Meet Brent Proulx, assistant equipment manager for the Minnesota Wild and all-around swell guy, who was nice enough to give me and Phil a behind-the-scenes tour after Saturday night’s Wild/Blue …
Category: NHL
Good Guys Wear White, Right?
By Phil Hecken, with Pollster James Huening Ah, memories. I grew up during the halcyon days of the NHL when the Flyers, Islanders and Canadiens (and later, the Oilers) were …
A Crack In The Ice?
By Phil Hecken, with assists from Thomas Clark & Teebz Last New Year’s Day, the NHL held it’s third annual Winter Classic, a pairing of the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia …
Meet Mr. Hockey (Jersey)
By Phil Hecken He’s been a member of Uni Watch for a long time. You have undoubtedly heard of his wonderful blog (if you don’t already have that bookmarked, you …
Bucks vs. Ducks – A Rematch 52 Years In The Making
By Phil Hecken, with Larry Bodnovich and Michael Princip Happy New Year, Uni Watch! The first of January always is a great day for sports fans and uni watchers alike, …
Auction Action, Eh?
Classic Auctions is different than the other auction houses whose wares I’ve recently covered. They’re based in Delson, Quebec, so most of what they offer is either hockey- or Canada-related. …
North Star Studies
Quiet day in the NFL yesterday, at least uni-wise, so let’s skip the football today and look at something else. To wit: Back in January I wrote an entry about …
A Good Design — Literally
Does the logo shown above look familiar? No? What about now? The first design is actually an early version of the mark that eventually became the Hartford Whalers logo. In …
The Hockey Wing Has Spoken
by Phil Hecken, with Teebz, James Huening and Adam Walter Last weekend we previewed, and you voted upon, the NHL third sweater/uniforms. However, there was some question and discussion in …
How to Dress A Duck
By Phil Hecken, with Kenny Ocker and Casey Martin It isn’t often the University of Oregon makes it to the Rose Bowl, but for those of us who are intrigued …
The Hockey Wing Polls
By Phil Hecken, with Hockey Wing President Teebz, and Pollster James T. Huening So I turned on Versus the other day, hoping maybe they’d be broadcasting the Grey Cup or …
Uni Watch Newsstand Pick: The Greatest Jerseys of All Time
Okay, so I’m way late on this, but better late than never: As most of you know by now, The Hockey News has published a special issue devoted to jerseys, …
‘Well, batten them down again! We’ll teach those hatches!’
What’s that little stitching mark underneath the Islanders crest on Tim Jackman’s jersey? Reader John Muir explains: Jackman had some trouble with his jersey earlier this year. Even though his …
In Which the Panthers Change Their Stripes
So here’s the new Panthers alternate. The base color looks black in that photo, but it’s actually navy. Hmmm, remind you of anyone else’s recent alternate design? Let’s see, one …
Worst. Uni. Ever. – The Nominees
By Phil Hecken and James Huening The long awaited “Worst. Uni. Ever.” nominees were submitted (both in last weeks comments as well as dozens of e-mails) and now, James is …