Saturday, August 15, 2009

Don't Change a Classic

The Boston Bruins have pretty much kept their hockey jersey standard throughout the history of the club's life span. The Bruins were one of the original six teams in the National Hockey League and their hockey jerseys have remained the same through all of those years.

Some teams change up their logo from time to time, some alternate color schemes and play around with different imagery, but the Bruins have remained true to their heritage and you have to respect that. There is always something nice about seeing classic hockey jerseys worn out on the ice today.

Boston Bruins Alternate Hockey Jersey

Constantly playing with just the Away jersey and the Home jersey can get monotous after so many hundreds of league games so most teams today like to change it up every now and then and bring in some alternate hockey jerseys to kind of mix it up.

The Bruins have had a bunch of alternate jerseys over the years but they tend to always feature the Bruin instead of just the B. They leave the symbolism to the main two jerseys I suppose and just want to smack the fans over the head with the fact they these guys are bears!

A Bruin is a type of Bear, don't forget it!

Boston Bruins Away Hockey Jersey

As it is with most hockey teams, the Boston Bruins hockey jersey that they wear to all of their games in places other than Boston is just an inverse color scheme of their Home jersey.

The league used to have all of the home jerseys play with a white foundation but that has since been reversed and is now the rule for all of the away team hockey jerseys.

Boston Bruins Home Hockey Jersey


As hockey jerseys go I've always been a fan of those ones with black and yellow in them. The Pittsburgh Penguins have a nice hockey jersey and the Anaheim Ducks have a decent one now that they've strayed away from wearing the old Disney colors, but the Boston Bruins have always been the coolest when it comes to Black and Gold color schemes.

The Bruins home jersey is simple yet powerful. Of course, it used to be the team's away jersey but ever since the league reversed the home and away colors it has sat proudly in the Garden. The jersey's color scheme even makes it out onto the seats of the stadium. The chairs in the stands alternate between black and gold to give it a more filled out feel when you look at it on television.

Minor League Providence Bruins


Every NHL team has an affiliated AHL team that they like to farm players in. Basically these teams are for the players who aren't quite yet ready for the big leagues but will soon be there. Most NHL teams will have a completely different name and jersey look for their minor league team but the Boston Bruins have chosen to really just spell it out for everyone with the Providence Bruins.

I thought this picture of the Providence Bruins goalie jersey was a really good one so I'd like to share it with you now. Hockey jerseys can be some of the most artistic pieces of sports equipment and goalie equipment is always looking for ways to dazzle the eyes and fool the senses. Though, I'm not sure why it says Montreal on his goalie stick...