The Halifax Mooseheads and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL brand their holiday home-and-home as the Battle of Nova Scotia. They sport jerseys based on the Nova Scotia flag, with Cape Breton wearing white (the official flag design) and Halifax wearing the inverse.
Jerseys are then raffled off to fans after the series.
Check out the Flickr photo set. Photos courtesy of RicLaf
H/T: Brad Smith
Could the NHL be getting a little less blue and trendy soon?
According to a Twitter post [#CBJ's Rick Nash on benching third jerseys: "I'm sure if you look at the stats (0-4 record) you can make an easy assumption."] and a story on the Columbus Dispatch website, the Blue Jackets may be ditching their alternate jerseys.
Here's the story from the Dispatch:
The Blue Jackets were scheduled to wear their new third jerseys last night, the ones that have netted them an 0-4 record. Cynics might suggest coach Scott Arniel had the club don its regular blue sweaters for superstitious reasons.
But after the Jackets earned a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers, Arniel offered an explanation that would have satisfied the judging panel of Project Runway.
"You know what," he said unable to suppress a grin. "I just thought our red pants against their red pants would really look cool."
Of course, it had nothing to do with the fact the Jackets had been outscored 18-5 in their cannon-clad, navy-blue duds.
"Did it fall on me?" Arniel said. "I think there are a few fans around the city" that were thinking the same thing.
The players tried keeping a straight face as media members asked them who made the decision. Equipment manager Tim LeRoy deadpanned: "It's my fault, I forgot to put (the third jerseys) out."
The Jackets had planned to wear the alternate sweaters 15 times, but the original schedule has been removed from the club's website.
Prior to last night's game, a team spokesman said the Jackets would sport them on Saturday against Dallas.
If the alternate jersey schedule has been removed from the Blue Jackets' website, that's a pretty good indicator that the Blue Jackets are scrapping them. Didn't the Penguins do the same sort of superstitious thing after they were losing a bunch of games in their baby blue Winter Classic alternates?
Let this be a lesson to any team thinking of unveiling a retro circle logo in the future!
I'm not sure which NHL team is next in line to unveil an alternate jersey, but PuckDrawn will make designing it VERY easy for them. You see, there is a simple three step process to designing an alternate jersey these days and they are as follows:
1. Pick your favorite shade of blue for the jersey
2. Add that retro looking circle logo
3. Add shoe laces
Boom! You're done.
So which NHL team will be next in line to unveil one of these blue/retro circle logo jerseys? My money is on Atlanta.
I have no idea if this is really newsworthy, or if it's been covered elsewhere, but I saw this 2000-01 Pittsburgh Penguins alternate jersey prototype in a post over on SportsLogos.net forums and thought it was at least interesting enough to get some comments on.
The prototype jersey is up for auction over at Lelands with this descriptor:
Pro Player was the official on-ice game jersey supplier to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999-00 and was developing designs for the next season's alternate jerseys. This is one of those designs with Owner Mario Lemieux's name and number. CCM/KOHO was awarded the contract for the entire NHL in 2000-01 thus making this jersey extremely unique. Pro Player Authentic tag in the neck above the size 54 fly tag. Pro Player and NHL logos embroidered on the back right hem. Comes with original SP Apparel Sample Submit Tag to Pro Player dated January 13, 2000.
I can see why it stayed in the prototype stage as it's a terrible looking jersey. But hey, at least it's not baby blue.
I love the direction that NHL teams are going with their jersey unveilings lately. Save for a couple of black duds, the shift seems to be moving back to rich colors and bold stripes. Moving away from black and away from those vertical striped Reebok monstrosities is always a wonderful thing.
Now, the Rangers were never ones to don black duds, but you have to be thankful that, when they unveil something, it's not a black/Reebok inspired mess.
Shown below is their new third jersey. To me, this uniform is a real work of art. If I didn't hate the stinkin' Rangers so much, I'd get me one of these.
What do you think?
H/T: NHLKerry
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