The Definitive Ranking Of NHL Goalie Masks

From Nabokov to Varlamov to Bryzgalov, and everywhere in between.

Goalie masks are one of the coolest aspects of hockey — they allow the guys clad in big, goofy-looking pads and obscured by an enormous helmet to express a bit of their personality in just about any way they can dream up. Still, some masks are better than others.

The Ed Hardy Division:

Evgeni Nabokov's "Long Island Skull Creature"

Evgeni Nabokov's "Long Island Skull Creature"

Cool skull creature, Evgeni. Is that the Montauk Monster?

Image by David Pokress/Newsday/MCT

Miikka Kiprusoff's "Angry Skull Chin"

Miikka Kiprusoff's "Angry Skull Chin"

It looks like the cover of a Goosebumps book. Do the eyes light up?

Image by The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck / AP


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