Isles’ Original Jersey to Return as Alternate
July 28th, 2008 by murph
This coming season will see the return of 3rd jerseys returning to the NHL after a one season hiatus. This tip comes from Howard Berger’s blog, one of the Toronto Sports Talk radio guys – who says he’s seen pictures of most of them. Seems like a pretty solid tip to me, I’ll keep my eye open for pics.
The Isles are going back to their original road jersey from 1972-73, when they joined the NHL along with the Atlanta Flames. It is a royal-blue base, with broad orange and white stripes on the arms and at the bottom of the jersey. The uniform numbers – as they appeared during the club’s inaugural season – are orange with white trim. Player names will also be orange. The Islanders switched to white jersey numbers after their dreadful first year in the league; when they compiled a 12-60-6 record… worst, to that point, in NHL history.
eddie Says
yeeeah i saw that on another website too. sounds pretty cool and as much as i like the dark blue and bright orange better, it should still be fun to watch them in these jerseys.
only one issue with the idea though…not trying to be too superstitious or anything, but why would a team thats already having soooo many issues as is decide to bring out the jersey in which they possessed the worst record in the nhl at that time? sounds a little gutsy to me as a sports fan…
Jul 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm