Cheevers and his former goalie partner, Eddie Johnston, were on hand to take a photo with Ullmark, Jeremy Swayman and that custom mask on Saturday. Goalies past & present 🙅‍♂️ pic.twitter ...

This is a November 2015 image of the mask used by former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers. (Photo: Cheevers family) Matt Porter can be reached at [email protected] .

Gerry Cheevers in 1980, long after he'd adopted his trademark mask. Blanding, John Globe Staff More than 50 years ago, he put a mask on his face in the name of safety and he has no regrets.

Gerry Cheevers is best known for his stitch-adorned goalie mask. While it looked very intimidating, the story behind it was pretty funny. It might even leave some readers in stitches themselves.

Gerry Cheevers, a goalie who played for several professional teams, including the Boston Bruins, during the 1960s and '70s, had a clever way of reminding himself why he wore his mask. Cheevers ...

The iconic stitches mask of Boston Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers Replicas hang in bars and man caves all over New England and beyond. Cheevers was with the Bruins for two stints, 1965-72 and 1975-80.

Gerry Cheevers’ old-school goalie mask with all of the scar marks on it was one of the first masks that had a different quality, and there have been many since. This list is of the top 30 masks ...

Quickly, that is, until Gerry Cheevers came along. Cheevers hated practice, and was always looking for an excuse to get out. One day in 1969, he took a shot to the mask and took a dive.

Even though this mask is worn by former Boston Bruins goaltender Steve Shields, it is very similar to the one worn by Gerry Cheevers, who was one of the team's most important players in the 1970s.

As the Bruins try to pull further ahead of the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers sizes up Tuukka Rask. Skip to main content.

Where is Gerry Cheevers' mask? We went searching for it. The Hockey Hall of Fame is a vast collection of the game's most significant artifacts. But it doesn't have them all.