The Patriot - Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders, NHL, 2008-2009
The story
Rick DiPietro had seen and heard about David's paintings for goalies all over the world, and decided to let David create his new mask look!
David was really happy and presented a design solution that Rick liked, and David started to paint...
Rick wanted an extremely patriotic design, as a tribute to his father who was helicopter pilot in the Vietnam war. David created a design that is a tribute to all war heroes.
One side was painted mostly in blue, while the other was painted mostly in orange. There is a white background tone all over the mask to connect with the Islanders uniform and Rick's white pads.
The American flag is flying in the wind and the entire mask is filled with amazing details, as always in David's creations. The American stars twinkle in the most cool chrome style.
All colours are painted in glittering metallic, to deliver a new classic design for Rick DiPietro, created by David Gunnarsson.