AHL Clubs Also Celebrate the Irish
This past weekend was chock full of green jerseys all across the hockey universe. Yesterday, you got a comprehensive look at the various NHL tributes to St. Patrick's Day. Now it's time for a trip to the minors. Here are the AHL teams that went green this weekend.
Let's begin with the Binghamton Senators, who gave their alternate logo a bit of a recoloring for the occasion. The big difference between how the NHL and AHL celebrate the day o' green — apart from the variety of designs you'll see here — is the fact that in the AHL, they're not just warm-up jerseys. They're full on game sweaters.
Photos from Binghamton Senators via Facebook
That, of course, means plenty of pictures. So head over to the B-Sens' Facebook page and get a good look at this unique uniform design. There's a huge photo album for your enjoyment.
Next up, the Chicago Wolves were in on the St. Patrick's Day fun as usual.
Photos from Chicago Wolves via Facebook
Once again Facebook is the medium for a boat load of game photos. This is one of my personal favorites from the weekend. Definitely a more classic look and feel.
The Hershey Bears opted for green plaid on this day of St. Patrick. And I'm not sure they were better off for it. If the Wolves' jersey was toward the top of my list, this one was toward the bottom.
Jersey rendering from Hershey Bears via Facebook
The plaid aside, it's just a very dark and busy jersey. I'm not saying it's badly designed, but I wouldn't want one. It's a little bit much.
Photo by Anthony S. Fiore Jr. via Facebook
So far, the only game photo I've seen comes by way of Anthony S. Fiore Jr. who posted this to the Bears' Facebook page on Sunday night.
The Lake Erie Monsters marked St. Patty's Day with a black sweater and a recolored crest. Somehow the green lake makes the monster look a bit scarier.
Photos from Lake Erie Monsters via Facebook
The Monsters posted another photo on Facebook Sunday night which gives us a better glimpse at the shoulder patch and the name and numbers on the back. It's really a nice-looking sweater!
Not ones to miss out on any specialty jersey fun, the Peoria Rivermen sported green on Sunday. At first glance, the crest looks unchanged. But on closer inspection, the eagle-eyed will note the the "O" in Peoria has a four-leaf clover forming its center.
Photos from Peoria Rivermen via Facebook
Green is good and this is a brilliant example of that. And looking at this jersey, it occurs to me that this is a color scheme we rarely see in hockey. Green, blue and gold makes for a really sharp look. On Facebook, the Rivermen posted a photo collage that shows the finer details of this sweater.
Photo from Peoria Rivermen official website
They also shared this shot of a green jersey autographed by the team. And this report wouldn't be complete without a look at the sweater in action during Sunday's game against the Griffins.
Thanks to our good friend and designer Aaron Masik, the San Antonio Rampage looked pretty sharp in their green threads over the weekend.
Photo by Aaron Masik (@MASIK8) via Twitter
The Rampage tweeted a look at the jersey design on Saturday and prior to the game, Masik shared the above photo of the sweater itself by way of Twitter. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see in terms of action photos. At the time of this writing, I've found one shot on the team's Facebook page and it's not that great.
And lastly, there's the St. John's IceCaps, both wearing green and being green by recycling last season's green St. Patrick's Day jerseys.
Photos from St. John's IceCaps via Flickr
The IceCaps were kind enough to share a few photos from this Saturday's game both on Flickr and with a full game gallery on Facebook. Once again, they looked good in green.
I tried to catch everybody, but if there are any teams I've missed, let me know and I'll add them.
Chris
Icethetics reader Tony commented on this post to let us know that the Springfield Falcons celebrated their Irish Night back on March 1. Even better, the Falcons posted a bunch of photos from their green game on Facebook.
Photos from Springfield Falcons via Facebook
They look pretty decent apart from all the various shades of green. Again, feel free to drop me a line if there are any teams whose St. Patrick's Day celebrations I've overlooked.
Reader Comments (10)
Love the Wolves jersey. Hershey isn't too bad either
The embroidery for the clover in the O of the Rivermen crest didn't turn out quite as planned. The original design had a much simpler outline and wasn't meant to look quite so... blobby.
that rampage jersey is phenomenal
I thnk you're nuts. Those Hershey jerseys are amazing!
The CT Whale wore their away green jerseys at home on the 17th. A little lazy but they are only one of three teams that have a green jersey.
It's amazing to view such vibrant color schemes, which, as Chris noted, are not seen often in the NHL.
Green and white is so clean and classic. Beautiful.
Green and black is cool if you allow the green to pop... green and wheat is sharp. Green and yellow.
The possibilities are endless...except in the NHL :(
Another reason to look forward to a team that calls EMERALD CITY home.
Springfield Falcons did their Irish Night on March 1 and wore some specialty jerseys
Wow. Peoria, Lake Erie, San Antonio, and to a lesser extent St. John's in that order looked phenomenal.
Is it me or the Senators are using nike jerseys? I thought reebok had exclusivity on jerseys in the AHL.
Correction....St. John's didn't recycle last years St. Patrick's day jerseys, they were given out to fans after the game, same was done this year too!