Auld’s New Mask
Alex Auld has a new mask entitled “1+29+33 Gardiens Legendaire des Canadiens.” It features tributes to Montreal greats Jacques Plante, Patrick Roy and Ken Dryden, whose iconic mask design takes up the left side of Auld’s new helmet.
The side painted as Dryden’s classic mask features red and blue lines running around the mask forming something like a shooting target on the white base. Inside the red and blue lines are paintings of Dryden and his number.
In the white base you also see a motif of Dryden where he stands in his classic pose leaning on the stick. And on the forehead of the mask you see a motif of the old classic Montreal Forum. The Canadiens logo is painted as a pattern in the white bringing a 3-D feeling to the whole. All these details you see when you look close, from far this side of the mask is a tribute to Dryden’s classic mask.
On the other side the red and blue lines are opened up with flying 3-D effects. Here the Canadiens logo is painted big and powerful with a great depth. A design inside the design with a classic motif of Roy making a save. You can also see his number. Over the logo there is a big layout with Plante and his number, the famous picture of when he’s putting his mask on and his jersey is bloodied, and with plasters on the nose.
