St. Louis Blues: Pheonix Copley Shows Off New Mask

Pheonix Copley is embracing his spot with the St. Louis Blues. Though he is likely to feature in the AHL, he’s got a new mask with lots of St. Louis Blues influences.

Forgive me for dedicating an entire article to a hockey mask, but I’ve always been fascinated by them. As a kid, I used to draw goaltender’s masks and try to get the designs just right.

I always loved the animal ones like Curtis Joseph or Andy Moog when he was on the Boston Bruins. There have been lots of great masks over time, but the newer ones with the bars are my favorites.

Some people like the old school, Jason-type masks. It’s hard to argue against those, especially if they had a design on them. However, today’s masks are easier to personalize and guys or the artists are much more creative these days, often times coming up with new designs yearly.

Enter, Pheonix Copley with his new St. Louis Blues mask. Even though he will be spending almost all his time with the Chicago Wolves, who feature a completely different color scheme, he came up with a cool Blues design.

Normally, I would hate anything with those trumpet logos. I convinced myself they were alright when they were on the jerseys in the 90’s. Overall, it was an OK logo for a shoulder logo. If it was ever featured on the chest, though, it might cause some dry heaving.

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For whatever reason, though, I like it on this mask. The way it has three of those logos somewhat spreading out almost like a poker hand just seems to frame the mask very well.

The notes and musical staff compliment everything quite nicely on the left side also. They have a good flow to them that is reminiscent but not quite as unappealing as the straight bars that used to adorn the Blues jerseys back in that time period.

The circle logo along the left ear is a nice tough as well. It’s very subtle so that it does not throw off the mask with a bunch of white and more linear forms. Yet, it’s there and a nice little nod to the more recent logo of the team’s third jersey.

In the end, it will be interesting to see if this mask will only be used for camp and any potential call-ups or if Copley actually wears it throughout the year. I think it’s a very well designed mask even though I was never very big on the trumpet logo, but all the blue and yellow might stand out compared to the black and red that the Wolves usually sport.

Whether Copley ever features for the Blues in his career is up to him. If he can continue to develop, perhaps he can eventually put that mask to good use along with the proper uniform. Jake Allen is going to be the featured goaltender for the foreseeable future, but Copley could become the backup in a season or two if he puts his best foot forward.

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Time will tell on that, but one thing is for sure. Copley and his artist, Dave Gunnarsson, definitely have a good eye for what works with his current team on his current mask. It has my seal of approval.

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