The 2019-2020 NHL Season has reached it's All-Star break, so I thought it would be a good time for another goalie gear post (previous posts
here and
here). Below are some NHL goalies whose gear have caught my eye this season, either for using a non-white base colour or interesting graphics.
Note: Some goalies used the exact same design as last year at some this season (like
Petr Mrazek or
Jimmy Howard), so those pads aren't included in this post.
Darcy Kuemper (Third Jersey set)
Black, with brick red and hunter green accents, and the Coyotes "kachina" pattern along the edge. Are these better than
his set from last year?
Antti Raanta (Third Jersey set)
A throwback design for a throwback jersey. It makes sense, and it works!
Linus Ullmark (50th Anniversary set)
White, with Buffalo's "golden anniversary" logo and a gold sabre. Not a conventional look, but it is unique and I quite like it.
David Rittich (Heritage Classic set)
Faux-leather, with red accents. Perfect for an outdoor game!
Cam Talbot (Heritage Classic set)
White, with a flame motif. Possibly my favourite set of pads this season.
Petr Mrazek
Black, with white and red accents. The addition of white is an improvement over his
pads from last season (a design he's switched back to).
Corey Crawford
Black, with red accents. One of two sets of pads he's worn this season.
Black, with red and white accents. These pads only made a brief appearance, but the glove and blocker have stuck around.
Robin Lehner
A colourful design. Works great with Chicago's colourful logo.
Black, with red and white accents (and yellow and also green). Less colourful, but looks just as good.
Elvis Merzlikins
White, with a skyline, the Ohio flag, and some red (there's also a hidden cannon logo at the top of the pads). A very well designed set!
Ben Bishop (Winter Classic set)
Faux-leather, with victory green accents. Good, but Rittich's Heritage Classic set executed this concept better.
Jimmy Howard
Red, with white accents. Sharper looking than his
set from last year (which he wore well into this season).
Mike Smith
Navy blue, with orange accents. Looks great no matter which jersey the Oilers are wearing!
Juuse Saros
Yellow, my favourite colour for goalie pads. Different than his
yellow pads from 2018-19, but not by much.
Louis Domingue
Red, with black accents. Coloured goalie pads are always better than white goalie pads.
Henrik Lundqvist
White, with a blue and white lady-liberty, a blue skyline, and some diagonal streaks. A good evolution of his design
introduced last season.
Marcus Hogberg
Black, with red and white accents. Looking good!
Anders Nilsson
"Beast" graphics, using white with black and red accents. A colour swapped version of
the pads he wore last year.
Carter Hart
Black, with orange accents. Only worn for a few games near the start of the season (I think), which is a shame.
Jordan Binnington (Throwback Jersey set)
Blue, with red and yellow accents. The jersey is fun, this gear looks great, and the "CuJo" mask is awesome!
Aaron Dell (Third Jersey set)
Black, with an amazing shark design. These top Talbot's Heritage Classic pads to become my favourite set of goalie gear this season!
Curtis McElhinney (Third Jersey set)
Black, with silver accents. Completes the stealth look of Tampa Bay's third jersey.
Andrei Vasilevskiy (Third Jersey set)
Black, with silver accents. More silver than his partner in crime, but both these sets look nice.
Thatcher Demko (Throwback Jersey set)
White, with diagonal black and yellow and red stripes. The pads look nice, but the flying-V sweaters look amazing! The Canucks need to wear these in a game sometime soon.
Garret Sparks
White, with jagged grey and gold and black and red accents. He's mostly been in the AHL which is too bad, I want to see these pads more often!
So those are the NHL goalies whose gear have impressed me so far this season. Let me know in the comments if there are any other goalies I should include on this list.
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy All-Star weekend!
