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- Jacques Plante changed
- the game of hockey. He
- was the first goalie to
- regularly wear a face mask
- in a game and the first to
- leave the net to play the puck.
-
- Amazingly, goalies didnΓÇÖt wear face masks
- in games before the 1960ΓÇÖs (even though
- they usually wore them in practice). But
- during a game on November 1, 1959, a
- slapshot hit Jacques in the face. He returned
- to the game with a face mask. Soon all
- goalies in the league were wearing them.
-
- In the early days, goalies usually stayed
- close to their nets during a game. But not
- Jacques. Frequently, he sped out of
- the net to pass a loose puck to a