The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, two of hockey’s most historic teams will meet at an event held where hockey was originally played — outdoors, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the league. It was begging for historic uniforms. Just begging. Instead it’s all about
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Opening Night 2016-17 NHL Team Logo Power Rankings
It’s opening night! The 100th National Hockey League season gets underway tonight with four games, the first at 7pm ET when the Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators. First game and the first new logo debuts, well done NHL schedule makers! What we’ve done here is
Red Wings Announce Gordie Howe Memorial Patch
The Detroit Red Wings announced they would be honouring the life of all-time hockey legend Gordie Howe by way of a memorial patch on their jerseys. Showing Gordie’s famous number 9 in white on a red square, the patch will be worn on both their home and road sweaters on the upper
Gordie Howe: 1928-2016
Gordon Howe, “Mr. Hockey”, died earlier this morning at the age of 88. Mr. Howe played professional hockey longer than any other human being who has ever existed on this planet. He began in the NHL in 1946, starting with the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he stayed for 25
Hockey! Hockey! New Red Wings Arena Announces Name
Something something hot-and-ready. Olympia Entertainment, owner of the Detroit Red Wings today announced the brand-new home arena of the NHL hockey club would be known as Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings are planning on moving from Joe Louis Arena (their home for over 35 years) to the new arena in
Red Wings Will Honour JLA With Patch in 2017
The Detroit Red Wings unveiled the commemorative logo for their final season in Joe Louis Arena on Thursday. The logo is mostly rectangular, with an arch over the top and the Red Wings’ logo breaking the line of the bottom. The background is red with white text and a grey
A New Logo for an Original 6 Team Is Nothing New
The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting a new logo? Sacrilege! I mean… how could they do that?! An “Original 6” team should never change their logo! Woah, woah, woah… woah. Let’s simmer down now, folks. This has happens far more often than you think. When it comes to the “Original
Red Wings New Uniform Features Sash Across Front
Well, these are different. The Detroit Red Wings today unveiled their 2016 Stadium Series jersey design, the uniform will be worn (thankfully?) for one-game-only at Denver’s Coors Field on February 27, 2016. [see Colorado’s uniforms for this game here] Red, despite being the road team, the jersey has a large
A Look at Red Wings-Avalanche Stadium Series Jerseys
Are they crossing guards? Beauty queens? Or perhaps some crooked Mayor? We don’t know. But a diagonal sash, by the accounts of a couple of sources, might just be the foundation of the 2016 NHL Stadium Series jerseys. At least for the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche. File this one
The 7 Best-Dressed Stanley Cup Finals of the Past 25 Years
We’re only one game into this years edition of the Stanley Cup Final and I’m already madly in love with the uniform matchup we’ve been blessed with. What could be more visually appealing than two 80+ year old franchises and their equally classic outfits battling it out on hockey’s biggest
A Detailed Look at the 2014 Winter Classic Jerseys
The National Hockey League formally announced that the Detroit Red Wings will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in the 2014 Winter Classic in a Joe Louis Arena press conference on Sunday. That wasn’t new news. That the Winter Classic originally scheduled for 2013 would be pushed back
Leafs, Red Wings Unveil 2014 Winter Classic Jerseys
The National Hockey League unveiled the sweaters to be worn at the 2014 NHL Winter Classic and Alumni Showdown events taking place in Michigan over the New Year’s celebrations. In the photo above, the jerseys being worn by the kids are the ones that will be worn by the NHLers