The Bruins continue to be best in class when it comes to playing dress-up.
When they played at Notre Dame Stadium in 2019, the Bruins set the bar almost impossibly high for all teams when it came to the costumes that are now standard for arrivals at outdoor games. The Peaky Blinders-inspired, 1920s-era gangster garb was a home run.
But the B’s came close to that bar on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium, arriving in colonial-era outfits, complete with tri-corner hats, long coats, short britches and stockings, a nod to the city in which they work and play. They also arrived to some fife and drum music.
Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov said the creativity was a group effort.
“I think it was a lot of the guys,” said the wigged Zadorov, who along with Mason Lohrei met reporters before the game in full regalia. “The idea behind it was to bring something Boston and obviously Boston is a really historical city in the United States, so we decided to dress up as the patriots from the 17th and 16th centuries and give our respect to the founding fathers of America. It’s also good ties to our football team. We’re at a football stadium so I think it played out pretty well.”
Zadorov gave out a shout to Boston Costume for outfitting the team.
“We had these guys come to the rink one day and present us with this whole wardrobe and we kind of got to go through and style our own outfits. Everyone’s got their personal style,” Lohrei said.
Coach Marco Sturm gave his players strong marks for effort.
“I thought they looked pretty good,” Sturm said.
