Monday, April 25, 2011

RATE MY MASK - Steve Valiquette

Ask and you shall receive. I had a request for the Rate My Mask feature and I think it's a great selection.

A very underrated mask, and one that gets overlooked (mostly due to his limited time in the NHL).


"Spiderman, Spiderman, friendly neighborhood Spiderman." If that doesn't say New York, I don't know what does.

Steve had previously gone with the Spiderman theme in his mask, but in 2009 when he added more red to his pads, he decided to go with a new mask.

Maskmaker Dave Gunnarsson decided that in order to add red, he would create a stone wall for Spidey to break through.

The New York landmarks including a Statue of Liberty wearing a Rangers jersey fill out the sides. But it's the monuments in his eyes that add a cool subtle touch.

His number 40 sits on the chin amidst the crumbling rock. A pretty simple and slick design.

While I was designing this mask, I came across another pic that I thought would make a good card.

So here's two for the price of one.


A pretty bold backplate (too bad the straps are blocking it). I like the nickname as well.

Overall, I give this mask some decent points for design, but it doesn't quite have that 'wow' factor for me.

2.5 out of 5

Alright.....now it's your turn to Rate My Mask!

8 comments:

  1. I give this one a 4 out of 5. I love the colors and the overall look of the mask. I'm even planning on using this one in an upcoming installment of my Fractal Mask custom set.

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  2. I'll go with a 2/5, that high mainly due to the backplate. The front looks like a pizza exploded.

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  3. Love it! Just the backplate deserves a 4/5. One can't help but think the stop sign would be more useful at the front though.

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  4. One of my fav masks that year...it always stuck out in my mind
    4.5/5
    Thanks for taking the hint! lol

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  5. 3.5 the statue liberty in the Rangers sweater is cool

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  6. The mask pops, but the "exploding comment" resonates. So does the monuments in the eyes. I'll give it a 3.

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  7. i give it a four out of five because it is very colorful and i love the statue of liberty wearing ther jersey but i also didn't like the spiderman front it took awhile to see unless you read the post so negitive 1 on that.

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