At several points throughout their magical inaugural NHL season, the Vegas Golden Knights honoured those killed during an Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip.
Oscar Dansk is now doing his part to pay homage to the 58 victims with a special new goalie mask.
The mask was unveiled by airbrush artist David Gunnarsson, who for years has designed masks for many of the NHL’s top goalies.
“Today we have the honor to present Oscar Dansk’s new Vegas Golden Knights mask,” Gunnarsson wrote on his Instagram page. “Oscar had a beautiful idea for his new mask, he wanted the mask to be painted as a tribute to all the victims at last year’s attack in Las Vegas. A Vegas Golden Knight helmet is created on the mask for each and every of the 58 victims. All helmets are placed on the top of the mask, closest to heaven. All the Vegas helmets are created as a part of the design, and the main design is created in a classic way built on the awesome Vegas logos. And of course the Vegas Strong logo is also a part of the design. Just as usual I really love to work with the details. Thanks Oscar, it was a true honor to create this painting for you.”
The Golden Knights retired the No. 58 prior to their regular-season home finale in march and raised a banner to the T-Mobile Arena rafters that was emblazoned with 58 stars and the names of the 58 victims.
Dansk, 24, suited up for his first four NHL games with the Golden Knights last season, winning three of them. He is expected to be the franchise’s third-string netminder this season behind Marc-Andre Fleury and Malcolm Subban.
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