90s neon ski fashion, the Bruins arrived in style for their outdoor game on Lake Tahoe

Earth tones and ashes? No point to be seen. Not a piece of wool or tweed, just nylon and patterns that melt the 90s neon iris.

Instead of English gangsters, the Bruins appeared dressed as ski tourists from 30 years ago. It was undoubtedly an ambience game and the debut of their “retro reverse” uniforms that reminded Cam Neely–Ray Bourque days.

Those yellow threads that they used for the game were unobtrusive compared to the vibrations of the outfit Patrice Bergeron and Co. displayed while posing for a photo by the lake.

There was a lot to understand. Each player, it seemed, thought a lot about his look.

First it was Bergeron, the captain, who came up with the original idea.

“He’s always one step ahead with that kind of thing,” David Pastrnak he said, wearing pink and black tones during his post-game interview, which interrupted his participation in a dance party in the Bruins’ locker room. “We all love it. We had fun asking for a few things and walking into the game. “

Bergeron took the lead with an authentic Bruins jersey that someone from the North Shore could have worn at the Old Garden. It had Neely # 8, the back B logo and “1990 Playoffs” on it. He completed the look with what looked like an old school walkman, a psychedelic pouch and a neon blue, pink and black jacket over rolled-up jeans and white sneakers.

Mirrored curtains and neon jackets were everywhere. Tuukka Rask, Brandon Carlo, and Jaroslav Halak he wore jackets painted in accent colors. It looked like Halak, who kept his hair short, was wearing a fake ponytail that dripped from his yellow and pink cyclist cap.

Trent Frederic he wore a denim jacket, orange and pink wind pants and a sublime T-shirt that he said he had recently purchased. Urho Vaakanainen, called Providence, brought his Aerosmith shirt. Jake DeBrusk he looked like Prince Fresco of Edmonton.

Charlie Coyle she wore a white turtleneck and faded jeans, highlighted by a Lake Tahoe shirt with a bear in front – the latter possibly proving that the players did some shopping in the city. No words if Coyle’s white Reeboks or Pastrnak’s old school Filas were bought online or at a store, but they both rolled up their pants to show them off.

Some players opted for neon-belted ski suits. Brad Marchand dangled a blue suit with flames on his pants, Charlie McAvoy it looked ready for the lime green and baby blue black diamonds, and John Moore it sported all kinds of shapes on its face, looking like a walking logo “Saved by the bell”. Chris Wagner’s white jumpsuit – with blue, red, orange and yellow racing stripes – turned it into Evel Knievel on vacation.

Some players wore T-shirts, including Connor Clifton and Steve Kampfer (Mighty Ducks: the film, not the team), Anders Bjork (Kobe Bryant), and Jack Studnicka (Allen Iverson’s college jersey, which he would have worn in the early 90s). Jeremy Lauzon he had a round-necked Power Rangers sweatshirt, a yellow pouch and colored cargo pants.

“Look good, feel good, play well” has been said in many hockey rooms over the years. The Bruins were clearly having fun in Tahoe.

Coyle delivery

Trainer Bruce Cassidy he hoped Charlie Coyle, without goals in eight games coming on Sunday, would be a little more selfish. Coyle delivered in the second period, scoring his third goal of the season in an explosion of four goals that gave the Bruins a 6-2 lead in the second half.

“I just think he has to drive the limits by being a little less cerebral than worrying about who his linemates are [are], ”Said Cassidy, who brought the Weymouth product together with the wards Nick Ritchie and Craig Smith. “I thought they were our best trio at the camp. Some injuries forced us to juggle some things. “

Coyle, Cassidy noted, has always been a pivot and is not likely to become a sniper overnight. But his trainer feels that Coyle is not attacking enough, “regardless of what he decides to do when approaching the net, kicking or passing.”

The message before the game for Coyle was “take care of your own game,” said Cassidy. “Just play. Trust your instincts and let your wings feed on you, instead of thinking, ‘What my wings need’, and do the opposite. Just play your game and let them adjust.

“Usually, when a center player directs a line – and by ‘leading the line’ I mean demanding the puck, attacking with the puck, being the force that is creating the attack – the line will go well. I always thought so.

Timely promotion

Urho Vaakanainen made his debut this season after three games with Providence. Cassidy expected the 22-year-old, in his eighth NHL match, to play with his strength: he would defend with his feet and stick and make a strong first pass.

“I thought that at camp he was as good as [Jeremy] Lauzon and [Jakub] Zboril”Said Cassidy, referring to the two shooting perspectives on the left that the Bruins implanted in front of him. “It’s always a good problem when you know that there are guys that you feel can play. Now it’s up to him to prove it. It is a slightly different stage for him, but at the end of the day, this is the hand he received. He will play with Brandon Carlo, who is a good, experienced guy who stays at home. Hopefully, they complement each other and are a good disconnect pair for us. “

‘A’ for effort

With David Krejci outside the lineup, Brandon Carlo wore an ‘A’ … At the time of the puck’s fall, there were 10 players on the NHL’s COVID protocol list. Six of them were Flyers: captain Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, and Oskar Lindblom in front and defender Justin Braun … With Jack Studnicka and Vaakanainen in Lake Tahoe, the Providence Bruins dressed 17 skaters, including 11 forwards, for the game against Hartford … Studnicka turned 22 on Thursday, the night he was called back. “I would not like to be anywhere else,” he said. “Incredible birthday present”… Cassidy, making her first visit to Lake Tahoe, believed that the water could be frozen. He did not expect to see sailors near the rink, which was created on the 18th hole of the Edgewood Tahoe Resort golf club. “Seeing the boats outside is incredible,” said Cassidy. “You have the mountains in the background, people walking to the cable cars. The other day I saw someone swimming in the pool looking out the hotel window, so you have a little bit of everything. The guys in their kayaks remind me of San Francisco, the home run balls. I don’t know if any records came out there yesterday. But good for them. They are in the spirit of that. “

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