Mario Lemieux's JOFA 66

Undeniably one of the greatest players to ever play the game, Mario Lemieux wore a JOFA 366 helmet during the best seasons of his career; sharing credit for making the JOFA 366 a hockey icon. However, there is a twist. He would scratch the "3" off of the "366" bumper to make the helmet his own number, "66".  

Pretty clever. Also interesting, is that the chin strap has snaps at both sides, resulting in a pivoting chinstrap which increases the helmet's fit and comfort, while also allowing complete removal of the chin strap during practices. I found these photos at Classic Auctions, which auctions off lots of rare sports equipment, and also provides great pictures of JOFA helmets worn by the pros.

Here's a picture of Lemieux wearing his home helmet. Notice his KOHO gloves and stick from his KOHO Revolution line of equipment. What a throwback; the first stick I ever owned was a KOHO Revolution! I will discuss the relevance of KOHO amongst pros who wore JOFA helmets, and KOHO's relationship to JOFA in another post.