The Jacques Plante Story
He will not continue to play unless he’s allowed to wear a mask. Young hockey fans will enjoy this story of Jacques Plante, whose determination and love of the game brought about a revolutionary change to how it is played.
Jacque Plante, the first NHL goalie to regularly wear a protective facemask, won the Vezina Trophy seven times and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
This new edition provides to the current generation of hockey players and enthusiasts a lesson in home exercise, goaltending equipment, how to play goal, and more.
And in 2007,48 years after it happened, The Hockey News magazine ranked Jacques Plante's debut of the molded fiberglass goalie mask at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 1959, fourth in a special edition chronicling “Sixty Moments ...
... Boston , 1955-56 9 Jacques Plante , Montreal , 1956-57 9 Jacques Plante , Montreal , 1957-58 9 Jacques Plante , Montreal , 1958–59 9 Glenn Hall , Chicago , 1961-62 9 Ed Giacomin , N.Y. Rangers , 1966-67 MOST ASSISTS , ONE GAME 6 Pat ...
Did the retirement of his lucky charm hurt Plante's goaltending? The next three games, without his lucky tuque, Jacques Plante gave up four goals. But only four goals. The Canadiens won all three games. Jacques' tuque became less ...
... Blake 1938–39 Elmer Lach 1944–45 Maurice Richard 1946–47 Jean Beliveau 1955–56 Bernie Geoffrion 1960–61 Jacques Plante 1961–62 Jean Beliveau 1963–64 Guy Lafleur 1976–77 Guy Lafleur 1977–78 Jose Theodore 2001–02 Jean Beliveau 1963–64 ...
... 1956 Jacques Plante Montreal 1957 Jacques Plante Montreal 1958 Jacques Plante Montreal 1959 Jacques Plante Montreal ... Denis Dejordy Chicagol Season Player Team 1968 Lorne Worsley / Rogie Vachon Montreal 1969 Jacques Plante / Glenn ...
The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native ...