03-04 Brandon Dubinsky Portland Winter Hawks Jersey

February 5th, 2008 | Posted in Portland Winter Hawks, Western Hockey League |

This is the game worn 2003-04 Portland Winter Hawks home jersey of Brandon Dubinsky.

When your collection primarily focuses on the minor leagues, it isn’t often than one of your jerseys generates a lot of interest.  This is one of the more popular jerseys, of late, in my collection.

Dubinsky played in the YoungStars game a couple of weeks ago during the All-Star break and scored two goals earning the title of YoungStars Most Valuable Player.  Personally, I don’t think he’s deserved of the much of attention he’s receiving, but I’ll add to his 15 minutes of fame.

I acquired this jersey in October of 2007 from long time Winter Hawk collector Rich Schaffner.

The jersey shows pretty heavy wear. Tons of black marks all over and un-repaired holes and slices, but no repairs.  It’s a knit jersey and they tend to hold up a lot better than airkint.

It’s a size 54 and there are no customizations.  The WHL league patch is sewn on, as is the CCM logo.  On the back of the jersey, there is an American Flag patch sewn on to the back of the neck and the CHL logo is embroidered on the left side of the lower hem.

The nameplate is sewn on and is on a twill nameplate.  It is also signed in black sharpie on the back next to the number 9.

The 2003-04 season was Dubinsky’s second in the WHL and it was also his most productive.  He scored 30 goals and added 48 assists in 71 games.  The following summer, he was drafted in the second round, 60th overall, by the New York Rangers.

This jersey is in my collection because Brandon played for the Hartford Wolf Pack during the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs and during the entire 2006-07 season.