The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers ...

And Jacques Plante was an important goalie," says ... While Plante wasn't the first goalie to wear a mask (Clint Benedict wore one for two games in January 1930), he introduced it as a regular ...

The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers game ...