Montreal prospect Zach Fucale has teamed up with Sylvie Marsolais of Sylabrush to produce a brand new, Canadiens inspired mask design.

“Zach wanted a Montreal Canadiens design,” Marsolais told InGoal “But he also wanted to be able to wear it with the Ice Caps. Our challenge was to create a design with an Habs logos but not visible at first view, so he could wear it with both team.”

Drafted in the second round (36th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Fucale has gone 15-16-4 with the St. John’s Ice Caps this season, posting a .902 save percentage.

He has worked with Marsolais previously and carried across some of the design touches from that mask to this new one.

“Zach liked the icicle from his last mask, because it also fits very well with the Ice Caps.”

With Fucale wearing different jersey numbers for the Ice Caps and Canadiens, only the 20-year old’s surname appears on his new design – rather than the number 31 which appeared on many of his previous masks – and Marsolais made full use of the opportunity to incorporate a little bit of Canadiens history in to the change.

We used the old Habs logo – ‘CA’ – for his family name, as it fitted perfectly in the middle. We created the letters ‘FU’ and ‘LE’ like they were from the back of an hockey jersey, with the sewn stitching. For the ‘CA’, we painted it like if it was embroidered. The small dot in the background represent the fabric of the jersey.

The design also uses icicles on each side in a configuration so as to look like the ‘H’ from the Canadiens famous logo, with Marsolais adding some additional fine detail within the paintwork, only visible up close.

“Inside the red part of the logo we putted some Montreal goaltending legends: Jacques Plante and his banner, and on the other side it’s Georges Vezina and Ken Dryden. On the ‘Plante side’, inside the icicle you can see some kids playing pond hockey.”

A big blue ‘H’ links the two sides of the mask, with some of the clubs historic logos from the past appearing within the blue paint along with an inscription in English and French: ‘Since 1909 Depuis’

You can find more of Marsolais’ work on her website and on Twitter. Here are some close ups of Fucale’s mask for you to enjoy: