Getting your player ready...
Their faces hidden, many hockey goalies distinguish themselves with the elaborate designs painted on their masks. During his 10 NHL seasons, Jason LaBarbera used his mask to illustrate his love of wrestling and hard-rock music. This season, the Phoenix Coyotes backup goalie is using his mask to pay tribute to someone he never met, yet holds a great deal of respect for: NFL star-turned- war hero Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in 2007. “To see him, as a professional athlete, do something he thought was right is a pretty amazing thing,” LaBarbera said.
