One Wish Granted
A month ago on Quick Hits I noticed the Sharks and Ducks switched dark and light jerseys for a home and home series. The home team wore white instead of the normal dark jersey we’ve seen in recent seasons.
I wrote this:
Can anyone tell me why the teams decided to wear white at home for the series? It was a nice change. While the “dark” jersey is usually more colorful, and you’ll probably see more fans in the stand wearing them, having the home team wear “dark” can make a lot of games look the same for the home crowd. Your favorite team in whatever color jersey against the guys in white. From the 60s until just a few years ago the home team wore white and you’d see the opposition come onto the ice in red, green, blue. Every game looked drastically different, even if it wasn’t played that way. Small thing, I know, but the NHL should consider switching back to home team wears white.
The 60s were mixed, as I have some clips with home team wearing white, and some with the away team wearing white, but I digress… it looks like someone out there agrees with me, or at least that what’s Bucci’s hearing:
As part of the new Reebok uniform unveiling next season, my sources tell me the NHL is going back to white at home and there will be no third jersey.
Except for the horrid ones (toony ducks, crazy kings), third jerseys never bothered me much. Sure, they were just for extra bucks, but some of them were fun.
More than anyone else, I think season ticket holders will appreciate the jersey switchback.
Comments:
I have to agree that not all 3rd jerseys were awful. I recall when the Stars brought it out, they liked it so much that they made it their regular one!
Posted by JN on Mar 08, 2007 at 02:02 AMIf there are no more third jerseys, this may mean a major wave of new threads for some teams - The Flyers and Sens could be two that may change designs…
Posted by John Chandler on Mar 08, 2007 at 04:04 PMThis rumour has been confirmed to be false. The NHL has neither confirmed nor denied the claim, but if they have not said it is affirmative, then it is not happening as of this date…
... as much as I wish they would go back to white at home. After all, good guys wear white. :o)
Posted by Teebz on Mar 13, 2007 at 05:29 PMIn the AHL the home team still does wear White at home. It is cool to see the different away teams in their colorful jerseys, but it would be nice to switch it up sometimes, or even see the home team wear the 3rd jersey sometimes. When you go to a Philadelphia Phantoms game most of the serious fans wear the purple 3rd jersey, I imagine i am not alone in wanting to see the 3rd jersey more often.
Posted by Mavrick00 on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:03 PM
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