Flyers "Unveil" Road Jersey
Friday · Sep 17 · 2010 | 8:37 PM PDT
Richards sports new road jerseyNo one was surprised when the Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their "new" road sweater this afternoon.
Flyers captain Mike Richards was on hand at Virtua Flyers Skate Zone to model the jersey for the cameras and the crowd.
As anticipated, it's the Winter Classic throwback sweater recycled. And it's the third time in as many years that at least one specialty uniform from the big outdoor game went on to be used on a regular basis the following season. Pittsburgh and Chicago each turned theirs into third jerseys.
If you're craving more photos from today's unveiling event in Philadelphia, the Flyers website has you covered.
By the way, today's announcement means the Flyers are the third team to replace both their home and road sweaters since the league-wide Reebok Edge redesign in 2007. The Maple Leafs and Islanders already did so earlier this summer and the Sabres will join that small group tomorrow with their unveiling event.
In case anyone's keeping track.
Sabres tease third, coming tomorrow
Sabres tease new third jerseyThe Buffalo Sabres will officially unveil their new third jersey tomorrow at PuckDrop 2010.
It's also expected the club will take the opportunity to officially introduce last season's third jersey as the new home sweater — along with a brand new white version to be worn on the road.
Both the new alternate and away sweaters were leaked online earlier this month.
Still, the Sabres currently have a small teaser photo on the splash page of their website tonight. Doesn't really do much for us since we've seen the whole thing now, but if nothing else it further confirms the speculation.
If you are interested, the Sabres will be streaming tomorrow's sweater unveiling on their website starting at 11:30 AM eastern. I, for one, will be watching.
Blue Jackets third launches Nov. 26
Just in time for Black Friday, the Columbus Blue Jackets will hit the ice for the first time donning their new alternate jerseys on Friday, Nov. 26 as they go up against the Detroit Red Wings.
These details were confirmed in a posting on the team's website outlining special events and promotions for their 10th anniversary season.
The article does not detail any plans to unveil the sweater or its design prior to the game, so we may just have to wait until November to see the thing. I'll keep you posted.
Until Saturday morning, that's all the third jersey news I have for you. But I have a lot of other Icethetics-related news to catch up on all weekend, so keep checking back.
Reader Comments (8)
"By the way, today's announcement means the Flyers are the second team to replace both their home and road sweaters since the league-wide Reebok Edge redesign in 2007. The Maple Leafs already did so earlier this summer and the Sabres will join that small group tomorrow with their unveiling event."
What about the Isles?
Oops, good catch. Post has been edited. Thanks.
Chris, I know its not your fault... BUT this is lame the way this stuff is getting leaked. I miss the early heads up history lessons etc. I know you don't want to get anyone in trouble but :(
Reports suggest that the Columbus third will feature a cannon. Beyond that, we're not hearing anything else.
Those sleeve numbers just seem wrong on those Flyers jerseys. They're amazing jerseys otherwise. But the way the numbers fit on the sleeves over the striping... it's just wrong.
As far as the Sabres jerseys go, seeing horrible quality camera phone pictures of the Premier versions and seeing the real thing out on the ice are two different things. My money is on the Sabres hitting it out of the park with their unveiling today.
Did they change the color of the "C" because i thought it was orange on the winter classic jersey.
Are the captain's Cs really going to be white on white?
Did they keep those stupid black nameplates?
The white nameplates were "cute" on the orange jersey, but the black nameplate on the white jersey is like the Cowboys wearing their silver helmets and pants with their 1960 throwback. It just looks all sorts of wrong!