World Juniors Championships 2012
World Juniors Have Begun!!
Well, the 2012 World Juniors Hockey Championships
have officially begun! Latvia, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia, and
Switzerland (Group A) have their round-robin games here in Calgary.
Then after New Year's, Group B (Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Finland,
and Denmark) joins us in Calgary for the relegation and medal round
games. 21 games in 9 days! Total hockey overdose!
I built a special jersey for the World Juniors....my "World Jersey". Since January, I scoured the Internet for crests and patches from the various teams that were coming to the tournament. I was able to find a few crests by themselves, but most had to be carefully lifted from existing jerseys. Needless to say, this got expensive...but luckily I had the whole year to spread out the cost.
At the end of the day, the jersey has 13 full-size team crests (Belarus, Slovakia, Norway, Russia, USA, Latvia, Denmark, Austria, Czech Republic, Sweden, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Finland), and 30 other patches (including the old and new IIHF patches), shoulder patches, flags, or crests, for a total of 43 patches! (and yes, there is a Team Canada patch on the back and the Canada Flag on one arm).
Once all the patches were collected, I picked up a white SP PRO practice jersey (complete with tie-down strap), laid everything out, photographed it, and then shipped it all to Winnipeg it to get sewn. Special thanks to my buddy Andrew @ River City Sports for getting everything sewn up for me! Their customizer did a FANTASTIC job.
Now, with this jersey, I can cheer for EVERYONE!
....but I'm a patriot...when Canada is playing, I WEAR CANADA RED ALL THE WAY! :)
I built a special jersey for the World Juniors....my "World Jersey". Since January, I scoured the Internet for crests and patches from the various teams that were coming to the tournament. I was able to find a few crests by themselves, but most had to be carefully lifted from existing jerseys. Needless to say, this got expensive...but luckily I had the whole year to spread out the cost.
At the end of the day, the jersey has 13 full-size team crests (Belarus, Slovakia, Norway, Russia, USA, Latvia, Denmark, Austria, Czech Republic, Sweden, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Finland), and 30 other patches (including the old and new IIHF patches), shoulder patches, flags, or crests, for a total of 43 patches! (and yes, there is a Team Canada patch on the back and the Canada Flag on one arm).
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| GO WORLD JUNIORS GO!!! |
Once all the patches were collected, I picked up a white SP PRO practice jersey (complete with tie-down strap), laid everything out, photographed it, and then shipped it all to Winnipeg it to get sewn. Special thanks to my buddy Andrew @ River City Sports for getting everything sewn up for me! Their customizer did a FANTASTIC job.
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Now, with this jersey, I can cheer for EVERYONE!
....but I'm a patriot...when Canada is playing, I WEAR CANADA RED ALL THE WAY! :)
GO CANADA GO!!
