According to the National Hockey League, Boston Bruins legend Gerry Cheevers pioneered the idea, painting black stitches to mark shots deflected by his mask.

Gerry Cheevers, who famously added a stitch mark to his mask every time a puck struck it, holds the NHL's single-season record for longest undefeated streak: 32 GP from Nov. 14, 1971 – March 25 ...

WOBURN – Woburn junior goalie Adam Gerry picked a great time to stand on his head Saturday afternoon. Behind a sensational, 44-save performance that saw Gerry withstand at least a dozen shots ...

Hockey and art, heritage and politics have come together in the form of one goalie’s mask now on display at the Minnesota History Center. The mask, featuring a design by Mdewakanton Dakota ...

Jacques Plante helped design his own mask that became the very first one worn in an NHL game, Gerry Cheevers put a stitch on his white face shield on the spot he got hit, and Doug Favell became ...

One of his earliest focuses on two famous goals in Bruins history, one by Bobby Orr in Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup Final and the other by Patrice Bergeron in Game 7 of the 2013 Eastern Conference ...

Before he was a member of the Boston Bruins, Gerry Cheevers had a short stint playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ullmark has donned several custom masks throughout the Bruins’ centennial season, including tributes to Gerry Cheevers’ stitched design and sketches of both Patrice Bergeron and Bobby Orr.

A goalie mask designed by an Indigenous artist and worn by Minnesota Wild's Marc-André Fleury is now part of the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Scott Wedgewood on his new Mario Kart goalie mask, which features nods to his teammates and his unborn daughter. He plays Mario Kart with teammates.

His first NHL goalie was Johan Hedberg, known as "Moose." Gunnarsson served as Hedberg's mask painter for 16 years, creating multiple renditions of masks with a moose on them.