Saturday, September 26, 2009

Classic Hockey Teams Usually Have Classic Hockey Jersey Designs

By Doug McKenzie

Hockey is one of those sports that likes to remember the past. The sport of hockey is one of the oldest sports in North America and the National Hockey League has been around for a very long time. The league began with only six teams but expanded quickly to become a huge organization spanning all of the United States and Canada. The sport is all well and good but we are here to discuss some of the classic hockey jersey designs.

Hockey jerseys are an important part of what makes hockey the sport that it is. The designs of the jerseys are incredibly sophisticated and they tell a lot about the team. The Montreal Canadiens have a very classic hockey jersey design that has been with them from the very beginning. They have a red white and blue color scheme and their logo is a C with an H in the middle of it. The C of course stands for Canadien and the H stands for Habs which is a common slang term for French Canadien.

English speaking Canadians from Ontario love their hockey and they have definitely shown dedication to their Toronto Maple Leafs. I would wager that one out of every two Canadians living in Ontario owns a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from the current season and every single resident of Toronto owns one of season's past. The maple leaf has become a symbol of pride for Canada and the blue and white color scheme is easily recognized anywhere as the Toronto Maple Leafs colors.

The Boston Bruins have an incredibly simple and classic hockey jersey design. Along the same lines of the Canadien's jersey the Bruins chose simply to use the first letter of their team name. They have a black, yellow, and white color scheme for their striped jerseys and the B is circled in the center with some spokes around it. The Boston Bruins have had the same jersey design from the beginning and it doesn't look like they will be changing it any time soon.

Hockey jerseys and their players are supposed to represent the culture and landscape of the cities they are playing for. This is especially true for the Detroit Red Wings. Detroit has always been a auto-centric city. Half of its economy is focused around manufacturing cars and trucks and so it is no surprise that hockey town's hockey team would have a winged wheel as the logo. Detroit has never once changed up their logo and for good reason; it brings them Stanley Cup wins almost every year.

Hockey jersey designs have changed for a lot of teams over the years but the original six teams have tried their best to keep their jersey designs as close to the originals as possible. These teams don't need any marketing gimmicks to get by, they just need their classic jersey designs and the devotion of decade old fans.

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