Bruins celebrate St. Patrick's Day early with green jerseys

Set to begin a four-game road trip Tuesday, the Boston Bruins will play their final game before St. Patrick's Day on Saturday, but they won't miss their chance to celebrate the holiday.

The Bruins tweeted out a photo of the jerseys they'll being donning during warmups, prior to their afternoon game against the New York Islanders.

The green jerseys feature plaid shoulders, complete with clovers:

The B's are celebrating St. Patrick's Day in these jerseys during today's warm ups. Buy: https://t.co/WA8nXmV9pR pic.twitter.com/xXZNbXO0qP

- Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) March 12, 2016

The new jerseys left Bruins fans wondering why the team won't be wearing the sweaters for the full 60 minutes:

@NHLBruins why don't you guys actually play in them lol? It's bizarre you wouldn't.

- Pete Wells (@PWellz) March 12, 2016

@NHLBruins why not the whole game, those things are fresh

- john mccarthy (@Johnfmccarthy22) March 12, 2016

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