Sunday
Dec012013
0653: Canada in Sochi
As our International Sunday series returns, we're taking a look at a neat set of Olympic jerseys created by Eric Westhaver. Last week, we saw his take on the U.S. This week he tackles Canada. He writes:
Simple, traditional, yet bold. Kind of like Team Canada, right? There are eight gold maple leaves on the back hem of the home and away — and on the right cuff of all three jerseys — to represent eight gold medal wins, and the words, "TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE" written on the left cuff. The third is based off of the uniforms worn by the 1948 gold medal winning RCAF Flyers.
Designed by 
Eric Westhaver
Eric Westhaver 
Reader Comments (1)
I'd love to see the team in these jerseys, but if I may - I'd prefer if the socks had a striping pattern that matched the striping on the sleeves. And on the pants it'd be sweet if there were a pair of thin vertical white stripes running up the seam to reference the stripes on the arms and legs. And further, it's a reference to the dual bars on the Canadian flag.
Either way though, solid set. I REALLY wish Hockey Canada would take a cue from this set. Particularly for the pants, helmet, and gloves. I'm tired of seeing Canada wearing black.