What is a "cliché" in movies that people like to reference, that doesn't actually happen in movies?
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The Jason Voorhees one is the old goaltender style hockey mask from many years ago, before helmets were required. No one wore them, then there were lots of injuries from goalies so they started to wear what Jason wore. Then eventually the tech evolved, players started wearing something more similar to an army helmet, then that evolved too, to what you posted. The goalie helmet is still different than the player helmet though, but doesn’t look much like the Jason mask.
It’s obviously a lot more complicated than that but you get the idea. I’m not a hockey history expert, just a casual fan, so I may have something slightly off but it’s relatively accurate at least.