Quando hanno uscito per i preriscaldamenti, i Rangers inoltre hanno avuti sulle loro uniformi scure. The Rangers all changed into light uniforms and the Caps won the game. The following day the NY Times used it as another example of the Rangers’ lost season, no one in charge being aware of which jerseys they were supposed to wear.

Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 10:01 am | Permalink
  • Jordan wrote:

    Is there a reason why the home team sometimes gets to wear white this year? I think the Caps did it against the Pens, and I believe I also saw Montreal do it. Kinda doesn’t make sense.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 10:54 am | Permalink
  • OrderedChaos wrote:

    Good story TG, thanks for sharing it.

    Jordan, it’s just a promotional thing — get the home crowd to see the other uniforms, and hopefully improve sales. Just like the old “third” jerseys (which, I suspect, will be reappearing within a season or two), wearing different jerseys at home generally increases the sales of those versions since fans tend to buy more of whatever the home jersey is for their team.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 11:19 am | Permalink
  • Jordan wrote:

    Ah, ok. That makes sense.

    I hope they make a third jersey for the Caps with the secondary logo on the front. As much as I like the primary text logo, that eagle is twice as nice.

    Probably obvious looking at my site. heh.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
  • norske wrote:

    TG, that also happened at a Penguins game at MCI a few years ago. When we were walking around the concourse during warmups we looked at the monitor and noticed that the Caps were wearing their black jerseys. When we entered the seating area, we noticed that at the other end of the ice the Penguins were also wearing their black jerseys. Black jerseys, black breezers, black helmets, black socks, both teams were all in black. This time, though, apparently the Penguins claimed that they had only brought one set of jerseys on their road trip, so at game time the Caps came back out wearing their white jerseys. The funny thing was that they looked as though they hadn’t been cleaned since the last game. They looked kind of disheveled. Chris Simon, in particular, had a large blue stain on his jersey.

    I don’t recall for sure, but I believe the team playing in black won that game, curse them.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 5:33 pm | Permalink
  • Kim wrote:

    There has always been a superstition regarding unforms. Teams used to force the Dallas Cowboys to wear their dark uniforms for games too. Being a VT alum, thought the whole Georgia Tech thing was hillarious. I do not care what uniforms they wear. Just want to see the Caps win at home! (Well not really, the Buffalo slugs are horrible). Sorry, could not resist.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 8:37 pm | Permalink
  • Lucas Aykroyd wrote:

    I’m surprised the ESPN article didn’t mention the case of Sidney Crosby’s 2005 World Junior jersey being stolen (and later returned) as he came back to Canada after winning gold. The story was covered almost like a national emergy in this country.

    Monday, November 19, 2007 at 4:27 am | Permalink
  • Lucas Aykroyd wrote:

    That should have read “emergency,” of course.

    Monday, November 19, 2007 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

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