When was the first mask worn by a goalie and who was it that gave hockey a facelift?

Jacques Plante was the first goalie to regularly use a goalie mask, but Clint Benedict was the very first, when he wore a leather mask to protect his broken nose in 1928.When was the first mask worn by a goalie and who was it that gave hockey a facelift?
Elizabeth Graham - 3 years before BenedictWhen was the first mask worn by a goalie and who was it that gave hockey a facelift?
plante was the first goalie, and I personally think ';the great one'; gave hockey it's kick up. Afterall... how many Californians went to see the Kings play PRIOR to Gretz?
Clint Benedict sometime in the 1920s
silence of the lambs