The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers game ...

Quebec-native Jacques Plante was called up by the Montreal Canadiens on this day in 1954. And for that reason, he’s being honoured by Google with an illustration on the home page as well as an ...

Legendary hockey reporter Stan Fischler writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com. Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," shares his humor and insight with readers every Wednesday. This week, Stan ...

In his era, Jacques Plante was seen as a wimp. After the Montreal Canadiens goalie was struck in the face by a flying puck while playing against the New York Rangers on Nov. 1, 1959, the future ...

The history of hockey is well over 100 years old, and for a large majority of it, the NHL has been king. So, we looked at the history of the league and who were the best at the league's most important ...

As part of the NHL Centennial Celebration, renowned Canadian artist Tony Harris will paint original portraits of each of the 100 Greatest NHL Players presented by Molson Canadian as chosen by a Blue ...

The creature crouched in the net at the Montreal Canadiens’ end of the ice looked like nothing ever seen before in the National Hockey League. His face was covered by a flesh-colored, fiber-glass mask ...

We recently saw the brand-new helmet of young Habs goalie Jacob Fowler. Fowler paid tribute to the legendary Patrick Roy with a very similar replica of the former Montreal Canadien’s mask. Very well ...

David Arrigo is a legendary artist who's painted some of the more creative goalie masks in hockey. Just scroll through the gallery on his website to get a feel for his work. Unveiled Sunday by CBC's ...

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has become the fastest goalie to reach 300 career wins, doing so in 490 games. Vasilevskiy surpasses the legendary Jacques Plante who previously held ...