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" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Sure, I’m a biased goaltender, but my opinion still counts for something, right?" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Nevertheless, it was on Jan. 1, 2008 that The Hockey News put out its Greatest Masks of All Time issue. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "It featured some of the best looking and historically significant goalie masks and helmets that have ever been worn. " } }, { "type": "image", "data": { "file": { "url": "https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNjE3OTM2NjIzMjQ4NDky/img_6014.jpg" }, "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The issue also went team by team and looked at a few of each club’s best from over the years. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "For the Florida Panthers, there is always one goalie helmet that takes the cake and stands above the rest, and that’s the OG. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Panthers mouth helmet that original netminder John Vanbiesbrouck proudly wore during his five seasons in South Florida has remained an iconic part of team history. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "As story author and former Panthers beat writer for the Palm Beach Post Brian Biggane wrote in the THN issue, Vanbiesbrouck saw the original team logo and fell in love. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "John Vanbiesbrouck was still kicking around ideas for the mask he would wear as the Panthers’ first No. 1 goaltender in 1993 when the team unveiled its logo featuring a Florida Panther in full growl. That did it." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "“I was like, ‘What a great logo, how do I get that on my mask?’” recalled Vanbiesbrouck, who backstopped Florida to the Stanley Cup final in 1996." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25pUZ_h3AgE[/embed]" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "THN Archive is an exclusive vault of 2,640 issues and more than 156,000 for subscribers, chronicling the complete history of The Hockey News from 1947 until today. Visit THN.com/archive and subscribe today at subscribe.thehockeynews.com. 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THN Archive: Panthers goalie masks’ place among greatest of all time