Rangers Celebrate 85 Years
Friday · Sep 3 · 2010 | 11:32 AM PDT
The New York Rangers are one of the oldest teams in hockey and this season they celebrate 85 years. It will of course be branded with special logos and everything. This is 21st century sports after all.
Rangers 85th anniversary logoFrank sent in this picture (right) via Twitter last night. It's part of the Rangers' season ticket holder package. This particular item appears to be a notebook. Presumably, this logo or some variation of it will be worn as a patch on the team's jerseys this year.
Also posted yesterday on a blog called Scotty Hockey was another photo of with 85th anniversary items, including a dark blue bag.
By the way, note the navy blue and vintage white on that bag. I recently got an early look at the Rangers' new third jersey. It's not quite what we were expecting but I think you guys will still appreciate it.
And before you ask, yes I've also gotten a glimpse of the Sabres' and Ducks' new thirds. Will I post pictures? Unfortunately, I do not have pictures I can post at this time. Not without permission from the teams, league or Reebok. (For now, at least.)
I intend to have updated descriptions of the Rangers, Sabres and Ducks alternate uniforms in the September edition of JerseyWatch 2010. That will go up Saturday.
And lastly, to put your minds at ease, the Sabres' new road sweater — a white version of the former third jersey — looks very sharp. Rest assured, the Buffaslug is surely dead.
Reader Comments (26)
THANK GOD!!! ive been dying to see these new jerseys And the buffaslug is gone for good, another plus. go blues
DEATH TO THE SLUG!!!
THANK GOD!!! ive been dying to see these new jerseys And the buffaslug is gone for good, another plus. go blues
Did you get to see the Jackets' new third?
YOU SAW THE NEW ROAD JERSEY!?!?!? when is it our turn to see it?
Hallelujah Sabres fans Hallelujah!
"Rest assured, the Buffaslug is surely dead."
THIS
YES! Im so glad the slug is gone! Any news on a reveal date for the whites? Ik the 3rd is being revealed at puckdrop, (i will send pictures if you would like for i go every year) but is the road jersey being unveiled then too?
2 MORE SABRES JERSEYS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!! GO SABRES
This league is gonna start looking good again -- one team at a time. : )
Rangers jersey: "Not quite what we were expecting" Liberty? Navy and silver seems to lend itself to that.
hopefully the ducks 3rd is somewhat wearable, because i need to complete my koivu collection with something and i want a logo on my chest.
... "vintage white". BAH! I'm sick and tired of this faux-aging garbage! "Vintage white" is the new acid-wash, as far as I'm concerned. I mean, would someone really wear a genuine, discolored, 85-year-old wool sweater today? I wouldn't...
I think everybody's jealous that you've gotten a sneak-peek at the new thirds... we'll just have to wait for the official reveal (which will only be for a couple of weeks for the Sabres, at least). "Not what we were expecting"... it'd be great if we knew when the Rangers' third will be revealed! (I just hope that it doesn't fall into the "vintage-white" category...)
If they have the "gray pit-stains" on the Sabres road whites, it probably won't be as bad-looking as the home blues... although it would be nice to see that particular element removed completely from the blue shirts. Tampa Bay "victory stripes", they are not.
wait so you are saying that you will definitely have pictures of the third jerseys by like the end of the weekend.
Jamy, no I do not have pictures that I can post at this time. All I'm saying is that I can now update the descriptions in the JerseyWatch post to make them more accurate.
And to answer the other questions, the four jerseys I mentioned are the only ones I've gotten a look at. No Columbus, Nashville, or anybody else right now. But keep an eye on the blog as we get closer to the season.
R.I.P. Buffaslug. I will forever miss getting a laugh whenever my team played them.
Thank goodness the slug is dead! FYI that 'notebook' is probably the guy's season tickets. Some teams bind them up nicely like that with two or three different game tickets per page.
BTW Chris at what time will this update be? maybe midnight tonite?!! :D PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
I'm anxious!!!!!!!!!!! won't be able to sleep now till i hear what you have to say!!!!
That Rangers bag does look like it would match the Liberty jerseys. Marty Biron has been practicing with his new NYR gear...including a mask featuring the liberty logo prominently on the forehead...a sign perhaps?
Since when are you in bed with the teams, the league, or Reebok?
Haha! Oh Joe, you make it sound so dirty. If only you knew what really goes behind the scenes of this site. So funny. Anyway listen, I've never been in the business of pissing anybody off — especially the people who I'd like to one day partner this site with. What you don't seem to understand is that if I betray my contacts, they go away and we're left with nothing at all. It's really as simple as that. We can all wait a few days to see a hockey jersey.
Chris, could you possibly reveal if the Sabres are keeping the sword through the B as the shoulder patch on their home and away jerseys? Thanks.
Can you tell us if the Ducks jersey will be appreciated by the fans?
Hey chris thanks for the post but when will you have an updated description of the jerseys? (i only care about the rangers jersey to be honest) and will we see the actual jersey before that long away time of late November.
Who celebrates an 85th anniversary? I mean, great to see that team has been around that long, but you can't pop on a patch every five years to celebrate the teams' existence-it will only triviialize other anniversaries. How about we wait another 15 years for the centennial season patch.
How awsome is the new third jersey thats all i need to know lol is it a Yay or Nay? lol lol