Editing Columbus Blue Jackets (section)

==Team information==

===Team name===
{{See also|Ohio in the American Civil War}}
The name "Blue Jackets" was chosen to celebrate "patriotism, pride, and the rich [[American Civil War|Civil War]] history in the state of Ohio and city of Columbus."<ref name="teamname">{{Cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=new_his_timeline#1997 |title=Blue Jackets History Timeline |publisher=Columbus Blue Jackets |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710205758/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=new_his_timeline |archive-date=July 10, 2007}}</ref> When President [[Abraham Lincoln]] requested that Ohio raise ten regiments at the outbreak of the Civil War, the state responded by raising a total of 23 volunteer infantry regiments for three months of service. Ohio also produced a number of great Civil War figures, including [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[Philip Sheridan]] and [[George Armstrong Custer|George Custer]]; Sherman himself being a native of [[Lancaster, Ohio]], about a {{convert|33|mi|km|adj=on}} drive from Columbus along [[U.S. Route 33 in Ohio|U.S. Route 33]] and is home to [[John Sherman Birthplace|his childhood home and museum]]. Columbus itself was host to large military bases, [[Camp Chase]] and [[Camp Thomas (Ohio)|Camp Thomas]], which saw hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers and thousands of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ohio Handbook Of The Civil War|author=Robert S Harper|date=October 2012 |publisher=Literacy Licensing, LLC|pages=55–78|isbn=9781258496197}}</ref>

===Logos and jerseys===
[[File:Columbus Blue Jackets Logo 2000 - 2007.svg|thumb|The primary logo for the franchise from 2000 to 2007]]
The team logo is a stylized version of the [[flag of Ohio]], which is a ''[[wiktionary:burgee|burgee]]'' (i.e., swallowtail pennant), in the form of a "C" wrapped around a star, representing both patriotism and Columbus's status as state capital.<ref name="CBJReverseRetro" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2007/06/23/nhl_draft_notes23.ART_ART_06-23-07_C7_SB73IDN.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907012444/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2007/06/23/nhl_draft_notes23.ART_ART_06-23-07_C7_SB73IDN.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 7, 2012|title=Jackets unveil new uniforms}}</ref> Previously used as an alternate logo starting in 2003,<ref name="CBJReverseRetro" /> it became the primary logo as part of a [[Reebok]]-sponsored redesign for the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=277373 |title=Making sense of the NHL's new uniforms |agency=The Canadian Press |date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=June 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622002008/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=277373 |archive-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref> The original logo had a red ribbon with 13 stars representing the [[Thirteen Colonies]], unfurled in the shape of the team's initials, CBJ, with an electric gold hockey stick cutting through the center to represent the "J." An additional star atop the stick represented Columbus's status as state capital.<ref name="CBJReverseRetro" />

Since their inception, the Blue Jackets have worn navy and white jerseys with red pants.

For the 2020–21 season, the Blue Jackets would wear "Reverse Retro" alternate uniforms designed by [[Adidas]]. The uniform resembled the original white "Stinger" uniforms from 2000 to 2007 but with a red base and white sleeve stripes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/_/id/30324254/ranking-all-31-nhl-reverse-retro-jerseys-2020-21-season|title=Ranking all 31 NHL 'reverse retro' jerseys for the 2020-21 season|last=Wyshnyski|first=Greg|publisher=ESPN Enterprises Inc.|date=November 16, 2020|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>

Starting with the 2022–23 season, the Blue Jackets' road white uniform would be paired with blue pants, a combination the team previously wore on May 1, 2021, against the Carolina Hurricanes. The blue pants were also used with the "Reverse Retro" uniform during that season. Also during the season, the Blue Jackets unveiled their second "Reverse Retro" uniform, using the 2003–2007 alternate uniform but with a black base and light blue stripes taken from their current alternates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/2022-adidas-nhl-reverse-retro-jerseys-reveal-336511528|title=NHL Reverse Retro jerseys for all 32 teams unveiled by adidas|last=Meorla|first=Lauren|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=October 20, 2022|website=NHL.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>

For the team's [[2025 NHL Stadium Series|2025 Stadium Series]] game, they wore dark blue uniforms and pants with white, silver and red trim. The main crest featured the "cannon" logo in front, and the shoulders featured a new "CBJ" patch with two crossed hockey sticks as a nod to the unit designation pins found in front of a soldier's slouch caps. An outline of Ohio surrounds the captain and alternate captain patches, along with a star on the right leg. Enlarged numbers and letters were used for the uniform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-fanatics-debut-stadium-series-uniforms|title=NHL, Fanatics debut uniforms for 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=January 16, 2025|website=NHL.com|accessdate=January 16, 2025}}</ref>

