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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Las Vegas NHL Announcing Name, Logo Tomorrow
The Las Vegas [Something] Knights, the first National Hockey League expansion team in over 15 years, will unveil their team name and logo tomorrow night at a fan event. Things are scheduled to get underway at 8:30pm ET (5:30pm local) and you can bet (pun?) the announcement will be made sometime
Blues, Blackhawks Winter Classic Uniforms Officially Unveiled
Confirming a leak we discussed last week, the St Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks both unveiled their retro-themed uniforms for the 2017 NHL Winter Classic. As we saw then, the Blues will be wearing a uniform which closely resembles their expansion season threads from 1967-68. The Chicago Blackhawks will be
Leafs 2017 Centennial Classic Jersey Leak?
The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be adding a splash of silver to their look for the upcoming 2017 NHL Centennial Classic. Courtesy an image Tweeted to us via a reliable, anonymous source the Leafs will be wearing blue sweaters with a white and silver horizontal stripe across the chest and
Blues, Blackhawks 2017 Winter Classic Jerseys Leak
The throwback-inspired uniforms to be used in St. Louis’ upcoming 2017 Winter Classic game have been leaked, at least one of those two via the official NHL team shop. We’ll start by taking a look at the Blues jersey, which we are indeed able to confirm as being accurate: Leaked #STLBlues
2016 Penguins Engraved on Cup with a Typo?
The Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup victory in the 2015-16 season is now official, it’s been engraved onto the Lord’s mug. An image of the fresh engraving was posted by the Penguins to their official Twitter account earlier this afternoon and I couldn’t help but notice something seemed out of place.
Boston Bruins Announce New Alternate Uniform
The Boston Bruins today announced that their 2016 Winter Classic uniform would be their new alternate uniform for the 2016-17 season. The announcement was snuck into their pre-game notes ahead of their home opener to be held later today. Boston’s Winter Classic jersey is black with two thick yellow (they call it
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
Team Europe, Your 2016 World Cup of Hockey Phantom Champs!
Team Europe, ladies and gentlemen! The team people expected to roll over and die, lose their three round robin games and completely forgotten about. Not so much, eh? A surprise run to the 2016 World Cup of Hockey Finals ended last night for the team of misfit players belonging to European
NHL Unveils Trio of New Logos for Centennial Year
The National Hockey League is getting set to celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2017, today they kicked things off by announcing their plans for the big year-long birthday bash. Part of those plans included three new logos: two for outdoor games in 2017, the Stadium Series and Centennial Classic, and
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
Flames Bring Back Retros as Alternate Uniform
The Calgary Flames have announced that their 1980s throwback look will be joining their uniform rotation as their official alternate get-up for the 2016-17 season. Calgary originally wore these uniforms as their full-time road set beginning with their first season in Alberta following relocation from Atlanta, Georgia in 1980. They were