Jacques Plante Auction March 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/28/2006
Sensational Ernie Higgins-made mask is familiar to hockey watchers of the 1970’s and was worn by the popular Glenn “Chico” Resch who averaged 45 starts and posted five straight 20+ win seasons with the budding Islanders in the last half of the decade. The “NY” stick logo and image of Long Island is the work of Linda M. Spinella, who painted her name along with “Painted By” on the back plate. Showing great game use and still with all of its original straps, the mask includes an Ernie Higgins decal on the interior, where some of the original foam padding was later replaced. A classic old mask in excellent condition and worn by a 231-game winner who also appeared in three NHL All-Star games and who won the Masterton Trophy in 1982, it’ll be an awesome addition to a mask/Islanders display.
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