En l’honneur de la retraite de John Garret, demandons de se souvenir du plus grand masque de gardien de but de l’histoire des Canucks

13 Comments

1. human_dong_bong 1 an ago

   That gear tho.

2. UnsuspiciousSith 1 an ago

   I am old, but when I was in elementary school Cheech played for the Canucks. Back then during recess and lunch the hockey card exchange was the thing to do. Somebody would set up a pile of cards against a wall and people would come by and try and knock it down. The person setting up cards got to keep the card from the thrower if they didn’t knock the pile down. If they did knock the pile down, well they got the pile.

   Anyway, I wanted Cheech’s Canucks card so bad one year it became a mission. Finally someone put it up, and I tried to get it, but I couldn’t knock it over. So I grabbed like 20 pretty decent cards I had and offered the dude a trade, my 20 cards for John Garrett. Buddy went out and got my older brother who made sure I understood how bad of a trade I was making.

   I just wanted the card so badly. I convinced my brother and the guy that I knew what I was doing, no matter how crazy they thought I was.

   Getting that card was such a great moment that I still think of it.

3. afterbirth_slime 1 an ago

   That’s a Large-Tall jersey if I’ve ever seen one.

4. Knight_On_Fire 1 an ago

   Half the reason the movie Halloween was so great was because the fucking goalie mask was so scary. The chastised sequel to Halloween could have, would have been saved by this horrifying mask.

5. Consistent_Grab_5422 1 an ago

   Imagine using yesterday’s protection, against today’s slapshot? I wonder how that mask would hold up against ovechkin.

6. jordoonearth 1 an ago

   Big ask but do you guys have a better shot of his mask?

   Are there any more straight-on shots of that mask?

   Asking for a friend who prints T-shirts….

7. C_HVAC 1 an ago

   it looks like he’s gonna hit the top of his head on the crossbar

8. monkey314 1 an ago

   No other masks screams « The fuck-ing Can-ucks! » like that one

9. letstrythatagainn 1 an ago

   How amazing would it be if we could get a John Garret mask flair…?

10. International_Pen478 1 an ago

    He looks like he’s about to charge out on a two on one right now, challenge Mario Lemieux to a fight, grab a hot dog with extra ketchup because he can, while muttering “oh man…” “ Tyler myers is in no man’s land” … “ the goalie had no chance…” etc etc

    Cheech is the best actually and Canucks games will never be the same.

11. bwoah07_gp2 1 an ago

    Those pads are something else! 😄

    And that jersey! It’s long enough it could be a dress for some people.

12. watchtoweryvr 1 an ago

    This sucks.

    Had a good run though. I’ll miss him.

13. sydster_d 1 an ago

    With all due respect to Cheech, Gary Bromley (nicknamed ‘Bones’ because he was so skinny) had the best mask in Canucks history (probably only surpassed league wide by Gilles Gratton’s ‘Tiger’ mask).

    ‘Bones’ Mask:

    https://twitter.com/VintageCanucks/status/1396633294662426626

    ‘Tiger’ Mask:

    https://www.msgnetworks.com/2017/10/18/gilles-gratton-the-man-behind-the-tiger-mask/