Senators president Cyril Leeder announced yesterday the Senators new third jerseys next season would be a tip of the cap to the barber pole style the old school Sens used to wear. The 67’s wore the barber poles – jerseys and socks - for years before settling in with striping only on their sleeves.The current third jersey is a cool design but I’ve never been a fan of having "Sens" crudely splayed across the front. I won’t be sad to see it go.
Back on January 8th, the Binghamton Senators wore throwback barber pole jerseys. It’s quite likely the big club wanted to give the poles a trial run and gauge reaction. I might like to see them widen up the stripes a little but I like them. Unless Bingo fans reacted like Charlie Sheen at last call, it’s not a bad bet that the Sens third jerseys will look a lot like the one pictured (#26 Kaspars Daugavins).
The colour could be turned up a little but you can check the unis in action here.
Next year will the 20th anniversary of the franchise and the unveiling of the new barber pole third will actually be, by my count, the 11th jersey in franchise history. Let me inhale deeply here because this sweater history lesson will be a long haul. And...let's begin.
The colour could be turned up a little but you can check the unis in action here.
Next year will the 20th anniversary of the franchise and the unveiling of the new barber pole third will actually be, by my count, the 11th jersey in franchise history. Let me inhale deeply here because this sweater history lesson will be a long haul. And...let's begin.
It began with the ill-fated peace tower jersey, which took them through the expansion campaign but was never worn in a game. Their two original jerseys would stick for one season before the road blacks were changed. They went from red numbers to white. Two seasons later, they added a white stripe to the blacks.
In 1998, they unveiled their first third jersey, a red one with a black swoop in the middle. That new third also featured a new version of the crest, a full faced, angrier centurion. A year later, they eliminated their black road jersey, replaced by the reds. After one whole year without a third jersey, the Sens were back in black, unveiling a third jersey with gold trim. Note that in 2003-04, the NHL switched things up, forcing teams to wear dark jerseys at home and whites on the road. Other than that, this is how it would stay until all three jerseys were axed, right after the Sens lost in the 2007 Stanley cup final.
In '07, Reebok rolled in with tight fitting new jerseys, one red, one white, with a new Senator crest. A year later, the Sens added a third third jersey, a black one with Sens on front and that's where we are today. Bam! History lesson over!
What an exhausting, unnecessary exercise that was. Especially when I could have just shown you the poster below. Thanks to http://www.nhluniforms.com/ for the sweater shots. Very cool site if you like to look back at retro jerseys.
