As a French-only speaker, she wrote a letter to Eaton’s, trying to order him a new sweater from their English-only Catalogue. With his old sweater having worn out, Carrier’s mother sought to replace it. The story discusses the obsession he and his hockey friends had with the Montreal Canadiens and their star player, Maurice “The Rocket” Richard. The story describes the author’s experience as a child growing up in his home town of Sainte-Justine, Quebec, in 1946. In fact this jersey is so popular that it spawned the short story, The Hockey Sweater (Le chandail de hockey in the original French) by Canadian author Roch Carrier. This is probably hockey’s most famous hockey sweater. The traditional red Canadiens jersey that has been used as the Habs’ away jersey and now serves as their home jersey featuring the “C” and “H” logo with the simple design and blue and white piping on the arms and waist. Montreal Canadiens – rouge, blanc et blue.You know we almost had a four-way tie for first place? Especially between the top two jerseys. With that here is a look at which jerseys The Hockey Fanatic lists as the top 50 NHL hockey jerseys of all-time. We will factor in your feedback into an updated list for next year’s post. Don’t agree with our selections? Add us on Twitter / hockeyfanatics and share your opinion of the top NHL hockey jerseys of all-time. This list of NHL jersey is meant for hockey fans to re-live some of the most memorable NHL hockey jerseys of all-time. We polled hockey fans for the past few weeks and final say was had by the author of The Hockey Fanatic. Hockey jerseys are also referred to as hockey sweaters or hockey uniforms. Secondary team logos are often featured on the shoulders. A hockey jersey typically includes the team primary logo with striping of the teams colors on the waist and elbow or forearm area.

There have been some stellar jerseys throughout the years and more recently NHL teams’ marketing departments have done a great job with establishing third jerseys or alternate jerseys that teams wear on the ice.ĭefinition of Hockey Jersey – a garment/shirt worn by a hockey player or competitor in the game of hockey. Especially when it comes to NHL hockey jerseys. One thing hockey fans always have something to say about is a team’s uniform or hockey jersey.

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