Sweater Switch '09: Part 5
Monday . 24 August 2009 . 6:33 PM The long-dormant Sweater Switch series wraps up tonight more than a month after the previous installment. I was holding out, waiting for one more picture to pop up, but no. We will have to settle for just two.
I mentioned these guys in Part 3, but now the Montreal Canadiens have put their new quintet in front of cameras together. Travis Moen, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Mike Cammalleri and Paul Mara all donning their bleu, blanc et rouge.
New Habs pose for a group photo
You can find the stories behind their chosen numbers in Part 3. I won't bother to re-hash it here.
The other picture I have shows new Capital Brendan Morrison with his new No. 9 Washington jersey.
Brendan Morrison
Morrison is returning to the No. 9 sweater he wore when he made his NHL debut with the New Jersey Devils in the 1997-98 season. In 2000, he became a Canuck and switched to No. 7 as Brad May had No. 9. Morrison kept that jersey throughout his tenure in Vancouver and even last season when he joined the Ducks. After being claimed by the Stars late in the season, he switched to No. 11.
If I've missed any good Sweater Switch photo ops, let me know and I'll add them to this post.
Reader Comments (16)
great post :)
No photos yet, but per RedWingscentral, not much change for Detroit. Todd Bertuzzi will don #44 again, Jason Williams will wear #29 again, and Patrick Eaves is gonna go with #17, with Darren Helm (#43), Jonathan Ericsson (#52), Ville Leino (#21), Jimmy Howard (#35) and Justin Abdelkader (#8) keeping their usual numbers.
Good to see Morrison back in his old U-Mich #9
its real dissapionting to see brian gionta in a diffrent uni the the devils. same with johnny madden, i've seen these guys play with new jersey their whole careers and its real diffucult to let them go
There's a shot of Knuble. Not sure if you've done him or not but that's the best image I can find of him and the jersey.
Notice the habs are wearing only 1 patch and its the abstract 100 patch
On the Colorado Avalanche site it says Matt Duchene will wear (#9) T.J Hensick (#7) Craig Anderson (#41)
I guess 2 Morisson(n)s are better than one.
finally a post
That's a rude thing to say granted he was on the brink of closing up for good and our poll responses kept the site afloat.
canucks:
raycroft has switched to 30
samuelsson's new number still unknown
kings:
scuderi switched to 7 (reason unknown)
Komisarek in Blue and White
Morrison had to change from 7, as in DC 7 has been retired for a while due to Yvon Labre. I was hoping he'd wear 90 or 77, but that's just cause 1) I don't like forwards wearing single-digit numbers and 2) homage to Joey Juneau or Adam Oates. I'm way too nostalgic.
#90 was my number in minor hockey, not many wearing Juneau's old number
The Monster will wear # 50 for Leafs.