He shoots so hard he takes his mask off with a slap shot! (VIDEO)

Everyone know it takes a special kind of individual to stand between the pipes of an NHL net. Even in this modern era where goalies receive a lot more protection that they used to, the stand in front of their nets as frozen chunks of rubber come flying at them at speeds of upwards of 100mph. Last night;s game between the Islanders and the Devil had a perfect reminder of that very fact, when Eric Gelinas of the Devils launched a puck so hard at the mask of Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak it knocked it right off. You know the shot was hard because Halak spent the next few seconds checking his mask for damage. Here's the video courtesy of the NHL.