The first recorded instance of a mask being worn in a hockey game by a goaltender came in the late-1920s though there is some debate as to who was first.
The Hockey Hall of Fame features an unidentified North American goaltender protecting the net in Switzerland wearing a baseball catchers mask. However, there is a photo from 1927 of Elizabeth Graham donning a fencers mask in a game for Queens University. As to which was first, there is no certainty, but the late-1920s was definitely the first era to have goalies were primitive masks. [Excerpt from: "Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask"]
More cool examples in the post…
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I would like to have a paint job like one of these on my bicycle helmet – it would be the coolest one in school.
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cool hockey masks, might buy one