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Letting Cool Heads Prevail
Jose Theodore, foreground, signs autographs after practice. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the goalie mask. And in one of the quirkier traditions in professional sports, where most uniforms are controlled and trademarked to the tiniest detail, hockey goalies can paint anything they want on their masks. That means anything, scary to sentimental to silly, from alligators to Garth Brooks to flaming skulls.
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