Terry worked closely with BROdenim and its founder, Laura Brodigan, on creating custom barn jackets the women wore for the team’s first home playoff game in eight seasons.
“We wanted a Carhartt-barn jacket-California vibe,” Terry explained. “A lot of the playoff jackets are heavier, because they’re on the East Coast, so we were trying to go with something that was more lightweight.”
“The barn jackets are so in right now,” added Killorn. “We also did a vintage take, which we like. We honestly feel like our jackets look so much different than all the other jackets of the NHL, and we love that.”
The beige canvas jacket features a brown corduroy collar, the famous Ducks logo on the left sleeve, Anaheim in brown script on the front-right side, and D-U-C-K-S in big, block, varsity-style letters staggered down the back. Each jacket also the player’s last name stitched down the right sleeve and their number in orange over the heart.
“It’s been such a fun journey working with the families and the teams and being able to tell their stories,” Brodigan said. “With the wives and girlfriends, they want something cute to rep their family, you know? It’s custom, it’s something personal, and it’s a storytelling piece.”
The ladies also used Tiny Turnip, a female-founded sports apparel company out of San Clemente, for their flannels on Sunday and local hockey lifestyle apparel brand Violent Gentlemen even got in on the action for the littlest ducklings, creating special tees for players’ kids.
Even though the tradition has been going on for the last few seasons, it really picked up traction this year on social media. Lauren Kyle McDavid, wife of Edmonton Oiler Connor McDavid, is doing double duty, creating jackets through her apparel line Sports Club Atelier.
Florence Viel, wife of Ducks winger Jeffrey Viel, has been showcasing her outfits on TikTok and others have been clamoring to see what the first ladies of the NHL will be sporting each game.