Back when the Dallas Stars first tried to make Jamie Benn a center, he made a career decision that has followed him ever since:
Moving to the middle of the ice meant Benn was going to take more faceoffs. All of a sudden, the visor he wore during his NHL rookie season was becoming more and more of a hassle.
“Every time I took faceoffs I had sweat dripping in my visor,” Benn said. “And I said after that, ‘I’ll just take it off.’”
Sean Shapiro’s piece at The Athletic DFW takes a look at the “old dinosaurs” who still play without a visor.