After learning that his new team had a tradition of handing out a blue replica Civil War soldier’s Kepi hat to the player-chosen “player of the game,” the Blue Jackets’ coach broached the ...

For years, a replica Civil War "kepi" hat would be awarded by the team to the player of the game after a Blue Jackets win. This year and possibly beyond, the team is ditching the kepi and opting ...

In the past, the Blue Jackets would award a Civil War-style Kepi hat to a player chosen by his teammates after a victory. But after the team's Saturday night win against the Colorado Avalanche ...