Wolves Test Powder Blue Waters
The minor league jersey news just keeps coming, this time out of the AHL.
The Chicago Wolves honored their everyday heroes on Saturday night with special Police & Fire Forces jerseys, which feature special shields on the shoulders.
Peter Mannino #33And yes, they're the same powder blue color that's been sweeping the NHL. It started with the Pittsburgh Penguins recapturing their youth, wearing their original colors at the Winter Classic in 2008, then later as an alternate sweater. Then the Panthers hopped on the bandwagon this season adding the hue to their new third jersey.
A couple of pictures of the jerseys in action were available on the Wolves' web site so I grabbed them to share with you.
I don't think they look awful, but I do think the red is too bright. You've got a really bright blue jersey so your accent color should be muted a bit — or at least that's my two cents. But that's what you get designing a jersey in-house.
Brett Sterling #29I might've gone with something closer to the Wolves' own brand of maroon instead of that bright red. But then again it is fire engine red, so maybe I'm out of line.
This shot of Brett Sterling offers an even better look at the sweater. You can even click to enlarge it slightly.
The jerseys must have brought Chicago good luck because they beat the Peoria Rivermen 3-2 in a shootout before a record crowd on January 2.
Chris Chelios #7They're probably hoping for more luck as this won't be the last the Wolves will wear these sweaters. They'll be used on three more occasions this month before being auctioned off for charity.
Fans will see them next on January 9, 10 and 17 — all home games. You can read the full release on the Wolves' web site.
By the way, how weird is it that Chris Chelios is playing in the minors? I guess I just thought he retired, but it turns out he declined an NHL offer just last month to keep playing for the Wolves. The guy's pushing 50 and he's just doing what he loves. No pressure, just having fun.
Before I go, I will leave you with this photo of the new powder blue jerseys hanging on the rack — straight from the aforementioned release.
Thanks to Reilly for passing along the info!
Chris
How I do love the minors. Daniel writes in with a quick note regarding his Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs who also paid tribute to their local cops and firefighters this past weekend.
John DeCaro #1The Mudbugs play in the Central Hockey League and I'm not even kidding when I tell you Saturday was Guns N Hoses Night. Here's the actual release from their web site:
Join us Saturday, January 2 for "Guns N Hoses Night" as the Mudbugs play their first home game of 2010.
Guns N Hoses Night is when we recognize law enforcement officers and firefighters from all over the Ark-La-Tex with a special night themed around their service.
The game will even feature a tug-o-war between police and firefighters at intermission, and the 'Bugs will wear specialty jerseys that will be auctioned off to the fans after the game.
Not that any fan would necessarily want to own one. But a good cause is a good cause. And a tug-o-war was involved. That's what I really want to see pictures of. In theory, the firemen should be the easy victors.
Anyway, you can see more photos of this special sweater in action by clicking here. Thanks again to Daniel for the link.
Reader Comments (8)
The reason the jerseys are this shade of powder blue and this shade of red rather than maroon is because these are the colors of the city of Chicago's flag. Also the reason why there are the stars along the bottom.
I think that the blue and red work really well together as they are.
Reminds me of the Avls 3rd with out the red shoulders.
Honestly, if I were the wolves, I'd change the logo's eyes to light blue and rock a home and away version of that all the time. Its a sharp jersey and it honors their city. Of course there would be no need to wear the police/fire patches all of the time. Just replace "Fire" with "Chicago" and "Police" with "Wolves" (probably have to shrink the logo to inside the circle completely) and I think you have a winter. Vintage feel, honors the city, finally have a jersey that matches the logo colors (if they change the eyes to blue). The white jersey would be the same except all of the light blue would be white, save the shoulder yoke and maybe keep a light blue stripe attached to each red stripe. As for a shoulder patch, put the same thing the blackhawks have on their third jersey shoulders.
Actually, powder blue was brought back by Atlanta.
speaking of powder blue...all i heard last year was how unlucky / bad the Pens were when sporting the thirds. THis year, every time i see them in highlights wearing the blue (like tonight), they roll. Hope they re-think this move. I'm a Ranger fan, and yet i feel pitt's third might be the best the league has to offer. we're a better looking league with the pens and bruins wearing their winter classics full time. just my opinion. thanks.
so i suppose after the game, chris chelios got even more intimate with the police.
oh, sweet irony. i don't suppose wearing that jersey would help much.
MP: hilarious
anyway, didn't atlanta do the light blue thing first? if you wanna go waaaaay back, you could say it was the quebec nordiques that started the revolution