With Gerry Cheevers and several other legends from the “Big Bad Bruins” era on site for Saturday’s showdown by Boston and Montreal, Linus Ullmark paid tribute to the Hall-of-Fame netminder ...

Goaltender Gerry Cheevers was the man behind the mask who became the visual representation of the Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s. Cheevers became the “father of goalie mask art” back when ...

Cheevers’ stitches-plastered goaltending mask is arguably the most famous in the game’s history. He played for the Bruins in their heyday from 1965 to 1972, then again from 1975 to 1980. He ...

Gerry Cheevers in 1980, long after he'd adopted his trademark mask. Blanding, John Globe Staff More than 50 years ago, he put a mask on his face in the name of safety and he has no regrets.

Boston Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers waves his stick in the air after the Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 4-0, at Boston Gardens, Thursday, May 19, 1978, Boston, Mass. Montreal leads the ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Brad Marchand's been called a lot of nicknames in his brief Bruins career, but former Bruins goaltender Gerry Cheevers offered a new one on Thursday. Speaking at the Legends Lunch ...

Cheevers, ever a gambler on the ice, coached more by hunch and feel. Advertisement Cheevers's Bruins one day played Neilson's Canucks at the Garden, and outshot Vancouver "by something like 55-8 ...

Cheevers may have been only 21 when he made his NHL debut with the Maple Leafs in the 1961-62 season, but it wasn’t until he was 26 with the Bruins that he got any appreciable playing time.

The Boston Bruins drafted Cheevers in 1965. He was a member of both the 1970 and 1972 Stanley Cup winning teams. Cheevers joined D.A. to discuss the Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup win, this year's ...

As the Bruins try to pull further ahead of the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers sizes up Tuukka Rask.