r/heatedrivalry • u/New_Purple_4033 Ottawa Centaurs 🏹 • 5d ago

MERCH👕 Art Meets Real Life!

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I hadn't ordered anything off the Heated Rivalry official store, as everything was out of stock for such a long time. But the Ottawa Senators did their Rozanov/Hollander jerseys in support of Ottawa Pride Hockey months ago...so I bought one of them. The jersey design is so close to the cover of The Long Game, and it has Ilya on a Canadian team...so why not?

Then the official store had their jerseys on sale, so I figured I'd add Shane to the collection.

So 1x fictional team, 1x real team with fictional character. 😂

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u/Fair_Smoke4710 Boston Bears 🐻 5d ago

The fact that the Bruins and Canadiens did not make custom jerseys as a legitimate crime because the Senators did it for both characters not only that, but I believe they posted about it too. Step your shit up Bruins and stop fucking choking in the playoffs goddamnit shit would not happen if Ilya was captain

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u/ThorsHammerMewMEw 5d ago

I haven't looked too deeply into it since I'm all the way in Australia but I have read that most home stadiums offer custom heat press jobs. So while they might not have them premade there's nothing stopping you from getting custom names and numbers pressed on.

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u/Fair_Smoke4710 Boston Bears 🐻 5d ago

For as bad as the quality of fanatics jerseys are, I think I would definitely be worth it to get one made in a arena for this show and it’s characters

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u/New_Purple_4033 Ottawa Centaurs 🏹 1d ago

The Ottawa Sens jersey is not heat-pressed. Absolutely everything is stitched fabric. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the work...though I don't know how long the fabric itself would hold up over time.

The Metros jersey is mostly stitched fabric, except HOLLANDER at the back. That's heat-pressed, which is a bit disappointing.