Former Sabres goalie Dave Dryden dies at 81

Dave Dryden, a goaltender on the inaugural Buffalo Sabres team in 1970-71, died earlier this week at age 81.

Dryden is remembered as the player who introduced the modern goalie mask, a fiberglass helmet-and-cage construction that he helped to design in the mid-1970s.

He is the older brother of Hall of Famer and six-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Ken Dryden.

Ken and Dave Dryden made history on March 20, 1971 when t