Huge Game Tonight for Avs and Canucks... and Bauer?

Makar and Hughes are atop the league's stats, while wearing Bauer gear.

My new skates. Worn just once, but about to get a lot more work.

Vancouver Canucks (13-5-1) at
Colorado Avalanche (11-6-0)
8 PM | Denver, Colorado | Ball Arena

It’s a huge night in Denver as the Avalanche and Canucks square off in a highly anticipated game between two great teams and the league’s two best defensemen this season.

It’s also a huge night for Bauer.

Bauer? Yes, Bauer. The hockey company.

I recently found the site GearGeek.com and, as a hockey nerd, this was yet another rabbit hole waiting to happen for me. I love finding new sites that pertain to hockey, its history, random stats/facts or, in this case, player equipment choices.

The hype of tonight’s Quinn Hughes-Cale Makar match-up is real and warranted. Both are having tremendous seasons thus far. But imagine being the head of sales for Bauer and watching both of these elite players going head-to-head in your equipment from head to toe. Dollar signs.

Gear Geek does something I never would have thought of (and my brain usually works in really weird and dumb ways): they list statistical category winners by their brand of equipment. And not just the brand, but the model of each piece.