Warwick Goalie Mask Test 160 mph

[4BlocksE2ndOnRight]

The apparatus securing the mask and helmet in the video is far more rigid that the human spine. Such an impact would knock a person off their skates, so I hope the back of the helmet can withstand the force of the helmet against the cross-bar.

It might have been worthwhile to place a pirce of melon inside the helmet and see how it fares against the impact on the mask face.

[lacrosseizbeast]

that would hurt like a motherfu...

[Datsoccerkiid13]

0:52 .... why goalies wear masks

[hockeymatt1994]

1:56 why goalies wear masks now....

[Smi1es18]

@hockeymatt1994 ka BOOM!

[valitseparas]

Is that normal mask? Why is it so flexible?

[titties100]

no matter how good the mask is, and warwick is without a doubt, the number one goal mask company, a hard shot to the pumpkin always rattles your brain and keeps those ears ringing for a few minutes.

[Warwickgoaliemasks]

The mask moves to displace the energy of the puck. This is very important and specific to our composite layup schedule. A TON of work went onto this development. To move the energy away from the player’s head dramatically reduces head trauma. Combined with vibration damp, the player receives minimal ”bang” when hit with a puck.

Thanks to everybody for their posts and interest in Warwick Goalie Masks.

[Warwickgoaliemasks]

Questions answered: To shoot the puck at 160 mph we pressurized the autoclave, which is 5’ dia X 6’ long to 120 psi. This gave the volume and pressure of air we needed to propel the puck through our hockey puck gun. The first picture shows the autoclave piped to the 8’ gun. The puck travels through a chronograph to verify the puck speed. The black square traveling behind the puck is a wadding to fill the gaps in the puck gun – like a black powder musket gun.

[tylerdurdonxx]

what's the deal with this mask moving all over the place? It better not to do that when it's on your face. warwicks make great masks though.

[mustardnight]

@tylerdurdonxx Well 160mph is probably physically impossible for a human. Besides that, of course the masks will move dumby that's how they are able to absorb the force of the puck. If it didn't bent it would be brittle as fuck and would break.

[ThunderHead72]

Shhhh...don't tell anyone, it makes those of us who stop pucks at any speed seem superhuman, lol! Bobby Hull made 105 MPH slapshots with wooden sticks in the '60s, and few top that even today (thankfully). At any rate, most of us mere mortals would lose conciousness being hit with a 160 MPH shot, if not worse (were that possible), but it's good to know that there's a mask that doesn't break but flexes at that impact velocity. Like an aircraft wing, flex is best.

[tylerdurdonxx]

@mustardnight Yeah there's no way that anyone could shoot 160, but even when i see a goalie get hit in the mask on a 90 mph shot, you would think by looking at this video that you would see the goalies mask bending more, but maybe it's just because this is in such super slow motion. But yeah from what I've heard, warwick makes the best masks.

[mustardnight]

@tylerdurdonxx When you look a thte mask it really seems to disperse the energy throughout the entire mask, which is extremely important towards keeping my head safe.

[russutt]

the hardest slapshot is zdeno chara and he cant hit more then 105 and it would have to be pretty accurate too, mainly a shot would be around the check or lower, so the chance of this happening is unlikely but damn, break your neck probably

[HenryNguyen123]

whats that thing that keeps following the mask as its shot?

[slimspidy]

@HenryNguyen123

It's called a sabot, it is used to fill the void created by the puck in the air cannon so the puck will get the full velocity supplied by the air...

[TheCrockerShow]

@HenryNguyen123 thats what happens when things are flying 160MPH.

[HenryNguyen123]

is it just me?or is that the puck that hit the the watermelon was HUGE?o.o

[4ckaiser]

ohhhht hats death rite there youll get a concusion at around 80

[eloncay11]

@4ckaiser i take shots going at least 80 on a regular basis and it either has to be directly to the face going at least 90 to 100 or hit ur head on a pipe or on the boards to cause a concussion because your brain has to have a deceleration impact, in other words, it has to come to an abrupt halt like when you fall backwards and hit your head on the pipe because that breaks some of the many blood vessels holding your brain in place

[glxnation]

whats the usual life span of a mask (I have a sport mask ricochet)

[eritt35]

I had a mask made for me by Gary in 1994 that I wore throughout my peewee-college Career, AAA and ACHA college level. I just sent it back to Chad to have it repaired and it looks better than it did when I got it in 1994. These masks Last a lifetime and they are the BEST goalie mask out there

Elliott

[bmxgoalie12]

Soooo glad I wear a Warwick!