Montalo wrote:
Godzilla1960 wrote:
mechaphil wrote:
It's Detroit.
Neither Detroit nor Montreal has alternate third jerseys, but Detroit wore a throwback for the Classic and Montreal brought out retros for their 100th (although I don't think either tream has an official third jersey).my information might be outdated, but
before the EDGE switch at least, this was the third jersey
I thought they wore these a handfull of times after the heritage classic in Edmonton that season. Along with this one, they wore like 5 others for their 100 aniversary.
On that Detroit jersey, I managed to dig this info up, compliments of the site "Third Sting Goalie";
"The second annual Winter Classic in 2009 saw the Chicago Blackhawks host the Detroit Red Wings at historic Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs baseball club. Detroit would win the game by a score of 6-4 in front of 40,818. The Red Wings would go all the way back to the 1926 Detroit Cougars for the inspiration for their jerseys, worn during the first season of the franchise, while the Blackhawks would select the highly attractive jerseys worn in 1935 as their inspiration."
You were right, Phil. It was the ones which said, "DETROIT" across the front which were worn in 1992 for the NHL's 75th anniversary which I was thinking of for the "Falcons". This jersey would change as they would drop the "Falcons" from the lettering on the front to just "Detroit" on a barberpoled sweater. I found this tidbit of info on the history of the team names, compliments of wiki:
"In 1930, the Cougars were renamed the Falcons,[4] but their woes continued, as they usually finished near the bottom of the standings, even though they made the playoffs again in 1932.
The Falcons would again change their name in 1932. At the suggestion of new owner James E. Norris, the team became known as the Detroit Red Wings. Norris chose the name as an homage to the hockey team he had been affiliated with, the Montreal Hockey Club, who were nicknamed the Winged Wheelers. He also designed the first logo for the Red Wings."