Penguins jerseys
Penguins jerseys
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, moved to Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Rockies after only two seasons, and then settled in New Jersey in 1982.
The current team colors are red, black and white, and they can be seen on both the home and road Penguins jerseys. The home jersey, which was the team’s road jersey until the NHL swapped home and road colors in 2003, is dominantly red in color. There are three black and white stripes, one across each arm and one across the waist. The road jersey (the team’s former home jersey) is white in color with a similar design, except that the three stripes are black and red. The shoulders are draped with black on both uniforms. Before the 1992-93 season, the uniforms were green and red with slightly different striping leading some fans to affectionately refer to them as “Christmas colors” The Devils have yet to introduce a third jersey and are one of only two NHL teams (Detroit is the other) never to have worn one. GM Lou Lamoriello has stated that he does not ever intend to introduce a third jersey for the Devils, saying, “I don’t believe in it,” Lamoriello said. “I strongly believe that you have to have one identity as a team. We want to create a feeling that our home and away Penguins jerseys are special and that it means something special to wear one.” Unlike most teams, the team kept the same uniform design when the NHL switched to the Rbk EDGE Penguins jerseys for the 2007–08 NHL season, going as far as to issue a press release saying that the team had no plans for an event unveiling the Rbk EDGE design, because there was nothing new to see.
On August 25, 2009, Lamoriello announced that the Devils with be wearing their classic red, white, and green Penguins jerseys for their March 17, 2010 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lamoriello stated, “The original red, green, and white Penguins jerseys are a part of our history here in New Jersey. We have always been an organization that takes great pride in its tradition. This is something we believe our fans will enjoy for that one special night.”
