Goaltending Gallimaufry: A Mini PC Project

Gallimaufry - A hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. 

Now that's a word you don't associate with much of anything nowadays, let alone hockey cards. How many times have you seen pictures of goalies with mismatched equipment (i.e. orange pads with a red jersey, teal blocker/glove with a blue jersey, etc.)? I know I've seen quite a few and it always intrigues me, as there is just something neat about it.

That said, I've decided I want to start a mini-PC project focusing on cards that feature goalies in their mismatched equipment, as such cards tend to stand out to me right away. Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about:

One of the neat things about this project is going to be determining the reason why a given set of equipment is such a mismatch. For example, Osgood signed with the Islanders and just took a little while to change his color scheme, he was even rocking the red pants for a while. Then there's a case like Cujo, where I've heard he just wore the black pads out of spite for the organization with the goaltending carousel that year.

As far as examples of actual cards, I have a few I came across the other day, but no scans yet. I would say I've got at least ten or so waiting to be scanned and cataloged.

Since I've already got two set projects going, this is nice because it gives me something to do as far as other base cards. Now I find myself sorting through binder after binder and box after box looking for more of these things. 

Finally, I'm going to lay some ground rules for myself on this one: 

1. At least one piece of equipment must be a significant mismatch in the photo.
2. Things like throwback and all star jerseys clashing with equipment do not count.
3. Old school pads/gloves/blockers (the brown ones) obviously don't count. 
4. I want to keep this exclusive to base and very low-end inserts only.

That's all I can think of for now, should be an intersting project. What do you guys think?

Goaltending Gallimaufry Count: TBD