CCM Phenom Youth Goalie Chest Protector Review

Perfectly done. And now let's slide over to The Hockey Shop, with Cam and Woody discussing the CCM Phenom chest protector.

Just a hint. It doesn't fit me. You just wanted me to sing that Eminem song again, didn't you? I'm a phenomenon.

There it is. Technically, real one because that's copyrighted.

That's right. We don't have the money for that license, folks. So you get to listen to me do really bad rap. I'm gonna Okay. Let's wrap that up and welcome back to

The Hockey Shop Source for Sports. He's Kevin.

That's Cam. We're here in Langley, and we've already done the phenomenon, phenom phenom. CCM phenom pads and gloves. We have. But for some reason, Cam kept the chest protector hidden from you, so it's time to roll it out because this is a significant upgrade on their options for kids.

[crosstalk] You could say it's a phenomenal chest. Yeah. Okay. Just just leave the jokes to me. Let's go.

What what what makes what like, let's get into age groups, who it's for, what makes it special. I mean, first off, holding it like there's a lot of flexibility and mobility in it and still a fair amount of like inner and extra padding. We don't want our we don't want the young ones feeling like, you know, the puck hurt. No, but they also want to be able to move around and, know, back out of the driveway too. Right?

I don't know how many of them are driving out of the driveway, but yes, I got you.

Okay. So junior size specifically, just to be, you know, we're talking about that big seven year olds. Cam was a big seven year old. 10 years old, maybe 11. Eleven's probably starting to push into intermediate sizing at that point.

Two categories for sizing, small, medium, large, extra large. Okay. So in terms of for fitment and adjustment, it varies. Exactly. It carries over from CCM 7.9 chest protector.

So it's modeled after that unit.

So you could your young goalie could grow with this is what you're saying.

Exactly. Adjustable arms, easily done up by the Velcro. Also very flexible arms as Kevin alluded to there. Very, very easy to move around in this chest. It also is a bit thicker than the last year's model too in the CCM 6.5.

So they have So again, extra protection so we're not feeling the puck, but I mean, you can see just how much movement is in there.

Correct. So CCM is really focused on that mobility aspect side. It's usually a bit of a complaint, especially in the junior category.

Kind of feels like their EFlex 7, like it kind of presents and feels like their EFlex 7 just with a lot more mobility. They just chose a phenomenal name. Yeah. Okay. Just keep going, Cam.

It's got he's even got like the back arm protector, you know, not that we want kids that age doing reverse, but hey.

No. And also that hard plastic elbow cap is- because falling on your elbows suck. It does. It does. So easily adjustable back.

Again, can't stress enough about that flexibility. A lot of that comes from the segmentation of the actual belly pad itself. So nice and easily mobile. So if your young goaltender is looking for a chest protector, this might be a great place to start.

CCM, phenom. Got it right this time. First time. There you go. Probably last time for me to be honest, folks.

If they've got questions, Cam, about sizing, sizing charts, how to measure their kids to make sure which one they're in and whether it's gonna work for them, what the the range to grow into it is as we like you said, adjustable arms, adjustable over the shoulders. Where do they

get you? So for starters, you can check out the chest online at thehockeyshop.com or you can give us a call at (604) 589-8299 or the 1-800 number 1-800-5667 oh oh. I finally I finally screwed

up the 1800 number. We'll do it again then dummy.

One eight hundred five six seven seven seven nine zero. Hutch, can you make sure that's correct? Editing.

Take a puck off the head this week or what? Actually.

Did you try it on?

No. I did not. We should we probably should pretend that I tried it on and tell people to go check out the YouTube channel because it would be entertaining as heck. Imagine trying to get that over my head. I'm pretty sure it would just end up sitting over top of my face like a ball cap.

Didn't it look pretty sweet though, Daren? I mean, wouldn't you have loved to have that in about 1982?

Oh my when I was wearing arms and chest protector as separate pieces Yes. Of

Yes. Yes. So so good.

By way, you put the arm pads on first, and then you put the chest protector over top if if you're wondering how that worked.

And then the suspenders over all that.

Mhmm. Hold it down. And then close your eyes and say, please don't hurt.

Please don't hit me.

Please don't hurt. Please don't hurt.

Well, the kids don't have to worry about that with the Phenom chest protector. I I to your point, Hutch, it's it is remarkable. Like, they've made it way more flexible, like, way sort of softer feeling. So because kids gotta be able to move in it. Mhmm.

But the way it imitates sort of the pro level and the amount of protection it adds, like, you know, again, you don't want young kids being scared of the puck. And this is just a they've they've scaled down their pro stuff, but made it mobile so that kids can use it without being restricted. And when you see it in the store, it's like, damn, man. Like, to your point, this is good stuff.

It'd be harder to make entry level gear, kids gear, than it would be pro gear where you can just bulk it up, and the guys are gonna be able to navigate it. Being able to offer something that children can actually move in and still protect you would be a hell of a challenge.

Yeah. And they've they've found a nice balance with this one for sure. So it's nice to we we've talked about the Phenom leg pads and gloves and blockers, and this is a piece that we missed in the original run through that we wanted to make sure we get to because it is again again, as as Hutch knows, like, you don't want your kids being scared of the puck at an early age. That can form, know, that can create that that flinch, the bad habits that can be tough to break later on.

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