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Our long wait ended as the St. Louis Blues officially unveiled new home and road uniforms Monday night at the Blues Ice Breaker event. The updated look will hit the ice for the first time this fall.
For those following the proceedings on Twitter, some of the thunder was taken out of the big reveal when photos of the jerseys were leaked an hour before the start of the event.
The Blues' new look follows a trend in recent years across the NHL — and hockey in general — to return to traditional style uniform design.
Some would argue the Blues were among the teams hit hardest by Reebok's push to modernize sweater designs in 2007. Here, the team reverts back a jersey not unlike what they wore prior that.
Gone is the unsightly apron-string piping. Back are the horizontal waist and sleeve stripes. And remaining unchanged is the classic Blue Note.
If you haven't yet guessed, I'm a huge fan of the new sweaters. Just as I was back in July when I got my first glimpse and shared the details with you.
From the team's press release:
Constructed from all the latest advanced materials of the Reebok Edge 2.0 system, the jersey's diagonal color striping on the sleeves has been straightened for a simplified, cleaner aesthetic. The same effect has been achieved with the return of stripes along the waistline.
It's definitely cleaner.
By the way, in case you missed the live stream of the Blues Ice Breaker, I wanted to point out some items from Brett Hull's appearance.
In preparation for the jersey reveal, the team chose to lower expectations by reminding us of a time when the Blues wore red. In other words, the new look can't be any worse than this, right?
Luckily, there was no need for low expectations and it served as a fun trip down memory lane nonetheless. I thought it was funny that T.J. Oshie told Brett Hull the Gretzky-era jerseys were his favorite. I know very few Icethetics readers would agree with him there.
Now it's your turn to chime in. What do you think of the Blues' new uniforms? Do they work for you?
New Blues jerseys leak on Twitter before unveiling
/As I write this blog entry, the St. Louis Blues are minutes from the Ice Breaker event where they will officially unveil their new home and road uniforms. But just hours ago, photos of the new threads showed up on Twitter.
These photos were were later removed from Twitter, but I grabbed copies.
This confirms the design details I first shared back in July. In addition, the photos gave us our first look at the white road jersey and confirmation that the number and letter styles will remain the same — as seen on the home sweater.
Check back to Icethetics tonight for full coverage of today's big unveiling!
Blues plan to reveal new look on Aug. 25
/The St. Louis Blues have set the stage to unveil their new home and road uniforms at a special fan event on Mon., Aug. 25.
From the team's press release today:
Fans are invited to join the St. Louis Blues on Monday, Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. at Ballpark Village for the Blues Ice Breaker event.
Join us as we welcome back our captains and St. Louis native Paul Stastny, who will wear the Blue Note for the first time.
Fans will also get to preview the Blues' new on-ice look and have opportunities to win great prizes!
The release and associated tweet specifically mention the club's "new on-ice look." I take that to mean uniforms — especially since we know new ones are coming anyway.
Last month, I got a peek at the new home sweater. I created the graphic representation above based on that. A concept by Nick Burton posted July 9 is probably a good guess at the road jersey design.
For details on other changes around the league this season, check out NHL JerseyWatch 2014.