Lots of nostalgia around the NHL at the moment, because yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the NHL’s first wave of expansion, when the league awarded six new franchises to …
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World Championship Patches: Yea or Nay?
Click to enlarge What was that on the Royals’ sleeves at a recent fanfest event? It’s their championship patch, which they’ll be wearing this season. This type of patch is …
Maple Leafs Unveil Logo for 2016-17 Season
The Maple Leafs unveiled their 2016-17 logo last night (you can click on the image at right to see a larger version). The bad news is that the unveiling itself …
Absentee Weekend All-Star Report
Click to enlarge As you know, there are lots of rule changes for the Pro Bowl: no blitzing, no kickoffs, no rushing the punter or kicker, intentional grounding is legal, …
Winter Classic Redux
Interesting development last night in Montreal, as the Bruins and Canadiens reprised their Winter Classic match-up and even wore their Winter Classic uniforms, but with a twist: The uniforms were …
NHL All-Star Jerseys Released, Don’t Totally Suck
. Well, at least it’s a lot better than what what they came up with last year. That’s the most obvious observation regarding this season’s NHL All-Star Game jerseys, which …
Is This the New Florida Panthers Uniform?
Originally posted on SportsLogos.net; click to enlarge We’ve known for about a month now that the Florida Panthers would have new uniforms next season. Now we may have gotten a …
A Very Merry Vilkmas – The Lucky Ones
By Phil Hecken and Jimmer Vilk Happy New Year, Uni Watchers! As you guys will remember, a couple weekends ago I did a post with Jim Vilk where he graciously …
Rask Mask
Happy 2016! Bruins goalie Tukka Rask is going with an interesting cross-sport theme for today’s Winter Classic. His mask will feature New England Patriots imagery, including a modernized version of …
Leafs Redesign Results
Click to enlarge My thanks to everyone who entered my recent “Redesign the Maple Leafs” contest. The results are up now on ESPN ”” enjoy. One of the more interesting …
Hockey Pants: Surprisingly Non-Uniform
I received a note the other day from reader Derek Reese, who raised an interesting point about NHL pants: I go down to the glass during pregame warm-ups at Florida …
Shouldn’t They All Be Hitting Each Other With Their Sticks or Something Like That?
Click to enlarge I don’t care even a little bit about professional wrestling. Never have. But occasionally — or maybe just yesterday, because I don’t think it’s ever happened before …
‘The Brooklyn Americans: Hockey’s Forgotten Promise’
For all photos, click to enlarge The Brooklyn Historical Society currently has an exhibit devoted to the Brooklyn Americans, the NHL team that was known for most of its existence …
All Hail the Metropolitans
As most of you are probably aware, on Saturday night the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds commemorated the old Seattle Metropolitans’ 1917 Stanley Cup championship by wearing Metropolitans throwbacks. Uni Watch reader …
The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Art of the Poster
For all posters, click to enlarge I mentioned in yesterday’s Ticker that I loved the gameday posters that the Blue Jackets have been putting out. The one shown above is …