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Originally Posted by Monahammer

Maybe I am crazy, but I seem to remember some statistical evidence that Colored pads make a goalie worse- something about shooters being more easily able to pick out contrasting pads on ice from their peripherals. They look nice, but I dont actually care about how they look lol

Yup.

Many goalies believe darker equipment also makes it easier for shooters to quickly identify where their gear ends and the net begins. In a game where every half inch and tenth of a second matters, it's not an advantage some are willing to surrender.

Marc-Andre Fleury was known for signature yellow pads early in his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but ditched them during the 2007-08 season after an Ottawa optometrist pointed out yellow was a color the human eye recognizes fastest, meaning shooters were able to distinguish his equipment from the background faster than other colors...but there are still some goaltending coaches at the professional level that mandate white equipment.

https://www.nhl.com/news/colorful-go...in/c-278676288