If you follow Paul Lukas of
Uni Watch, you know he has a saying about the oft-seen nights in baseball where sports team honour the military. As he states at least weekly, "Every single day, somewhere in the uni-verse, it is military appreciation day. Every. Single. Day." He's not wrong, mind you, but tonight the Colorado Avalanche - who play in Colorado which has a significant military presence - hosted their own Military Appreciation Night as they hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, who own the Avalanche, have spent the week celebrating the military and the members of the Armed Forces, and tonight;s even at the Pepsi Center saw the Avalanche don special jerseys in the warm-up to honour those who serve bravely.
As you can see in the photo above, it seems that head coach Jared Bednar went off on his own to honour the military, but might have missed the point entirely with his jacket. Yes, that jacket is in the style of camouflage, but not military camouflage! Rather than honouring the men and women of the Armed Forces by sporting a camouflage suit jacket, Bednar looks like he's heading out hunting!
These swatches are the general camouflage patterns that the US Army, the US Navy, the US Air Force, and the US Marines wear. There are reasons for each branch of the Armed Forces to wear their own camouflage pattern, and it's pretty evident that none of the branches of the military look like they rolled off the set of
Duck Dynasty. Jared Bednar's choice of camouflage pattern for his suit jacket is clearly not a military pattern, so I have no idea what he was thinking when he either commissioned this jacket to be made or bought it with tonight's game in mind.
Social media had some fun with Bednar's jacket choice, though.
Perhaps some good might come out of Bednar's choice of clothing? Ducks Unlimited has a good idea when it comes to Bednar's jacket!
Whatever happened tonight with Bednar and his choice of camouflage, it's pretty clear that someone got some wires crossed. While there are enough military phrases used in hockey with teams going to battle and warriors on the ice showing bravery, the first thing that Jared Bednar needs to do after this game is go hunting for some new threads.
Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!
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