My obsession with Daignault-Rolland (DR) Hockey Equipment from the Early 90's: An Ask from my Subscribers

Especially the iconic "Centurion" gloves: Jagr wore em!

It occurred to me as my subscribers have accumulated to provide a curioso about myself that might personalize me to my audience, while also gauging how effective crowd-sourcing my subscribers to assist in facilitating my restricted interest might be! Without further ado:

The obsession began for me as a youngish hockey kid and growing up watching one of my boyhood idols: Jaromir Jagr. In short, I watched him get drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins and suffice it to say was immediately enamored by him and his unique, dominating one-on-one play-making ability. And, his unique odd-looking gloves.

Jagr as a rookie (note the gloves he is wearing):

The rest, of course, is predictable. I had to have the gloves he wore. Now of course, playing hockey in the Washington, D. C. area where I grew up, my team colors were of the Washington Capitals variety (red, white, blue). So, as fortune would have it, one Christmas Santa left me a pair of gloves I used from high-school on and still have:

I actually made the Washington Post once, but they misspelled my last name lol.

My collection to date:

+ the original Jagr model (a bit worn-found them from a local guy here in Pittsburgh via a Facebook group dedicated to the DR line of equipment)

+ the leather variant of the black & white model Jagr wore (almost new, hardly worn, found via a connection in the same Facebook group mentioned above from a guy in Markham, Ontario, outside of Toronto):

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So, which variants of the DR Centurion gloves am I most possessed to locate and hopefully acquire? From West Coast to East Coast:

Vancouver Canucks colors: (Igor Larinov)

Calgary Flames colors: (Sergei Makarov)

Minnesota North Stars colors: (Ulf Dahlen)

New Jersey Devils colors: (Viacheslav Fetisov)

And a random color scheme that I came across (maybe Chicago Blackhawks):

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So far, I have been most successful finding these gloves either via Ebay or Facebook Marketplace, but the search must be relentless and one has to oftentimes get lucky depending on when a listing is made. But, search terms and other idiosyncratic search criteria can often make the difference, I think. Also, depending on one’s location (i.e., my readers), they may know of other places to look. More of these vintage mitts have to still exist, I think, and I am hoping to leverage my readers to see if anything can turn up. As a bonus, if one finds a pair of these mitts that are available—or even a listing I can look at it—I will gift them a free subscription for my regular writing!

And just in case you couldn’t glean my restricted interest isn’t authentic, here is an add from DR back in the day marketing the Centurion line and below that, my shin collection. All my shins are in good shape, and I sometimes still wear them when I play.

And just for kicks, my ‘office’ setup:

Fingers crossed! Thanks in advance for any effort on behalf of my subscribers. I appreciate you all.

-J.D.