The only good news for Bruins' collectors is that after Chicago captured Game 4 in overtime, 6-5, to tie the 2013 Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece, Boston will again wear White Final Set 1 in Game 5 Saturday from Chicago.
Just as they did in 2011, the Boston Bruins lost Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on the road to fall behind three games to two, and forcing themselves to win Games 6 and 7 to win the Stanley Cup.
The Blackhawks' 3-1 victory at United Center means Boston is forced to win Monday at TD Garden just to force a Game 7. And now that Chicago has three victories and is in a clinching situation, the Bruins will wear Black Final Set 2 on Monday.
After authenticating the White Set 1 Final jerseys following Chicago's game 5 victory, I can report that four Bruins (Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Nathan Horton, and Dennis Seidenberg) wore more than one jersey in the game:
The Blackhawks' 3-1 victory at United Center means Boston is forced to win Monday at TD Garden just to force a Game 7. And now that Chicago has three victories and is in a clinching situation, the Bruins will wear Black Final Set 2 on Monday.
After authenticating the White Set 1 Final jerseys following Chicago's game 5 victory, I can report that four Bruins (Johnny Boychuk, Zdeno Chara, Nathan Horton, and Dennis Seidenberg) wore more than one jersey in the game:
-Chara switched after the second period ... and wore his Set 2 for the third.
-Seidenberg alternated period by period, wearing Set 1 in the first and third periods. He wore Set 2 in the second period.
-Boychuk alternated period by period, wearing Set 1 in the first and third periods. He wore Set 2 in the second.
-Horton switched after the second period ... and wore his Set 2 in the third period.
Patrice Bergeron wore his White Set 1 Final for two periods, and then left the game with an injury and did not play in the third period.
Carl Soderberg played for the first time in the series, and his jersey moved from a $750 Game-Issued to a $2,500 Game-Worn.
As they did in each game, the Bruins dressed 22 players for warmup, including defenseman Matt Bartkowski and forward Kaspars Daugavins, who did not play.
For the second time in three seasons, MeiGray's Final Sets got the maximum five games of use (three white, two black). And since Boychuk, Chara, Horton and Seidenberg wear two jerseys in a game, these Set 1 jerseys will get use in Game 6 and (if there is a seventh game) Game 7.
Bergeron will also wear two jerseys if he is healthy enough to play in Game 6.
See you Monday from TD Garden.
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