The Tampa Bay Lightning received their 2020 Stanley Cup Championship Rings. The rings are 14 karat white gold featuring over 550 diamonds, 81 genuine sapphires and 25 carats of gemstones. The face of the ring features a diamond encrusted Stanley Cup with the Lighting logo over top in custom cut sapphires. Take a look below at all the details found within the Stanley Cup Championship Rings.
The Arizona Coyotes honored Leighton Accardo, honorary Coyotes teammate, "Hockey Fights Cancer" ambassador and a skater with the Kachinas Girls' Hockey Association, who passed away at the age of nine from stage four cancer. The Coyotes wore special pre-game jerseys that featured the ribbon and Coyote logo on the front, with Leighton's "Skate Hard, Have Fun" motto. The shoulders of the jersey featured the "LA49" logo patch. With "In Loving Memory" is written on the inside of the collar of each jersey. In the nameplate on the backs of the players jersey was "Leighton” in here signature handwriting.
Leighton will become the first individual who is not a former player, coach, general manager, or broadcaster, to be inducted into a team's Ring of Honor in the entire NHL.
"It's an incredible honor. It doesn't shock me that the Coyotes went to this length, because it just speaks to how amazing they've been through this entire journey and this entire process. I knew they were going to do something special. We were speechless when we first heard. We're incredibly grateful. It doesn't come as a surprise, because they've been fantastic." -Carly Accardo
The Vancouver Canucks have revealed their limited edition Lunar New Year jerseys. The team will celebrate the Year of the Ox with the special jerseys ahead of their annual Lunar New Year game on February 11th. The jersey were designed by Chinese designer Charlie "Money" Chien at Filter017, and local designer Max Young to create a look that honors elements of both Chinese and West Coast hockey culture.
The jerseys feature the traditional red and gold color palette symbolizing luck and fortune. The Year of the Ox Patch is on the front right chest and incorporates its design from the fan favorite Johnny Canuck secondary logo. The Canucks primary logo will be front and center in gold for the first time in team history. The shoulder Year of the Ox patches have an Ox holding the hockey stick from the Stick-in-Rink logo, and includes secondary details of wheat and the Chinese character for the Year of the Ox to finish off the design of the special jersey.
The Golden Knights’ AHL team, the Henderson Silver Knights, have revealed that the team will wear chrome helmets. The chrome helmets are meant to pay homage to the armor that was worn by knights in battle during medieval times. The Silver Knights will be the sole team in the AHL to wear an entirely metallic helmet. Fans will see them wearing the chrome helmets during every home game at Orleans Arena.
The Washington Capitals have released the team’s new third jersey. The new look is modeled after their 2018 NHL Stadium Series jersey. The front of the jersey pays tribute to Washington, D.C. with a large W that features the Washington monument structure peaking in the middle. Above the W are three stars representing Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Along the bottom of the jersey and on the sleeves is a bold red horizontal stripe outlined on either side with a smaller white stripe. The shoulders of the navy jersey will have a white block and red collar. The look will be finished off with navy helmets and shorts.
We will see the Capitals wear the new jersey for seven home games this season.
The NHL and Adidas have created special Reverse Retro jerseys for each NHL team for the upcoming season. The ideas gives each team a way to showcase their history with a new modern twist.
“Hockey fans love retro jerseys and Reverse Retro is a great opportunity for adidas to work closely with the NHL and all 31 teams to bring back a design from a meaningful point in team history with a unique twist. Our goal from day one has been to work with the NHL® and all of the teams to bring creativity, innovation, and energy to the sport with all that we do. What better way to do that than to bring together the nostalgia of historical moments in each team’s history with something new via designs that have never been seen before in the sport.” - Dan Near, Senior Director at adidas Hockey
The San Jose Sharks announce the return of their 90s era jersey as their official Heritage Jersey for the 2020-21 season. This season will mark the 30th season in the league for the Sharks and the spark to wear the original expansion season road team threads. To celebrate the anniversary the Sharks will have special 30th season patches on their jerseys this season. The Sharks had originally worn this jersey from the 1991-92 season until the 1997-98 season.
The Arizona State Hockey team has introduced special 1975 throwback uniforms. The jerseys feature the sunburst ASU logo on the chest as nod to the 1975 undefeated Sun Devil Football team. On the shoulders of the jersey an ode to sparky is found with a special Sparky patch. The numbering on the jersey features a perforated style to match the old school mess football jerseys. The final nod comes on the helmets for each player, with the Sunburst decal being purposely mismatched in coloring of the helmet to maintain historical accuracy with the football helmets that were worn in the 1975.
The Minnesota Gopher hockey team has revealed special throwback threads to honor their 100th season. The look is inspired from the time when All-American legends such as Doug Woog and Lou Nanne represented the University of Minnesota. The white base jersey features a retro Gophers wordmark running diagonally down it. On the left side of the jersey’s chest and on the right bottom of the shorts there will be a special 100th season patch to finish off the retro look.
The Dallas Stars have released their new alternate blackout uniform. The alternate jersey is inspired by the city of Dallas and returning to the black jerseys they wore the first 20 years in the city.
The uniform will feature the new eye catching color, skyline green that draws its inspiration from the Dallas skyline. The front of the jersey will have the Dallas Stars logo in the skyline green with bold stripes on the sleeves and hem, that stay true to the traditional home jersey pattern. The numbers will be in stealth as they are primarily black with a skyline green outline. To finish off the look the team will wear black helmets, pants and gloves that have the skyline green worked in to them.
"The jersey design committee was tasked with finding a way to incorporate the heart of the city of Dallas and the spirit of Texas into a uniform. Today is an exciting day as we have worked hard over the last two years at creating a third jersey that will make our fanbase proud, and with the help of adidas Hockey, we feel like the Blackout third jersey will do just that. The Dallas skyline is iconic and introducing Skyline Green into our uniforms is a vibrant reminder our great city."- Dallas Stars President and CEO Brad Alberts
