If/when the National Hockey League returns next month, 16 of the 24 remaining teams will be thrown into the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, a playoff round invented due to the sudden end of the 2019-20 regular season. The Stanley Cup Qualifiers are basically meant to simulate the remainder of the season.
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New Seattle NHL Team to Play at Climate Pledge Arena
The Oak View Group, NHL Seattle, and Amazon today announced that the home arena of the expansion Seattle hockey team will be known as Climate Pledge Arena when they take the ice in the fall of 2021. The arena is named after Amazon’s commitment to meet the Paris Agreement by
Get Kraken! NHL Seattle Again Delays Release of their Team Name
Fans of Seattle’s National Hockey League expansion franchise will have to wait a little longer to find out the name of their future team. Previously we had heard the name would be released in the summer of 2019, then it was November or December, the last we had heard it
Coyotes: Kachina Unis Back Full-Time When Hockey Resumes
You asked, they answered! Today the Arizona Coyotes announced that their popular throwback “Kachina” style uniforms would be worn full-time (for designated home games) whenever the National Hockey League resumes play. Yes, this is good news. What isn’t quite clear is whether this change is permanent going forward into 2020-21
Avs Considering Bringing Back Nordiques Uniforms in 2021
If the Hurricanes could resurrect the Whalers, why couldn’t the Colorado Avalanche do the same with the Quebec Nordiques? The team was asked that very important question by The Athletic recently and we got ourselves a somewhat hopeful answer. “Next year is the team’s 25th anniversary season. I think there
Leafs Giving Away Throwback Jerseys to Healthcare Workers
The Toronto Maple Leafs had plans to wear special St. Pats throwback uniforms for two games earlier this month. For reasons very apparent to all, those games did not take place. With a locker room full of now-unused jerseys, the team is taking a look at their local heroes, giving
The Green Caps & Jerseys Teams Were Going to Wear for St Patrick’s Day 2020
Back over in the good timeline, it’s a day of green across the professional sports world! The annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration is the perfect excuse for teams to come out with special green and/or Irish themed uniforms both to wear and to sell. In Major League Baseball we would’ve
Canadiens Add Memorial Patch for Henri Richard
The Montreal Canadiens added a memorial patch to their sweaters last night to honour the memory of Henri Richard. Richard, who died late last week at the age of 84, spent twenty seasons with the Canadiens from 1955 through 1975 winning an incredible eleven Stanley Cups with the team during
Leafs Go Brach: Announce Return of St Pats Unis for Two
The Toronto Maple Leafs this week announced that the old Toronto St. Pats will return once again in 2020 for two games next month. In what’s quickly becoming an annual St. Patrick’s Week tradition in Toronto, the Leafs will don throwback uniforms based on those worn by the club in
2020 Stadium Series: Logos, Uniforms and More
The Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche are heading outdoors this evening for the third of three National Hockey League games to be held outside during this 2019-20 season. Today it’s the annual Stadium Series game, the only one of the three that looks to the game’s future rather reflecting
Habs Release Logo for 2020 NHL Draft
The National Hockey League and the Montreal Canadiens unveiled the logo for the 2020 NHL Draft yesterday, it will be held June 26-27 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Its main feature is a torch placed at the bottom of the shield. An important icon of Canadiens’ history, it’s a
Seattle Kraken Reportedly Chosen as Name of New NHL Team
Could it be? Is the NHL really getting ready to release the Kraken? According to a story on Russian Machine Never Breaks, John Hoven of MayorsManor.com, joined Sirius/XM’s NHL station to report that the league’s upcoming Seattle expansion team had chosen Seattle Kraken as their name. “From everything that I’ve