When you think of creative hockey jerseys, you don't necessarily think of "The Hobbit" as a design template ... until the Bakersfield Condors showed their awesome uniforms based on the recently-released fantasy flick, "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." The jersey will be worn Saturday, Dec. 27 against the Stockton Thunder.

Behold the glory of the front of the jersey, which includes some writing in Elvish. Fortunately you don't have to throw it in the fire to read the words.

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And the back ... it's Smaug!

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Even if "The Hobbit" movies are way worse than the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, these are still fantastic. And they're all for charity as well. The unis will be auctioned off during the game and donations will go to the California Living Museum.

Sadly, these aren't quite as cool as Bakersfield's "Seinfeld" jerseys that commemorated Jerry's puffy shirt. But the sequels tend to be worse than the original, again like "The Hobbit" movies versus LOTR.

So will there be a pseudo-movie moment in the game, like when the Toledo Walleye and Evansville IceMen fought in their Batman and Riddler jerseys?

We can only hope that if a Condors goaltender makes a save while wearing this jersey, he will totally scream "you shall not pass!" like Gandalf in "Lord of the Rings."

Somewhere Mats Zuccarello, the 'Norwegian' Hobbit, is smiling.

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