| The history of the NHL jersey-date back almost 100 years
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This is an article dedicated to true fans of the National Hockey League and it's about how important sport and ice hockey can be in a man's life. It will also tell you why you need that jersey you always wanted to buy...
The NHL started in 1917 with five teams. Their uniforms were originally made of heavy wools and cottons to keep players warm and they were not very appealing. For the first decade of league play, teams only had one uniform they wore for both home and away games.
The main characteristics of their NHL jerseys were long sleeves and stripes. The Toronto Arenas were the only team to sport a solid blue jersey with white trim.
The league slowly made its way to the United States in 1924. The first team in the states was the Boston Bruins. The NHL jerseys .ociated with this team was a solid brown color with gold trim. At this time, the Hamilton Tigers wore an NHL jersey with thin lines of black and gold on their sleeves.
In 1927-28, the Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled a new blue-and-white logo that included a heavily striped jersey for home games and a rather simple white jersey with a blue leaf logo for away games.
As the 1930s rolled around, ultra-skinny lines of alternating color were seen in teams, such as the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Falcons. Stars highlighted the NHL jerseys of the New York Americans red, white and blue color scheme.
During the 1940s, the New York/ Brooklyn Americans folded and the NHL was reduced to only six teams. It is now that we see the emergence of more and more colored pants, as well as a variety of home and away NHL jerseys.
In 1950, the Black Hawks moved from a barber pole appearance in their black NHL jerseys to a red jersey with an Indian head on front. This is the start of the official NHL merchandise we see .ociated with the Black Hawks of today. It was in 1955 that the Bruins became the first team to introduce the color gold in their NHL jerseys.
In 1951, the NHL mandated white jerseys at home getting the Rangers to create a new uniform. However, that changed four years later, and colored uniforms became home jerseys until 1970, when it changed again. It would change several times during the next few decades.
The league expanded in 1967 to 12 teams and kept adding teams every few years until the mid-1970s, leading to more styles and more colors being added to the NHL collection to the joy of fans who buy NHL gear in support of their team.
Names first appeared on the back of jerseys in 1971, but only home teams wore them. However, by 1978, all teams were wearing names on the backs of the jerseys. The Toronto Maple Leafs were the last team to conform, but did so with protest. The team put white letters on the white jerseys and blue letters on the blue jerseys, because the team's owner, Howard Ballard, feared he would lose revenue from game programs if fans knew the names of players. | |
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