Thrashers Wear New Sweater

Despite looking dreadful, the Atlanta Thrashers debuted their new third jersey tonight to the tune of a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. They pushed alternate sweaters above the .500 mark to 7-6 with the win. Have a look.

Tomorrow when I have time to do some site updates, I'll add more photos to the Thrashers gallery at Third Jersey Central.

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Earlier today, the Pittsburgh Penguins released a full schedule of the 11 games where they plan to wear their new third sweater. It's on the team's web site. The alternate jersey makes its debut on Saturday night when the Pens take on the Sabres.

I'll be sure to add pictures to their TJC gallery as well as to the Vancouver Canucks' and Montreal Canadiens.' The Nucks will debut their third jersey and the Habs are throwing back to 1945 for Centennial Jersey Night.

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In other sweater-related news, no Blackhawk will ever again wear the No. 3 jersey. The Chicago Blackhawks honored Pierre Pilote and Keith Magnuson by retiring their sweater on Wednesday night.

I would've written about this sooner but I've been quite busy.

By the way, the plan may change for tomorrow's Live Chat. Earlier I mentioned doing it in the morning. That may not happen. Check back tomorrow for the start time, which will probably be late afternoon to evening, and get ready to see another new third jersey!

Sens Tease Third Jersey

The Ottawa Senators are using the splash page of their official web site to tease their new black third jersey. There's a shoulders-up picture of Daniel Alfredsson donning his new duds.

Got some interesting striping going on around the sleeve there. And we now know that the primary logo will be featured on the shoulders. And based on the "C" it looks like this jersey will use the same lettering style as the regular sweaters.

And maybe it's just me and the fact that I'm not a native French speaker but "Retour en force du noir" just doesn't have the same ring as "Back in Black."

Don't forget, I'll be leaking a full (if grainy) view of the Sens' new third jersey during one of the next three Live Chats scheduled between now and Tuesday. The Senators will officially unveil their third jersey on Saturday, November 22.

Melrose Canned

I wondered how long it would last. Sixteen games, apparently.

According to the Associated Press, Barry Melrose is no longer the coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. ESPN says Rick Tocchet will take over as interim head coach.

Sorry, I know this isn't jersey related, but it's my Lightning and I can't not address it.

Sharks Third Jersey Leaked!

If you were able to join us earlier tonight for the Live Chat, you were treated to history lesson dealing with the past jerseys of the San Jose Sharks followed by a leaked image of the club's new third jersey — which will be officially unveiled next week.

I won't bore you with the history lesson here. For that, you'll have to catch the replay of Live Chat IX. I recommend it. It's good reading. Anyway, here it is.

It's obviously not the greatest quality image you've ever seen, but it is what the actual jersey will look like. It's black — shockingly. It features the full-body shark logo on the front as seen in the graphic in the upper left corner of this post.

There is a white SJ logo on the shoulders fashioned from the new wordmark introduced last year when the Sharks unveiled their new branding. The uniform features a tie-up collar and teal stripes at the elbows and on the socks, trimmed in white.

There are no stripes around the base of the sweater and the numbering and lettering style appears to be the same as the current home and road uniforms. What it's obvious from this image is whether the letters and numbers will be trimmed in teal or not at all.

If one of our talented readers would like to take a stab at creating a graphic that enhances what we're seeing here, I'd be thrilled to add it as a follow-up to this post.

Either way, we'll only have to wait a week to see the real thing. But it's always nice to get a bit of a preview.

Update on Friday · Nov 14 · 2008 | 8:55 AM PST by Chris

I know it's difficult to make out any details from the grainy image I posted last night, but some of your fellow readers have taken the time to try to make sense of it.

 

One thing even I hadn't noticed before was the subtle hint of piping on the back of the jersey in the grainy image. It's not a sure bet, but it seems pretty likely.

My thanks to the artists who sent these in. If I had to guess, I'd say the actual design is somewhere in the neighborhood of what we see from Ivall and Dan Stover above.

If you have a better interpretation of the terrible image I posted last night, feel free to email it to me and I just might add it to this post.

Canucks Unveil Third Jersey!

The Vancouver Canucks unveiled their third jersey tonight. However, it came as no surprise to any regular Icethetics readers. I first leaked a picture of this jersey last month on the old blog. It was all but confirmed a couple of weeks ago when new pictures surfaced.

It's now been proven accurate by the Canucks' official unveiling tonight at the Sports Celebrities Festival in Vancouver. Roberto Luongo, Mattias Ohlund, Willie Mitchell and Ryan Kesler were on hand at the event to model the new sweaters.

Love that Johnny Canuck logo on the shoulders. A hundred years from now, no one will remember the identity crisis of this franchise's early years. My crystal ball tells me that simple icon will come to symbolize everything about this team. In time.

For a better look at the whale-less imagery representing the club on the new sweater, take a look at this.

As part of the unveiling process, the team posted this very nostalgic and sentimental video online. Rather reminiscent of what the Oilers did when they unveiled their third jersey last month. I'm a sucker for stuff like this.

To the writer, well done!

You can read more about the new third jersey on the Canucks' official web site.

Many more images will be available soon in the Canucks' photo gallery, available through Third Jersey Central.