PowerPlayGoal.com – Hockey From A Different Angle

Welcome to PowerPlayGoal.com loves, the section on PowerPlayGoal.com where we don’t blame all our problems with hockey on Gary Bettman, The Phoenix Coyotes, or to there not being a team in Kansas.

Today, we pay tribute to a bunch of adverts that the Boston Bruins created, playing on the term “hockey rules”. The advertising is simple; don’t mess with the rules, else the Boston Bruins mascot is going to make your life a little more akward. Despite the adverts not being real; it is a real shame, as the advert series speaks to all those people we like to complain about over in The Definitive Fan; well the ones that annoy us anyway.

First up, those people who insist on tucking in their hockey jerseys. Why?

Next, and my personal favourite; a lesson for those of you who spend all the time on their phone rather than watching the game:

And, to those of you who are thinking of leaving the game just because you want to beat the rush…

Don’t sleep with the enemy…

And finally I cannot help but feel that the idea of a bear using a urinal is a little odd:

So yes, as seen above; violate these rules and some guy in a giant bear costume is going to come and beat the shit out of you (or show you the way to the nearest furry gathering)

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Not everything is negative. That’s why we here at PowerPlayGoal.com feel its time to show you some of the things we love about hockey.

In this edition, we look at something some people don’t really take that much time to think about – The artwork designs on Goalies helmets. Excluding the period after a trade, rookies, and goalies that are happy to make do with a plain white mask with the teams logo stuck onto it.

We look a little bit further here at PowerPlayGoal.com and here are a selection of our favourites from the recent years.

Johan Hedburg – Atlanta Thrashers

This rather lively design contains elements from his previous masks throughout his careers as a goaltender.

Dwayne Roloson – New York Islanders

Sure, the Islanders aren’t the greatest team right now; and they did recently have an epic loss of 5-0 to local rivals the New York Rangers but at least they win when it comes to having an awesome goalie mask.

Tukka Rask – Boston Bruins

Finnish born Tukka Rask’s goalie mask shows off more attitude than the audition line for the next “WWE superstar”; and fortunately, is certainly much less pretentous.

Dan Ellis – Nashville Predators

One of my favourite masks comes from the person who designed Dan Ellis’ mask.

Steve Mason – Colombus Blue Jackets

Playing towards the roots of the Columbus blue jackets name is net-minder Steve Mason’s goalie mask.

Ilya Bryzgalov – Phoenix Coyotees

This helmet depicts a lonesome night in what we presume is the Arizona Desert at night accompanied by coyotes howling at the moon.

I’m KevKev, and this is PowerPlayGoal.com loves.

Not everything is negative. That’s why we here at PowerPlayGoal.com feel its time to show you some of the things we love about hockey.

The third jersey is something of a hate/love relationship for fans. Some fans dislike the idea; others welcome the chance to see the team use something much more radical every so often.
Not every team has one for a variety of reasons; however here at PowerPlayGoal.com we have dug through some of the ones we like the most to bring you our top 5 third jerseys from the NHL.

Edmonton Oilers Alternate (2001 – 2007 )

This alternate jersey was a radical step away from the typical style for Edmonton, forgoing some of the usual colours to bring together silver, white and navy to create a jersey that really stood out. The logo was designed by the creator of Spawn comics and former owner Todd McFarlane.

San Jose Sharks Alternate (2008 – )

Not all alternate jerseys need to incorporate crazy new colours or strange patterns to look good; and San Jose are no exception to this.
Using just black, a classic style shoestring collar and a simple stripe on the arms; San Jose have acheived what feels like a smart alternate jersey; and one that any player could look awesome in.

Atlanta Thrashers Alternate (2008 – )

Its always interesting to see what would happen if a team took another teams style, and changed it to suit their own. With this jersey, we see Atlanta take the already different style of the Dallas Stars home, and apply it to their own. What we get as a result is a combination of a unique red colour, along with a rather stylish wordmark.

Anaheim Mighty Ducks  (2003-2006)

Like Edmonton, the Ducks chose to do something more radical with what was to be their final jersey as the Mighty Ducks – electing to use two different shades of purple, along with a slanted logo.
Whilst the design itself is quite a simple one, it is the radical change from what they had that must be respected; and even for just having this reason earns them a rightful place on this list.

Nashville Predators (2009 -)

Now those of you who remember a few of the more recent war on logos, you will be more than aware of one of the teams having a rather nasty special “nascar” jersey, that featured racing chequers. However, done rightly, chequers can look very good. An example, the 2009 Nashville alternate. Combining a simple template, dark blue and white has made in my opinion a rather catchy unique alternate jersey.

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