The Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League’s Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand are adding a little color into their lives with a new third jersey.
The Armada — based in Boisbriand, Quebec, just north of Montréal — have primarily used black and white as their team colors since joining the QMJHL in 2011. But they added blue to their palette over the weekend with the unveiling of the third jersey, which they wore at home both on Friday against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan and Saturday against the Val d’Or Foreurs.
While the new third jersey maintains a black base — echoing the Armada’s “Bleed Black” motto — the squared-off shoulders are blue, as are stripes around the waist and sleeves. The front of the jersey features a new logo, with “ARMADA” in black running across a black “A”, both of which have white outlines. Blue was chosen because it “embodies the spirit of an armada that strongly cuts through the waves, weathering storms and staying on course toward a future full of promise” (translated to English by Google).
Atop the “A” is a blue crown that the team says is made up of two horizontal Bs. The bottom line of the crown symbolizes Autoroute 15, which runs through Boisbriand and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The collar of the jersey is half blue and half black, with a blue insert at the front with a black double-B logo inside. The numbers on the sleeves and back are black with white outlines, as are the As and Cs on the front of alternate captains’ and captains’ jerseys. Names on the backs are one-color white.
The new jerseys worked like a charm for the Armada, as they won both games in which they wore them over the weekend.
