In the early days of hockey, the equipment worn by goaltenders was primitive and offered far less protection than the state-of-the-art gear worn by today’s guardians of the crease. Leather pa… ...

The glove used by Blues goalie Jordan Binnington, who’s known around the National Hockey League for having a good “glove hand.” Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Blues ...

How equipment changes turned the players from artists into technocrats. A new view of the goalie’s gear.

Nicknamed ‘The Cat’ for his quick reflexes, Emile Francis had a five-decade hockey career that saw him go from Chicago Black Hawks netminder to GM and coach of the New York Rangers and other teams ...

In the Federal Prospects Hockey League, a low-level professional league in the States, two opposing netminders dropped their gloves in the middle of a line brawl.

According to Sorenson, a goalie himself in Seattle’s Kraken Hockey League, he came up with the idea after a few experiments with goalie-against-goalie hockey.