==="The Cannon"===
[[File:Blue Jackets Cannon.jpg|thumb|upright|A replica [[Field artillery in the American Civil War#12-pounder Napoleon|1857 Napoleon]] is "fired" at [[Nationwide Arena]] as the Blue Jackets take the ice, when they score, and when they have won the game.]]
Prior to the start of the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], the Blue Jackets organization brought a hand-made replica [[Field artillery in the American Civil War#12-pounder Napoleon|1857 Napoleon]] [[cannon]] into [[Nationwide Arena]]. The cannon is "fired" at home games whenever:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.10tv.com/article/sports/history-behind-columbus-blue-jackets-cannon-2019-may/530-51d96bdb-8c73-4c5d-9d7d-aadb212d4139|title=The history behind the Columbus Blue Jackets' cannon|last=Landers|first=Kevin|publisher=WBNS-TV|date=April 30, 2019|website=10TV.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>
* the Blue Jackets take the ice at the start of the game
* the Blue Jackets score a goal
* the Blue Jackets win the game

When the Blue Jackets score a goal, the title line of "[[For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)]]" by [[AC/DC]] is played when the cannon is fired followed by the chorus of "The Whip" by [[Locksley (band)|Locksley]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4336906/2023/03/24/nhl-goal-songs-rankings/|title=NHL goal song rankings: From grunge to Jock Jams and everything in between|author1=M. Lazerus|author2=S. Powers|author3=J. McKenzie|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 24, 2023|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>

===Broadcast===
{{main|List of Columbus Blue Jackets broadcasters}}

On [[FanDuel Sports Network Ohio]], [[Steve Mears]] serves as the television play-by-play announcer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/blue-jackets-add-steve-mears-to-broadcast-team|title=Blue Jackets welcome Steve Mears as new TV play-by-play announcer|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L.P.|website=BlueJackets.com|date=July 2, 2024|accessdate=July 12, 2024}}</ref> alongside former Blue Jacket [[Jody Shelley]] providing color analysis. Brian Giesenschlag is the host of ''Blue Jackets Live'', the televised pre-game, intermission and post-game shows, with former Blue Jacket [[Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/former-blue-jacket-jean-luc-grand-pierre-named-studio-analyst-for-clubs-televised-games-on-fox-sports-ohio-090319 | title=Former Blue Jacket Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre named Studio Analyst for club's televised games on FOX Sports Ohio}}</ref>

On radio stations [[WBNS-FM]] (flagship), [[WBNS (AM)|WBNS]] (flagship), [[WXZX]] (alternative flagship that airs games that conflict with WBNS's and WBNS-FM's coverage of [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] [[Ohio State Buckeyes Football|football]] or [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|men's basketball]]), and 34 [[Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network|other affiliates]] in [[Ohio]] and [[West Virginia]], Bob McElligott provides play-by-play coverage. McElligott joined the Blue Jackets radio broadcast in July 2009 as a color analyst and became the play-by-play analyst for the 2013–14 season, taking over for [[George Matthews (broadcaster)|George Matthews]] who had been calling Blue Jackets games since the team's inception in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=92294 |title = Fan Zone |publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets |access-date =June 9, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150319180912/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=92294 |archive-date =March 19, 2015 |url-status = dead}}</ref> McElligott, along with Dylan Tyrer, hosts the pre-game and post-game radio shows. Fans can interact by e-mail and [[Twitter]] with McElligott and Tyrer 
during and after the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=57525|title=Columbus Blue Jackets Television – Columbus Blue Jackets – Multimedia|publisher=Columbus Blue Jackets|access-date=November 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610191930/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=57525|archive-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=48232|title=Radio Web Page – Columbus Blue Jackets – Multimedia|publisher=Columbus Blue Jackets|access-date=November 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526162644/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=48232|archive-date=May 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Mascot===
Stinger is the official mascot of the Blue Jackets. Stinger is a 6-foot 9-inch Yellow Jacket that walks amongst the crowd during the games and skates on the ice between periods while wearing a Blue Jackets jersey and a blue hat. Stingers eyebrows are black hockey sticks. Stinger was originally yellow, but was changed to green, eventually mixing with the team's blue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app/?service%3Dpage%26page%3DNHLPage%26id%3D3894 |title=Columbus Blue Jackets - Community |access-date=May 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825210531/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=3894 |archive-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> The image of Stinger was on the original Blue Jackets jerseys, eventually being removed in 2003. The team also had another mascot, an anthropomorphic cannon named Boomer, for half of the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=544618|title=Columbus Blue Jackets' Second Team Mascot|access-date=January 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219065959/http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=544618|archive-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2011/03/24/best-short-lived-mascot-boomer.html|title=Best Short-lived Mascot: The Columbus Blue Jackets' Boomer|access-date=January 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034536/http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2011/03/24/best-short-lived-mascot-boomer.html|archive-date=January 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>