After debuting with a bang final season, the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Battalion are bringing again their widespread Centurion sweaters this week.
The Battalion will put on the jerseys with the gold Centurion tank on the entrance for the primary time within the 2023-24 season on Thursday, December 7, once they host the Kingston Frontenacs.
The Battalion launched each black and white variations of the jersey final 12 months, they usually’ll sport the white model on Thursday.
Each variations of the Centurion jersey are largely unchanged from what was unveiled final 12 months, save for a brand new collar that producer CCM is utilizing with all Canadian Hockey League groups this season.
The white model has one black and two gold stripes across the elbows and waist, and a black collar with a gold insert on the entrance. It’s paired with black pants and white socks which have a broad gold stripe flanked by two narrower black stripes.
The black model has a gold collar together with one white and two gold stripes on the arms and waist. It’s paired with gold socks with white and black stripes.
Each jerseys have rounded rectangular black shoulder patches outlined in gold with a single white horizontal stripe and a gold maple leaf with interlocked initials “NB” in black.
Based on the Battalion when the jerseys had been first unveiled in December 2022, the Centurion tank on the entrance was utilized by the Canadian Armed Forces from 1952 to 1979. And although they didn’t point out it on the time, the colours and emblem fashion had been clearly a reference to the North Bay Centennials, who performed within the Northern Ontario metropolis from 1982 to 2002 earlier than transferring to Saginaw, Michigan.
Centurion jerseys might be obtainable to buy in individual on the North Bay Memorial Gardens in the course of the recreation in opposition to Kingston, they usually’ll be obtainable by way of the Battalion’s online store beginning December 8.
The Battalion haven’t but introduced during which different video games this season they’ll put on both model of the Centurion sweaters.
