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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I know this isn't an original question (and maybe have been brought up in this very thread, perhaps even by me) but what is it with the skulls, skeletons, and general cheesy spookiness on goalie masks? So many of them look like they've been ripped off from a metal album or a wicked old van.

In the case of Ortio in particular it might also be a direct result of Kiprusoff.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...s-here/357579/

We talked about Kiprusoff, too. (In equipment and a mask, Ortio, who is the same height and weight as his hero, and who is now being groomed to play for the same NHL team, could be Kiprusoff’s doppelgänger.)