was his 52nd as an Eagle and improved his record to 9-6-2 on the season.  Muse played 57:26 and was lifted for Chris Venti for the final 2:24.

Harvard goalie Kyle Richter made 33 saves in 54:02, while replacement John Riley made four saves in the closing 5:58.

The Crimson was penalized 17 times for 58 minutes. They also had three game misconducts in the third period.

(Click on Harvard vs BC to view more shot of the game.)

BC Eagles goalie John Muse (#1) goes for a glove save on a high shot during the first night of the Beanpot tournament. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Harvard's Kyle Richter (#33) tries to trap the puck under his blocker in first round action of the 2010 Beanpot. Photo by Scott Slingsby.

Northeastern’s Chris Rawlings vs Boston University’s Kieren Milan

In the nightcap, BU’s Kieren Milan stopped 26 shots to pick up the win as BU bested Northeastern 2-1. Milan improved his record to 8-10-0, thus setting up the 250th  meeting between BU and BC for the championship game.

Freshman Chris Rawlings (10-10-1), turned away 33 shots in his first ever Beanpot action.

Northeastern will play Harvard in the consolation game.

(Click on Northeastern vs BU to view more shots of the game.)

Northeastern's #11 Justin Daniels tries to tip the puck past BU goalie Kieren Milan #31 in the first round of the Beanpot. Photo by Scott Slingsby

Zach Cohen #11 of Boston University skates across the top of the crease in front of Northeastern goalie Chris Rawlings #31. Photo by Scott Slingsby