Jake Allen, Blues unveil Winter Classic equipment

The 2017 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic is less than a week away, and the St. Louis Blues unveiled the equipment they'll wear for their outdoor game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Busch Stadium on Jan. 2.

The Blues will turn back the clock and
don royal-blue jerseys
for the NHL Winter Classic, similar to those they wore upon their entrance to the NHL in 1967-68. St. Louis' helmets and pants, which members of the team broke in at practice Tuesday, will be the same color as the jerseys.

In the spirit of throwbacks, Blues goalie Jake Allen will wear vintage-style yellow, white and blue equipment, which he also showed off Tuesday. His mask is a light shade of blue, with "St. Louis" written across the top in yellow outline. The mask also features the Blues' 50th anniversary logo, snowflakes, the Winter Classic logo and images of St. Louis' Gateway Arch on each side.

"As soon as I heard we were playing in the NHL] Winter Classic and wearing the Blues' original jerseys, I started thinking about designing the gear to match," Allen said in a story posted on the Blues website. "I wanted something that would match the team's original colors and design while also having a clean and simple look. I think we achieved that."
Allen's mask design is markedly different than the one Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling
[has unveiled
for the game, which pays homage to the World Series champion Chicago Cubs.