Breezers

This comment indicates that for this player, the protective function of the breezers is secondary to their looks.

“My earliest memory is going to see them play the [Minnesota] North Stars one year, and they had those green breezers on,” Zach Parise,a first-round draft pick of the Devils in 2003 who eventually became the franchise's captain on October 5, 2011, said of New Jersey's pants at the time.

Breezers are padded to offer extra midsection protection.