The painted goalie mask was invented in Philly. This diehard Flyers fan keeps tradition alive.

Doug Favell laid for an hour and breathed through a straw while his goalie mask was molded to his face. It was made for him ...
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Flyers mask artist carries on Philly-born goalie tradition

The tradition of painted goalie masks began in Philadelphia in 1970 when Flyers goalie Doug Favell had his mask painted orange for Halloween, sparking a league-wide trend. Today, Langhorne native and ...
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Behind the masks: Inside the studios of the artists who give goalies their game faces

Over the past couple of months, Brady Lambert had been predicting — and hoping for — this moment. So, when Joey Daccord was named as one of the Seattle Kraken’s three goaltenders during the expansion ...