Breezers

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

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“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.

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Breezers are padded to offer extra midsection protection.

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