Vintage Hockey 10 - North Stars vs Flyers 73/74 "Gump's Last Game"

Transferred from super 8 footage shot when I was a kid... Not sure of the exact date of this game but it was during the 73/74 season. Some great and rare footage of the Gumper wearing a mask

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[MrJohnnyDistortion]

@railcar123 Wow,I have a Ernie Higgins mask perhaps.How cool.I went with the same Jofa cage & a CCM helmet.I wish that I could remember which rink In Massachussetts it was that I saw his ad to make masks.It may have been in Danvers where the B's use to practice.Anyhow,I have my own piece of personal history.Mine is blue in color.Of course it doesn't fit.

[MrJohnnyDistortion]

@railcar123 Yes,I agree and felt the same the moment I saw that.

[railcar123]

@MrJohnnyDistortion

Yeah it sounds like Ernie Higgins. I hear you about the eye injuries....thats why i started to wear a combo with the "Jofa" type cage. (college hockey type) And yes mom knows best :-)

[MrJohnnyDistortion]

Bruins fan here.Thanks for the vid.What great memories of watching Gump and the other great unmasked goalie hero's of my youth in the 60's.Just can't get enough of this stuff.Awesome.Wish I could go back.

[MrJohnnyDistortion]

@railcar123 I have a mask that was made for me when I was a kid in the early 70's by a man in Malden or perhaps Melrose Massachusetts.I don't remember his name but I remember his shop in the cellar,the busts/molds on shelves,barber chair and sessions to make my bust.Could this man have been Mr. Higgins?I still have the mask,wore it once because MOM thought it was dangerous because the eyes were exposed to danger.Mom knows best.

[smscamp]

Thanks for posting this, I always thought Gump started hist last season with a mask, then abandoned it in the last games he played. That is what I was told on hockey night in the Canada broadcast

[Michaelbos]

First, thanks for posting this. It's nice to see the gumper in action. He was one of favorite goalies. And yes he hated to wear a mask, but what I read (if it's true) they kept telling him, why risk anything near the end. My guess for the philly goalie was Doug Favell also, the back to Bernie Parent

[perch1961]

Gump was one of the all time great NHL goalies. This footage is amazing....even more amazing that the "Gumper" is wearing a mask - which he did so for only 6 career games.

[rf396]

@railcar123 I DID NOT know that

[railcar123]

@rf396

Also to note that Bobby Taylor wore  a Lefty Wilson mask before this Ernie Higgins mask. There are some picture floating around the internet of him with the Lefty mask.