You can tell they made the switch in 70-71, as Orr scored the famous cup winner at home in 1970 in a black jersey, but when they won the cup at MSG in 1972 they were also in black.FelixMantilla said:
3/2 Bruins @ Rangers
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This feels like the Canada-USA game. Can't believe it's still close. Bruins look like a peewee team trying to clear the zone. I don't know this team I'm watching.
www.nhluniforms.com answers your jersey questions. Home jersey is on top, road on bottom.
Warning: this is a time suck of a website, if you're like me.
Warning: this is a time suck of a website, if you're like me.
Y'know, boys, there is an alternative to wearing a hole through the Y in Lundquist's jersey.
Also, my stream is significantly behind. Like, something on the order of two minutes.
Also, my stream is significantly behind. Like, something on the order of two minutes.
Too late, I'm hooked. Wow, there goes an hour.ngruz25 said:
And yes, 70-71 was the change. Thanks for the info.
Ha, never heard this one from 77-78.
Digging into the lucrative scorecard money, it all went downhill from there.
Digging into the lucrative scorecard money, it all went downhill from there.
i wasn't really worried about Chara coming out of the Olympics because he only played 4 games in Sochi. It worked out to like 4 games in 3 weeks for him with the 2 he missed to carry the flag, which isn't bad. Man does he look off though.
It basically came about because teams were wearing more and more black/dark third jerseys and preferred showing them off at home.ifmanis5 said:
kenneycb said:
It was also due to making equipment travel easier on the road. Instead of having to take both the 3rd and dark jerseys on the road, you could always just bring the whites and be safe.
Personally I'd love to see them move back to wearing white at home, I would love to have the opponent's colors on display (since we would see a different color every game). Instead it's always black and white every game.
Agreed.The Four Peters said:
Weird that the Devils never had a third jersey. I guess Lou must have put his foot down on that at some point.
The Four Peters said:
Amazingly, I think all seven Canadian teams have color in their home jerseys. Winnipeg's the closest with their dark blue, but no black jerseys at all.
On the podcast Jeff Marek said the original reason away teams wore dark was because they would go on the road for stretches and not always have time to clean the uniforms so colors would hide the filth better. Never thought of that before and found it interesting.kenneycb said:
They also talked about maybe going to color for home and away after how great the winter classic jerseys looked. They would go to an alternate if the teams were similar color schemes. I'd be for giving that a shot.
Lou did. They are also the only team that didn't make a special jersey for their outside game this year, they just recycled the green ones.ifmanis5 said:
