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===Mask=== Cheevers was inspired to create his distinctive stitch pattern [[Goaltender mask|mask]] when a puck hit him in the face during practice. Cheevers, never one to miss an opportunity to skip out of practice, went to the [[dressing room]]. Bruins coach [[Harry Sinden]] followed him to the dressing room, where he found Cheevers enjoying a beer and smoking a cigarette. Annoyed, Sinden ordered Cheevers, who wasn't injured, to get back on the ice. In jest, John "Frosty" Forristall, the Bruins' assistant trainer, drew a stitch mark on his mask, which amused the team.<ref name="O'Reilly">{{cite news|last1=O'Reilly|first1=Terry|title=The Crazy World of Trademarks |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/the-crazy-world-of-trademarks-1.3918789 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |work=Under the Influence|agency=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|publisher=[[CBC Radio]]|date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> After that, any time he was similarly struck, he had a new stitch-mark drawn on his mask. Cheevers later claimed that the mask spared him from over 150 medical stitches over his career and was the first to be custom decorated in the sport.<ref name="O'Reilly"/> The mask became one of the most recognized of the era, and the original is now on the wall of his grandson's bedroom. Years later, goalie [[Steve Shields (ice hockey)|Steve Shields]] paid tribute to Cheevers when he played for the Bruins in 2002 and 2003, sporting a modern airbrushed version of the stitch-covered mask.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/050210&num=3 |title=Masked Marvels |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[The Hockey News]]'' rated his mask the greatest ever by a wide margin. It received 221 of a possible 300 points; [[Gilles Gratton]]'s mask was rated second with 66. Cheevers's mask design has appeared in rock-n-roll culture. [[Black Veil Brides]]' lead singer [[Andy Biersack]] cited it as the reason he got interested in hockey and played goalie when he was younger. In homage to Cheevers, Biersack painted stitches on his face for live shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=5987025 |title=Hockey, music part of singer's makeup |date=January 4, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>
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