Can anyone ID the model of this Itech mask?

Looks like a 960 to me.

Definitely a 960. Top of the line for Itech.

thanks guys, i thought it was a 960 but i thought I'd make sure

Lol apparently someone else recognized it because the auction is closed already

If it were a 961 then I would've been all over it. Not a big fan of bird cages.

it sold for 450 which was probably a decent price. if i could have stolen it i wouldnt have had a problem buying a cateye cage for it

I had a 950. It was the same color and cage and look as the one in the picture. It cost $225 with the mask bag. I think I bought in either 1999 or 2000. Anyway, as for protection, is was okay expect for a high slap shot that went off the top left side of the mask. I got a headache from that hit that didn't go away for a couple of days. It didn't hit the front which may or may not have been worse.

The front is typically the most protected area of a mask since that is where most pucks are supposed to impact the mask. Since it went off the side of your mask it's somewhat equivalent to getting hit in the side of the car where the least protection is thus it caused more injury.

As for getting a steal, the 960/961 run around $500 USD brand new, so depending on how this mask had been used that wasn't much of a steal.

And yes, fitting a cateye to a 960 would've been unique since they're drilled separately. It would've involved redrilling and patching the old mask holes which in turn would've weakened the mask structurally.