Henri Pfeifle used the mask for the first time in a game on Jan. 5. He hadn’t really practiced with it and he had a little trouble seeing.
“Kind of a questionable move by me,” Pfeifle said. The Darien senior hockey goalie, knowing the Blue Wave had pulled out a 4-3 victory over Xavier of Middletown, gave a small laugh.
The caricature on his mask, of course, evokes much bigger laughter. Pencil neck. Giant orange beak. Big eyes. Large plume above his head. There he is in all his cartoonish glory.
“It’s the Roadrunner,” Pfeifle said. “Teddy played on a men’s league team called the Roadrunners. On the back, it says ‘beep beep.’ On the chin, it’s got the Warner Brothers logo.”