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Thanks to everyone who responded to my previous post! The Montreal Canadiens' released Centennial jersey event list via their 2009-10 season pocket schedule. See it here, courtesy of Dante_X.
Five nights during this campaign will be dedicated to old-time Montreal hockey sweaters, and they are scheduled to be worn as follows.
Let me point out the irony is not lost on me that the Habs will don the scary striped jersey on Halloween night. Speaking of which, in case you're not up on your Canadiens history and you don't know your 1909 jersey from your 1910 jersey, here's a quick refresher.
1912-13 centennial jersey
1909-10 centennial jersey
1910-11 centennial jersey
Personally, I can't wait to see the latter two. Not sure which one I like better. They're just so unlike anything else in the NHL these days. Shame we have to look back a century to find quality hockey sweaters.
By the way, Icethetics reader and Habs fan Adam makes a good point. The actually 100th anniversary date — December 4 — isn't listed as a Centennial jersey night. Makes you wonder if they have something else entirely up their sleeve that night as they face the Bruins. (I wish the Bs would sport that Winter Classic sweater a month early.)
Anyway, thanks again to those of you who contributed to this post. I'm adding the special dates to the calendar now.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have released their third jersey schedule for 2009-10. The powder blue sweater will make its season debut when the Pens take on the Lightning this Saturday and be worn 11 other times throughout the season, including twice on the road.
Here's the full schedule, which comes from the Penguins' web site.
The Pens aren't the only ones who've recently released a special sweater schedule. I'm working on getting confirmation for the Montreal Canadiens' centennial jersey nights for this season. Can anyone help with that?
We're taking another stab at the Icethetics Season Preview with a look at a variety of mostly horrendous minor league jerseys for 2009-10. We'll begin with the bigger leagues.
In the AHL, the Rochester Americans will be pulling out an old classic to be worn as a third jersey.
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Rochester Americans' 3rd jersey
I don't know if it's better or worse than what Montreal did to us last season. As mentioned previously on Twitter, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers will take to the ice looking like the old Islanders all year.
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Bridgeport Sound Tigers' new uniforms
Their new home and road jerseys are modeled after the Isles' new throwback third. Hopefully the big league club will join them soon.
In the ECHL, the Stockton Thunder recently unveiled their new third jersey.
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Yeah, if that's not bad enough, the lightning bolt motif is even making its way into the SPHL. The Mississippi Surge will wear these this year.
Mississippi Surge uniforms
The Dayton Gems have also released designs for four different jerseys that will be used for 2009-10. There are home, road, alternate and retros. For a league that probably plays four games a year, it's probably a little much. But wait until you see them.
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I'd be embarrassed to wear that in front of the home crowd. At least black road jersey has some interesting striping. That yellow jersey is just horrible.
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Here's the third to the left. Very reminiscent of our favorite Reebok Edge designs, what with the interrupted striping, curvy tails and the team name printed across the ass.
The retro's not that much better.
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They've hidden most of the logo in the picture anyway.
I have to finish up by going back to the AHL. I saved this one intentionally. I've seen teams wear patches to commemorate a championship victory. But I have never seen an entire sweater dedicated to blatantly bragging about it.
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Way to go, Hershey Bears, for being the first.
That is all I have to say on that. Feel free to share your opinions below.
Friday · Oct 16 · 2009 | 11:44 AM PDT