Comments on: The Hockey Wing Speaks, Part I

By: mah jong

mah jong — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:49:41 +0000

well i like the sharks 3rds, but I do hate how they sold them out. I was there when they wore them 4 the 1rst time, and all they did all game was advertise ‘black armor’. They had a pregame show detailing ‘the history of the sharks jerseys’ where they put JEremy Roenick on camera to advertise the jersey (and as those of you that live in SJ know, they only bring JR out to advertise when theyre really serious) Nothing but a big marketing scam for seagate. But I still think the sharks should be higher on this list

By: mtjaws

mtjaws — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:18:33 +0000

Excellent thoughts on the hockey alts. Very fun reading this stuff. I have a few comments:

1. I do hate the use of Sens and Bolts on the uniforms. Sure they are nicknames, but those suggested logos would certainly look more appealing.

2. Seeing Carolina’s triangle, I always think of this NCAA logo:
http://www.footballf...

3. USF’s white helmets looked good, but reminded me too much of Marshall.
http://www.marshall....

Now it’s on to the top 9!

By: Bill Fenbers

Bill Fenbers — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:39:49 +0000

One word to describe the unis Southern Miss is wearing for the New Orleans Bowl……..UGH!!!

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:19:57 +0000

I understand why you ranked the Sharks last, on principle, but on a pure ugliness level, the Thrashers win hands down. I ranked it number ten on my list of Top Ten Ugliest NHL Jerseys of All-Time.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:32:21 +0000

Teebz said:

Ted said:

Well being a hockey guy, and I haven’t googled this yet but when the hell did hockey, ok baseball too, start with this alternate jersey thing?

The official outbreak started in 1995-96 when Anaheim introduced the Wild Wing jersey, Boston introduced the Pooh Bear jersey, LA introduced the Burger King jersey, Pittsburgh introduced Robo-Penguin, and Vancouver had the red-and-black skate alternate.

Thanks Teebz. Was sorta looking for the “official recent incarnation of this” The late era NY Americans alternates were great as was pretty much anything Montreal has come up with (and this from a Bruins fan).

By: Scott W.

Scott W. — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:49:38 +0000

Teebz–I love the comment activity, and thanks for taking mine the right way (some people take things WAY too personally on the comment board, but i won’t go there). I dig the Hockey Wing

By: Peanbo

Peanbo — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:25:45 +0000

The trouble with the Sharks is that they have no classic uniform to reuse or modify. (Their old unis are too recent and too homely too be considered “classic.”) I don’t think bringing back anything from the California Seals is a good idea (jerseys too ugly, team too wretched).

There was supposed to be a team in the (long defunct) World Hockey Association called the San Francisco Sharks. But the team moved to Canada before play ever started and became the Nordiques. A team in Los Angeles then picked up the name. The Los Angeles Sharks actually played for a couple seasons and had pretty decent uniforms.

A link to those old WHA unis can be found on this blog’s main page. But here it is again:

http://whauniforms.c...

Look for the “Los Angeles Sharks” in either of the first two seasons. Somebody tell me that’s not a bad looking uniform!

Why can’t the Sharks do something with this? I think it’d be great.

By: brad northstar

brad northstar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:22:00 +0000

major uni stuff going on in the Texas 5A state championship game…Wylie also wears the word AHMO on the front of their jerseys instead of “Wylie.” AHMO is a word like “mojo” – basically is their cheer.
The AHMO thing was covered in this 2006 post and comments:

http://www.uniwatchb...

By: Mark K

Mark K — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:39:47 +0000

LI Phil said:

i can assure you it won’t be just one weekend, but it won’t be every weekend…it’s just that in the world of uni watching, the addition of 19 new alternates is pretty huge, no matter what the sport (17 if you discount the pens/sabes did break out almost exact approximations of these sweaters & unis in last year’s winter classic)

Except the Sabres thirds are nothing like the Winter Classic jerseys. If they were they’d appear on Sunday’s list.

By: Teebz

Teebz — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:38:21 +0000

Jim Sherbert said:

Thanks for doing a hockey spot. In my opinion, hockey is THE sport for UniWatching.

But… (there’s always a but, isn’t there?), I’m absolutely flummoxed at the criticism of the Bruins jersey. I have my problems with UniWatch from time to time, and they stem from the lemming-like nature of its followers, sadly. A long time ago, UniWatch threw down the gauntlet against black alternates, the color purple, and yes, Nike. That’s one man’s (Paul) opinion, but for Pete’s sake people, let’s have an ounce of original thought. I’m not even a Bruins fan, but that jersey is absolutely gorgeous. It’s distinct, crisp, the yellow jumps out at you, and the team just looks plain good in them. Shouldn’t we judge uniforms on their own merit, not on what we think “should have been”? Taken on its own, that Bruins jersey is perfect.

I think people just wanted more yellow and less black, Jim. Hockey seems to be following football’s trend in incorporating as many black uniforms as possible.

For a team like the Bruins who have sported all yellow jerseys as their primary road jerseys twice in history, there’s no need for two black jerseys. This team has had more options than any for a throwback or a hybrid of throwbacks.

As Timmy B stated, even a throwback to the brown Bruins jerseys would have been a very different look. And isn’t that what an alternate jersey is supposed to be – something different?

But again, we’re all different, and that’s why this was done. Opinions may differ, but we all like what we do, and there’s nothing wrong with that. :o)