Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Canadien's Masks with Gargoyles

It was in Montreal that José first started having gargoyles put on his masks. He has said he chose gargoyles, because he remembered reading of gargoyles flanking and guarding gates to cities. So since goalies guard the net, he thought it would be cool to have gargoyles guarding with him. He has said in the past that #33 on the back of his masks is not because of Patrick Roy. It's because 33 was his number before the NHL, but when he went to Montreal, he couldn't use that number because of Roy, so he chose #60. But he still puts #33 on the back to pay homage to his former number. The elephant is his good luck charm.


Edit on 8/28/10--I found a photo of José when he played with the Canadiens, and he had the gargoyles standing on top of the LX like he did in Colorado. So I'm thinking that mask must've been later on in his time in Montreal, maybe the years right before moving to Colorado. So here it is:

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