Last week’s Third Jersey Release Day Draft Day had the usual: some big trades, some small trades, a whole lot of teenagers who’ve never lived with dial-up internet gracing an NHL stage for the first time, and of course, some new jerseys. We’re here to talk about the last of those events. This year, it was Carolina […]
On December 19, 1917, the Montreal Wanderers faced off against the Toronto HC (Arenas) at Montreal Arena in front of a crowd of 700 people in the very first game played in the National Hockey League. And now, almost 100 years later, millions (billions?) of fans have seen the league grow from as little as […]
The Lightning Capital The Tampa Bay Lightning got their start in the early 1990s when the franchise’s first owner, Phil Esposito, announced the future team’s name – several months before the NHL officially awarded the franchise to Tampa. The Lightning name is unique, as they were the first in NHL history to have a team name that […]
In the 1970s, there was interest in expanding the then 16-team NHL by two more teams. NBA’s Baltimore Bullets owner Abe Pollin was interested in an NHL franchise for the Washington area. There was plenty of competition for Pollin as he worked to secure a D.C.-area hockey team, but ultimately Washington and Kansas City were […]
Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, and as has become a bit of a tradition on this site, we set our sights on showcasing the best jerseys in the league based on colour. Green was where it all started, then we did gold (because all good leprechauns are looking for gold), and this year we’re doing black. Why […]
The 2018 iteration of the annual outdoor Stadium Series happens this Saturday (March 3) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD between the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs. As usual, the two teams have released specialty jerseys that they’ll be wearing for the event, and as usual, we’re here to break them […]
These 2018 PyeongChang Olympics isn’t the first time the NHL didn’t participate in the quadrennial hockey tournament, and it probably won’t be the last either (looking at you, Bettman). But that doesn’t change the fact that a team representing Canada has always been there*, wearing something. *Okay, Canada actually didn’t have a team at the […]
We here at Hockey By Design tend to focus on the NHL as much as possible (although if you love American college hockey, we got you covered there too), and as we all know, there won’t be any current NHLers or AHLers participating in the PyeongChang Olympic Games. But there definitely will be some former […]
Opening Ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics are just around the corner, but for the first time since the late 90’s, NHL players won’t be there. The league announced last spring that it would ban its players from participating in the Olympic games this year, citing a number of reasons including increasing costs and disruption to the […]
Christmas is over. 2018 is right around the corner, so it’s that time of the year where everyone and their top-5-favourite-dogs-of-the-year are counting down the best and worst lists for 2017. We’re not immune to such things. In fact, we do it on a semi-regular basis. So today, we’re got the Top 5 Best Designs of […]
