Gotham City Crusaders Defend Tulsa
Friday · Nov 23 · 2012 | 1:34 AM PST
For tonight only, the Central Hockey League's Tulsa Oilers will be rebranded. The team will assume the role of the Dark Knight on Black Friday as they become the Gotham City Crusaders. And it actually goes beyond just dressing up like Batman.
From Tulsa Oilers (Facebook page)Of course any good theme night in the minor leagues will have a fun specialty jersey to accompany it. The Oilers certainly have that covered with these bad boys (right and above).
On Black Friday, November 23rd, the Tulsa Oilers will be transformed into the Gotham City Crusaders. Dressed as heroes, this band of Crusaders will extinguish the oncoming Bloomington Blaze and rescue Gotham from disaster.
The Crusaders are asking all Gotham citizens to wear black to the BOK Center. Fans dressed as Batman or other characters will be eligible for special prizes and all kids 12 and under are admitted free with a special voucher which can be printed off on www.tulsaoilers.com or the Tulsa Oilers facebook page.
But if seeing them isn't enough and you want one of these sweaters for yourself, there's good news. The team is auctioning off the game-worn threads following the game. You can place your bids on the team's website.
By the way, I might've had more to say on the subject, but Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski has us fully covered. No way I could beat his write-up. He suggests other ways the Oilers could expand on this particular theme night. Definitely worth a read!
By the way, thanks to everyone who sent emails and tweets about this jersey. Always helps!
Reader Comments (5)
I don't really like the look. They could have done without the fake abs/muscles.
Awesome! I hope they had a cape on the bench to put on celebrating a goal
A lot of people don't like gimmick jerseys, but I think they are great! More teams should try neat things like that!
They look like gorillas.
Surprised that they didn't go with the classic "Gotham Blades" trademark. It's one that DC already owns, after all...