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Necrophilic
Joined: 22 Nov 2003
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jigga, axo or any other hockey guy
Why did the nhl switch away jerseys to home jerseys and vice versa? And when did this happen?
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:15 am |
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Blues_
Joined: 31 Jul 2003
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They started this season because NHL officials hadn't made any stupid decisions recently and needed to catch up.
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:09 am |
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STOOPlD
Joined: 20 Jul 2001
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true colors at home are refreshing
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:51 am |
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JiGGa_MaN
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
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Location: Future home of the Stanley cup, Ottawa |
quote:
Originally posted by Blues_
They started this season because NHL officials hadn't made any stupid decisions recently and needed to catch up.
hahaha, funny and true as hell.
I think they found that the home jerseys were an added advantage, since the Jersey's were mostly White, and the players blend a little with the ice. I guess they felt Home ice was advantage enough, and switched to the Dark jerseys for home games. This is speculation, but I heard Pierre McGuire (Well known, Ex-St.Louis Blues Coach, extremely knowledgable hockey guru. Insider!) was saying that this was one of the major reasons they made the change. The NHL also cited that they thought Fans deserved to see their teams in full colors for home games.
If you'll notice, on average Road wins are up this season, so its looking like McGuire was right.
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Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:55 pm |
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Taft
Joined: 31 May 2001
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Location: Ontario, Canada |
I remember hearing at the start of the season that the reason was the alternate 3rd jerseys are in away colours and the home team can decide at a moments notice whether they want to showcase their 3rd jersey at home game (ie. scam dumbass fans into buying an ugly piece of shit). This meant the visiting team would have to cart around the home AND away jerseys while on the road which is pretty lame.
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:14 pm |
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Aerasal
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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i live in stl and the year the rams won the super bowl, everyone bought jerseys during the season cause of the rams success. immiately after winning the super bowl, the rams changed their jerseys and everyone bought another one and had two new jerseys. i thought it was funny. i don't like football either. now the rams suck again and people are like "who are the rams??"
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:54 pm |
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'Mage
Joined: 28 Feb 2001
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originally the color jerseys were the home jerseys, and they switched to the whites a while back, now they just switched back..
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:12 am |
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JiGGa_MaN
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by 'Mage
originally the color jerseys were the home jerseys, and they switched to the whites a while back, now they just switched back..
Also very true.
And yeah, I think 3rd Jersey's were also a factor. Its never easy to get a straight answer from the NHL. Could be anything really.
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