Other criteria: each mask belongs to an NHL starter or predicted No. 1, and one-off masks were not considered – the look had to be each goalie’s primary one. – Matt Larkin 1.

"But it was good. You can never be too busy, right?" As for seeing a goalie wear his mask in-game, Michael says the wow factor never fades. "I mean, it's a trip. It really is," Michael said.

Thatcher Demko likes to be hands-on when designing his goalie mask, at least according to Travis Michael. Michael, a Victoria, B.C., airbrush artist, paints goalie masks for netminders across all ...