NHL Trivia?

Question

Who was the last player in the NHL to play with out wearing a helmet?

Answer 1

Last NHL player to play without a helmet:

Craig MacTavish, St. Louis 1996-1997

First NHL player to play with a helmet:

George Owen, Boston 1929

wore his leather football helmet

First NHL team to all play with helmets:

Boston Bruins, 4 January 1934

After seeing their defenseman, Eddie Shore fracture Ace Bailey's skull in a simple bodycheck gone wrong. They wore their leather helmets for the first time in a game where they were defeated by the Ottawa Senatore 9-2.

First goalie to wear a mask:

Clint Benedict, Montreal Maroons, January 1930

wore a leather mask for several games after a broken cheekbone but stopped wearing one due to obstructed vision on low shots.

First NHL goalie to play with a helmet regularly:

Jacques Plante, Montreal, 1959-1960

Made his own fibreglass mask

Last NHL goalie to play without a helmet:

Andy Brown, Pittsburgh, 7 April 1974

First NHL goalie to decorate his mask:

Gerry Cheevers, Boston, 1967-1968

Cheevers painted his mask with black stitch marks as a joke after Fred Stanfield scratched his mask in practice.

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Source(s):

The Best & Worst of Hockey Firsts - Don Weekes & Kerry Banks

Answer 2

Craig McTavish

Answer 3

Craig McTavish

Craig MacTavish is known for being the last NHL player to play without a helmet.

Answer 4

too easy, this isnt amature hour

Answer 5

Wow John O . . . pretty impressive.