Jacques Plante, whose full name is Joseph Jacques Omer Plante. He was born on January 17, 1929, and died on February 27, 1986.

Jacques Plante spent 28 years of his life as a professional hockey goaltender (1947 to 1975). His great performance and passion for this sport enable him to be recognized as one of the most important revolutionaries in this sport, especially ice hockey.

The Canadian goalkeeper played for the Montreal Canadiens team from 1953 to 1963. During this decade, the Montreal Canadiens team won 6 Stanley Cup including 5 consecutive victories.

Even though retired in 1965, with that talent as well as relentless dedication to Canadian hockey, Jacques Plante was persuaded to return to the NHL to play for the St. Johns Open Louis Blues in 1968.

After that, he also joined the World Hockey Association in North America. In 1973, his position is a coach and general manager for the Quebec Nordiques team. One year later, he played for the Edmonton team. He officially retired from his professional hockey career in 1975.

In 2017, Joseph Jacques Omer Plante was honored as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players.

The reason, people called Joseph Jacques Omer Plante one of the revolutionaries of ice hockey because he had many early innovations in this sport.

Jacques Plante is the one who first started to wear a goalie mask in NHL history. Not stopping there, he also developed and tested a variety of masks under the assistance of other hockey experts. Among them is a precursor to today’s helmet-matching mask.

Jacques was also the first hockey goaltender who often guided and encouraged the teammates on how to attack when keeping the goal.

During his ten years playing for Montreal Canadiens, he and his teammates earned Montreal Canadiens the title of Dream Team in 1985.

As a professional ice hockey goalkeeper,  Joseph Jacques Omer Plante has played a total of 437 matches played during his 28 years which help him to one of 7th greatest NHL goalkeepers in history.