Does it make me less of a man to say that I don't mind the pink alternate jersey?
I'm not talking about crap like this, which is cougar-wear for the begrudging hockey wife. I'm talking about those pink jerseys that teams wear for one of two reasons: Breast Cancer Awareness nights or for Valentine's Day, like the AHL Hershey Bears did over the weekend.
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The Washington Capitals affiliate donned the pink sweaters so they could auction them off for charity; or for what Bangin' Panger called a "hilariously emasculating evening of hockey," adding this observation about Alexandre Giroux and the Bears:
Giroux has 38 goals, leads everyone else in the AHL by 10, and has to wear that garbage. I sure hope the folks in Hershey bid enough for those charity jerseys to make a difference in the world.
C'mon now ... they're not that bad. There are spirals and stripes and the maroon pants remind one of a box of chocolates. Did I mention that I went to Lilith Fair?
I imagine you brutes will give this sweater and any pink jersey an epic fail with the kind of snap judgment that makes one want to curl up with a Snuggie and a pint of Chunky Monkey until the pain goes away. But I ask you: Don't the soft hues of a pink jersey bring a certain sensitivity to the traditional hockey fight, like this one between the Elite League's Coors Belfast Giants and the Nottingham Panthers during a Breast Cancer Awareness promotion?
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H/T to Kukla for the fight.