Senators Third Jersey Leaked!

During this afternoon's Live Chat, those who were able to join us enjoyed the standard pre-leak history lesson looking at the Ottawa Senators' past sweaters. The Senators will officially unveil their third jerseys a week from today, but you can have a sneak peek right now.

But be sure to check out the replay of Live Chat X for all of this afternoon's fun. In the meantime, check out the grainy image of the new Sens jersey.

As with the Sharks leak two nights ago, the image quality is certainly lacking, but you get the gist. It's black with the word SENS scrawled across the chest. It's got a unique striping pattern under the arms we haven't seen on any other EDGE NHL sweater.

It features the half elbow stripes below the jersey number seen on the Oilers and Panthers home and road sweaters. The numbering and lettering style appears to be the same as the red and white jerseys. However, it's difficult in this image to make out the type used for the text on the front.

I'd like to see it on a player, but this may be toward the top of my list of new third jerseys. However, I would've preferred either the secondary "O" logo or the new 2D logo introduced last year on the front.

Just like we did with the Sharks, if any of our talented artists would like to take a stab at creating a graphic that enhances what we're seeing here, I'd be thrilled to add it as a follow-up to this post.

Remember, the Sens are scheduled to officially showcase the new uni on Saturday, November 22.

Icethetics Live Chat X

Weekend News & Notes

Got a lot of little things to mention this afternoon before we get to the Live Chat. It's hard to know where to start but talking about yourself is always easy.

Back in September I wrote about a guy who made up an instruction manual for creating your own jersey. Unhappy with what Team Great Britain was wearing, Ninh set out to make some improvements. Much to his surprise — and delight, Team GB recently showed up in brand new uniforms that look awfully familiar.

So whether his blog post had anything to do with Team GB's decision or not, it's awfully nice to see a dream come true. By the way, if you want more from Ninh, I highly recommend reading up on how he made Matt's rebranding of the Dallas Stars reality on a sweater.

Enough about him now.

Icethetics got a brief mention on FlyersWire. Writer Frank Seravalli talked about the Philadelphia Flyers' new third jersey, including the leaked picture. He's got information on how, when and where you can buy them.

Personally, I recommend IceJerseys.com. But that's just me.

One last thing. In the past few days, we've seen new masks from a handful of goalies. Thought I'd keep you guys in the loop.

Washington Capitals goalies Brent Johnson and Jose Theodore have new masks. Washington Post writer Dan Steinberg has pictures of Johnson's new helmet. His cohort Tarik El-Bashir says Theodore's is still being worked on.

That photo to the right is Johnson's mask which features a number of D.C. monuments including Lincoln, Washington and Iwo Jima. The U.S. Capitol Dome sits atop his dome in between the wings of the Weagle.

Going Five Hole has shots of Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's new third jersey-themed mask. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, which I may or may not be quoted in on Sunday, Fleury had the mask made for the Winter Classic last year but was unable to play due to an injury.

Marty Biron is expected to don this new vintage-themed mask on Friday, November 28 when the Philadelphia Flyers debut their new orange third jersey.

I'm sure there are many others. If you know of any new masks I haven't mentioned, feel free to drop me a line so I can.

Thanks to everybody who's been helping keep Icethetics on its game with news tips. There's no way I could do it all myself.

Don't forget what's coming up this afternoon! Our 10th Live Chat starts at 3:30 PM eastern (12:30 PM on the Pacific coast) and I'll be leaking another unreleased third jersey. Will it be the Stars, Sens or Kings? Come join us to find out!

Update on Saturday · Nov 15 · 2008 | 1:59 PM PST by Chris

Almost forgot one. Jeff Deslauriers donned a special mask on Thursday night when the Edmonton Oilers wore their third jersey.

Also that's a badass picture.

Thrashers Wear New Sweater

Despite looking dreadful, the Atlanta Thrashers debuted their new third jersey tonight to the tune of a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. They pushed alternate sweaters above the .500 mark to 7-6 with the win. Have a look.

Tomorrow when I have time to do some site updates, I'll add more photos to the Thrashers gallery at Third Jersey Central.

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Earlier today, the Pittsburgh Penguins released a full schedule of the 11 games where they plan to wear their new third sweater. It's on the team's web site. The alternate jersey makes its debut on Saturday night when the Pens take on the Sabres.

I'll be sure to add pictures to their TJC gallery as well as to the Vancouver Canucks' and Montreal Canadiens.' The Nucks will debut their third jersey and the Habs are throwing back to 1945 for Centennial Jersey Night.

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In other sweater-related news, no Blackhawk will ever again wear the No. 3 jersey. The Chicago Blackhawks honored Pierre Pilote and Keith Magnuson by retiring their sweater on Wednesday night.

I would've written about this sooner but I've been quite busy.

By the way, the plan may change for tomorrow's Live Chat. Earlier I mentioned doing it in the morning. That may not happen. Check back tomorrow for the start time, which will probably be late afternoon to evening, and get ready to see another new third jersey!

Sens Tease Third Jersey

The Ottawa Senators are using the splash page of their official web site to tease their new black third jersey. There's a shoulders-up picture of Daniel Alfredsson donning his new duds.

Got some interesting striping going on around the sleeve there. And we now know that the primary logo will be featured on the shoulders. And based on the "C" it looks like this jersey will use the same lettering style as the regular sweaters.

And maybe it's just me and the fact that I'm not a native French speaker but "Retour en force du noir" just doesn't have the same ring as "Back in Black."

Don't forget, I'll be leaking a full (if grainy) view of the Sens' new third jersey during one of the next three Live Chats scheduled between now and Tuesday. The Senators will officially unveil their third jersey on Saturday, November 22.