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Buy a Team India Jersey from their historic game in Brampton
On Friday, October 9, 2015, hockey history was made by The Hockey Foundation, the Ice Hockey Association of India and Brampton Beast.
Team India played in its first-ever match in North America versus Canada's first (only at the time) ECHL franchise, the Brampton Beast, at the CAA (formerly Powerade) Centre in Brampton, Ontario, just outside of Toronto. This was the first time an ECHL team competed against any national team, and it was made even more special by the fact that the team was comprised of 10 players from India and 10 players that tried out in Brampton in advance of the exhibition match.
We Know This event warranted a special jersey!
Team-Signed #15 Jersey
As an organizer of this event, The Hockey Foundation worked with the Ice Hockey Association of India, OTB Athletic & LAGA Sports to produce this sharp, unique jersey.
Some of the main features include:
Throwback to traditional hockey jerseys with the shoulder bar, elbow & torso stripes and piping on the pants.
New color scheme, featuring blue as a primary home color, similar to India's cricket and field hockey teams. The blue comes from the Ashoka Chakra sun in the middle of the Indian national flag. The white jersey was designated as the away color, similar to NHL
Stylized "Indic" script for "India" on the front, the name on the back and the captains
A Bengal tiger as the chest logo, in honor of India's most famous endangered animal
A special message added throughout the jersey: "Chakde" in English, Hindi and Punjabi. Chakde roughly translates to "Let's Go!" and is written in the 3 languages most commonly spoken by Indian families in the Greater Toronto Area. It also adds great texture to the jersey
THE HOCKEY FOUNDATION HAS TWO OPTIONS OF TEAM INDIA JERSEYS AVAILABLE:
"Authentic" jerseys: #15 on back & arms (for 2015), no name, assorted sizes, both colors
While most official jerseys are numbered 15 there is a small variety of one-off jerseys in different number/size/color combinations. You must select the exact combination that is in stock in order for it to be available. For example, the jersey with #2 is/was only available in Medium, #16 in Small and #1 is goalie-cut and only available in white. If you select large for any of these jerseys, you will not be able to add to cart.
Game-worn jerseys: Numbers of only rostered players, names on back for players from India, no names on back for players from North America
Game-worn jerseys come with matching socks and orange pant shell*
TEAM INDIA ROSTER
FROM INDIA:
5 - Amit Belwal - Medium
6 - Rajat Malhotra - Large
7 - Tsewang Gyaltson (A) - Medium
9 - Nawang "DK" Zangpo - Medium
10 - Stanzin "Ule" Namgyal - Medium
11 - Tundup Namgail (A) - Large
21 - Stanzin "Goba" Namgyal - Medium
23 - Mushtaque Giri (A) - Medium
33 - Gamandeep Singh (G) - Goalie
57 - Tashi Gonbo (#7)** - Medium
94 - Dhruv Sachdev - Medium
FROM NORTH AMERICA***:
1 - Naeem Khan (G) - Goalie
4 - Navdeep Chinzer - Medium
15 - Gavin Fernandez - Medium
19 - Karndeep Natt - Medium
22 - Sundeep Banwatt - Medium
44 - Gian Bajwa - Medium
55 - Harry Mahesh - Medium
66 - Manraj Mann - Large
77 - Gary Mahesh (C) - Large
88 - Nathan Hans - Large
91 - Iqbal Lehal - X-Large
99 - Jay Sidhu - Medium
* Limited inventory; While Supplies Last - only blue socks remaining
** Tashi Gonbo's game worn jersey was numbered 7 instead of 57 due to an error by jersey manufacturer
*** North American players' jerseys did not have names on the back as jerseys were made before the rosters were set
