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In response to "nah, the NHL too. there's a relatively famous picture of gordie howe wearing a helmet. they made it mandatory in about 1979 though. -- nm" by mafic

If I recall right, active players prior to then were grandfathered in....

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Apr 27 '10, 07:58

I seem to recall Mike Gartner playing with the Caps well into the 80's onward without a helmet on.

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that's actually how I learned about the term grandfathered. asked my dad about craig mactavish and his lack of helmet - mafic Apr 27, 08:05
Craig McTavish still rocked the no helmet in 1994. -- nm - Shaun Apr 27, 07:59 1
- Yeah, he was the last helmetless in 96/97 when he retired. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 27, 08:02

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