There are no shortage of crazy goalie mask designs out there, but never have we seen a mask with the words ‘I see dead people’ emblazoned on the side. It’s kind of a bold statement, especially if the reference to 1999 horror film The Sixth Sense flies over your head.

Check out the mask that Philadelphia Flyers goalie Alex Lyon will don for the upcoming season, made by professional mask artist David Gunnarsson.

 

I am very humbled and proud to be the mask artist for Alex Lyon🙏🏻. It is with a pleasure we unleash Alex Lyon’s latest Flyers mask for the coming season👊🏻. The mask is the third chapter in his series of tribute masks to classic horror movies😱.... This Philly based movie was an honor to paint on a mask... It is created in a non symmetical way so when the mask turns from side to side🔄 it gives an extra scary effect... Parts of the painting is created in an unpleasant and scary style with the running orange colors🎨... The paintings on the side are painted with 3 different paint techniques, I love the challenge to mix paint techniques and create it into one unique painting. One painting is created with freehand airbrush🔫, the next with freehand sketching✍🏻, and the next with freehand brush🖌... The DaveArt 4️⃣-D Experience is also added to enhance to the storytelling on the mask📕, and also all the DaveArt Trademark Super FX✨ is unleashed. Thank you Alex, it is awesome to be your painter🙏🏻😊. #alexlyon @philadelphiaflyers @lehighvalleyphantoms @daveart @nhl #DaveArtTheCradleOfCreativity @theahl #DaveArtTheStoryteller

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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense is not only one of the most successful horror films of all-time, but also one set in Philadelphia, so there’s a nice little tie-in for the Flyers home crowd.

As for anyone else, well, we think the troubled face of a young Haley Joel Osmont in commune with the dead is going to be plenty enough to spook opposing scorers.

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