Linus Ullmark reveals his new helmet with the Ottawa Senators
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Linus Ullmark is set to begin his first regular season with the Ottawa Senators in 2024-2025. He will don the red, black, white, and gold of the Senators in a change of scenery, as the team's newest starting goalie.
That said, he needed to change up his helmet to make it complete, and he has a sick new design for the mask.
The mask is one way for Goalies to express themselves, in a way that forwards and defensemen won't be able to.
He would draw from Patrick Lalime, Dominik Hasek, and Craig Anderson for inspiration for the new mask in Ottawa.
Ullmark would also draw inspiration from his homeland, Sweden for designs, as the mask features Viking horns, and the Swedish "Tre Kronor" and the mask also features longships and runes. He used Marvin the Martian as a call back to Lalime.
«The traditional things with the logos and my number that I always have, but bringing in some Viking tunes as well with the Swedish Tre Kronor, Viking boats. The waters as well, which is a big part of my heritage. On the sides we have some runes, and some runes on the other side. Those ones are for me, my own, and my family.»
He would reserve the back of the mask for the special parts of his life, including his kids and Lugnviks I.F. his childhood hockey team.
«On the back we have my two kids in the shape of two bear cubs, polar bear cubs, and then it's me and my wife on the other side, together with my home team that I grew up playing for. Those are the things that always return. But then, the raw thing, I try to change from mask to mask.»
The mask itself was designed by Dave Gunnarson aka DaveArt from Småland, Sweden, who designs masks for many hockey stars.
Ullmark has been working with Gunnarson for over a decade and loves the work he does.
«I've had a good relationship with Dave ever since I started my pro career as well in Sweden. So, we've come up with some pretty nifty ones. Which is good in a way, because we can be very honest with each other. I tell him right away if I don't like it; I will get something else going. This one came out really good, I would say. He was the go-to guy. He was the best one, obviously, back in the day, as well. Especially for a young Swede. My dream was always to have a mask painted by him after seeing guys like Henrik Lundqvist and those guys and their masks. To look back at it now, 14 years later, it's pretty special. Whenever I go into my little room with all the masks and kind of go through the memories and see the things I've done throughout my career.»
Source: NHL
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