Comments on: Hockey’s Safest Invention Was Born Of Painful Necessity http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/21/plante-hockey-masks WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ve_gray http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/21/plante-hockey-masks/comment-page-1#comment-35803 Ve_gray Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=12216#comment-35803 Like you I heard that poem,  loved it, and haven't been able to track it down.  I believe it was read by Bruno Gerussi, and written by Marc Strange.   Maybe someone at CBC could find it! Cheers! VGray, Vancouver Like you I heard that poem,  loved it, and haven’t been able to track it down.  I believe it was read by Bruno Gerussi, and written by Marc Strange.   Maybe someone at CBC could find it!
Cheers!
VGray, Vancouver

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/21/plante-hockey-masks/comment-page-1#comment-32091 Anonymous Tue, 24 May 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=12216#comment-32091 His <a href="http://www.fibertough.com" rel="nofollow">fiberglass</a> face mask remains a staple for goaltenders 50 years later. His

fiberglass

face mask remains a staple for goaltenders 50 years later.

]]> By: john http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/21/plante-hockey-masks/comment-page-1#comment-4139 john Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:15:30 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=12216#comment-4139 Name of the man whose shot injured Plante and induced him to come back on the ice only if he wore the mask? He refused to retake the ice without his mask. Andy Bathgate Name of the man whose shot injured Plante and induced him to come back on the ice only if he wore the mask? He refused to retake the ice without his mask.

Andy Bathgate

]]> By: Arthur Strout http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/21/plante-hockey-masks/comment-page-1#comment-3703 Arthur Strout Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:15:38 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=12216#comment-3703 For about 20 years I have been trying to find a copy of an epic poem entitled "The last of the Bare Faced Goalies". I first heard it on a CBC broadcast in about 1772, as I was driving ftom Toronto to Montreal. I long thought it must have been inspired by Gump Worsley, but now believe it was another goalie who was called up to the Maple Leafs as a fill-in. Any leads would be appreciated. Arthur Strout calaes701@gmail.com For about 20 years I have been trying to find a copy of an epic poem entitled “The last of the Bare Faced Goalies”. I first heard it on a CBC broadcast in about 1772, as I was driving ftom Toronto to Montreal. I long thought it must have been inspired by Gump Worsley, but now believe it was another goalie who was called up to the Maple Leafs as a fill-in.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Arthur Strout
calaes701@gmail.com

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