Boston College's New Under Armour Home Hockey Jersey
by A.J Black on Aug 15, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
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In BC Interruption's never-ending quest to become the college sports fashion police, we would like to unveil this year's Under Armour hockey jersey. Unlike the changes to the BC football jersey, I have to say I kind of like the changes here. It is true I am more of a modernist when it comes to jerseys -- I love the 427 variants of the Oregon Ducks football uniforms -- so of course I would embrace the new hockey jerseys.
The changes are kind of small. First Under Armour removed the Boston College logo off the shirt. Is that really a bad thing? Probably not as the shoulder logos were sort of redundant in the first place. You have the big "BOSTON COLLEGE" lettering right in the middle of the jersey, why is why it probably isn't necessary to put logos in each corner. Yes, we get it you're BC. Let's keep it simplistic, the big name without the logo. Less clutter. I like it.
Secondly, the stripes on the jersey have changed. As you can see in the older version below, they have tightened up the stripes, made them thinne, and removed the large gold section from the bottom. For a team that plays fast, these new jerseys really emphasize the sleekness of the players. The changes remove a bit of the clunkiness the old jerseys seemed to have.
These uniforms also have the stain glass pattern that the football helmets had as well, but they seem less intrusive here. Just small patches of it on the elbows, which probably wouldn't be noticeable during a game.
All in all, the new hockey jerseys are a solid modern take on the BC classic. I know many of you out there probably loved the traditional BC jersey, but this isn't that much of a change. Is it? What do you think folks? Love it or hate it?
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I kinda hated these at first but I think I’m coming around on these. If the numbers are like the new football ones — and the italics were scrapped — I can get behind these.
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UA hockey jerseys?
I actually like the design they were going for here, but the construction of the jerseys looks a bit amateurish… has UA ever made a hockey jersey before? You can see the stripe color continue under the thin stained glass elbow patches
by miz36 on Aug 15, 2011 3:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely love these, can’t wait to (have my girlfriend) buy one for myself. Really eager to see what the maroon ones look like. I would like to think they UA is cooking up something with an Eagle on the front…hopefully nothing too flashy and more along the lines of this jersey. Real exciting
Not sure about how I feel putting an Eagle back on the front of the jersey, though a NY Rangers-esque “E A G L E S” alternate uniform might be pretty cool. Similar to these throwbacks:
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That would look beautiful.
I’d love that throwback. Personally, I prefer wraparound stripes (like those) to stripes running down the length of the arms. Alternating maroon/gold/m/g/m in a striped band would look sharp.
And I’m just griping here, but I wish athletic jersey gold looked more like gold and less like khaki #division1problems
EAGLES written in the same new font would look sharp.
Not a huge fan of the stripes running down the length of the arms but willing to give them a shot. Very European national team looking if you ask me.
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What do you think about an “EAGLES” with an Eagle head or flying Eagle underneath it, a la the “SIOUX” with the Indian chief underneath it? I think it might look cool…
…and now I think it’s time for some photoshop…
I think I prefer the unis without any Eagle head or flying Eagle. Here’s a better shot of the 1960s jersey from the hockey media guide.
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letting my imagination
get the better of me and my poor photoshop skills
Nice work!
Can’t say I’m a huge fan of the Eagle logo on the front though. Then again, I also really didn’t like the BC logo on the Frozen Fenway sweaters. The Eagle logo changes so often that I prefer just putting either “BOSTON COLLEGE” or “EAGLES” on the front over any logo.
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It's all relative, right?
Clearly these unis are a step up from the Rbk Frozen Fenway abominations. Not only did Boston U. win that game, they clearly outclassed us in the fashion department that night too.
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Just like last season’s basketball jerseys, these don’t elicit a strong reaction from me. Looks good enough to me, plus we know the look will change again in another 2 or 3 years. Now the football helmets on the other hand…..
by chicagofire1871 on Aug 15, 2011 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
Right
The difference between the hockey uniforms and the football helmet is that one changes all the time and the other has stuck pretty closely to tradition. Up until this year, anyhow.
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Put the Eagle back on the front
In general I do like the look of the new uniform, my biggest disappointment though goes back years ago when the administration decided to remove the Eagle off the front of the jersey, because of all things, it looked “too professional”. The home white jerseys with the Eagle on the front were some of the classiest, most distinctive uniforms in all of college sports and I really hope that at least for a third (alternate) uniform they find a way to bring that back, albeit without the word EAGLES on the front.
These bad boys?
I don’t know. Not a huge fan just because the Eagle logo has changed quite a bit over the years …
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University seal
I really like these. I love the idea of putting the University seal on the sleeves. What do you think?
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I love the university seal, that would be classic to add that back on to it.
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UA Hockey Sweaters
It must be carry over from the the football helmets because I hate the stripes on the hockey sweater as much as I can’t stand the stripes on the helmet.
This isn’t rocket science. Some basic rules:
1. The BC school colors are maroon and gold—not red and yellow—not white—not black.
2. BC mascot is an eagle, usually depicted in flight-not an angry chicken.
3. The school logo is a “B” and a “C” intertwined, preferably in block form with an eagle in flight on the interlocking portion of the logo. Slanting the letters is a modern innovation that can be tolerated-barely.
4. The school seal looks classy in most situations.
Some supplemental suggestions:
1. Solid colors look better than “stained glass”.
2. Don’t clutter up the damned unis. Remember KISS.
Finally…find whoever came up with the “stained glass” and fire his/her ass now.
by Leonard E Sienko Jr on Aug 15, 2011 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
Finally…find whoever came up with the "stained glass" and fire his/her ass now.
Haha
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Love your ground rules, Leonard. Though I can’t get behind #3, just because the block BC is no longer our primary sports logo.
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AHHHH
SOMEBODY KILL IT!
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UA sucks
I was already disgusted with the football jerseys, and these suck even more. both unis look cheap and bland, as if UA was simply looking to use as little material and money on each jersey as possible. much bigger fan of the previous jersey emphasizing our school colors more dramatically and adding the logo on the sleeve. terrible.
You are right on
I hate UA with a passion. I knew that they would mess with the football and basketball uniforms and do a typically terrible job. However, I really hoped they would leave the Hockey jerseys alone. This is an abomination. Who are they trying to appeal to with these jerseys? Shame on BC for allowing UA to mess with the uniforms. I know they mess with most of the unis they make, but they make Auburn’s football unis, yet there’s have remained classic looking and unchanged. My wife and I have taken to calling BC the “Under Eagles” now. We are disgusted and will never purchase a single piece of UA BC merchandise.
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