NHL and Fanatics Debut On-Ice Player Home Uniforms for 2024-25 Season | Uni Watch (2024)

Good morning, Uni Watchers. I hope everyone had a good Tuesday.

We’ve got big uniform news this morning, as the NHL and Fanatics have unveiled jerseys for 30 of the 32 NHL teams (both the LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks will be receiving newly designed uniforms, and those will be unveiled separately). I have broken down the jerseys for each team by division (links to follow), but let’s take a look at some of the new jerseys here along with their features.

With the NHL Draft occurring in Las Vegas Friday and Saturday, the NHL and new uniform supplier Fanatics have released the home jerseys for all 30 teams whose uniforms will have only slight changes for the 2024-25 season. Dubbed the “Fanatics Authentic Pro NHL on-ice uniforms,” these are the first Fanatics-branded and designed NHL player uniforms. These jerseys will be given to each draft pick after their name is called on stage.

Beginning with the 2024-25 season, Fanatics becomes the official outfitter of the NHL’s on-ice uniforms for the next 10 seasons. The new uniforms are being manufactured by Quebec-based SP Apparel, the same company that has provided the NHL’s on-ice uniforms for nearly 50 years.

Fanatics states their design and development process, in collaboration with the NHL, “included active participation by a number of critical stakeholders, including NHL players, the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), and executives and locker room personnel from every NHL Club, thereby resulting in a high-quality jersey engineered for the modern hockey player.”

With the exception of the Ducks and Kings who’ll be shortly debuting new designs, 28 of the 30 remaining clubs will be wearing uniforms that are mostly unchanged from the 2023-24 season. The Utah Hockey Club — formerly the Arizona Coyotes — will be debuting new uniforms this year as well. UHC recently unveiled preliminary graphics showing their new jerseys, logos and colors a short while ago. The Boston Bruins, who wore special one-year Centennial uniforms last season, will revert to the uniforms they wore in 2022-23.

While the new uniforms will bear striking visual similarities to those worn last season, there are some new attributes.

The jersey’s base construction remains similar to the current jersey standard, but new features of the Fanatics Authentic Pro uniform include:

• An additional layer of fabric inside the lower sleeve to enhance uniform durability intended to reduce material wear from sustained friction against the boards. This enhancement was the direct result of feedback from NHL players and equipment managers.

• New shoulder fabrics replacing the debossed pattern fabric used on the shoulders of the prior NHL jersey. (In other words, the “adidas dimples” are now gone.)

• A new NHL Shield execution on the front neck of the jersey which includes a special hologram finish.

• Fanatics branding embroidered on the back neck of jerseys.

“Over the past several months, Fanatics worked with the NHL and NHLPA to visit all 32 Clubs, where players had the opportunity to see, feel and try on the new uniforms,” states Fanatics. “Throughout these visits, the Fanatics Authentic Pro on-ice uniforms received positive feedback. The players were glad to see that Fanatics kept the base construction similar to what they were comfortable playing in, and also that some slight design and performance adjustments have been made to the uniform.”

Here’s a video narrated by the legendary Doc Emrick explaining a bit about the new jerseys:

As noted above, I’ll provide links to every team by division, so you can look at several different views of the 30 home jerseys. Each team will have a couple looks at the full jersey, as well as close-ups of some of the new details. Unfortunately, there are no rear views of the jerseys (we may need to wait for the Draft to see the number/NOB treatments). Here’s what you’ll find in the Divisional breakdowns to follow:

• Full-size graphic of the jersey:

• Slightly different angle of the jersey on a mannequin from inside the factory:

• Close up of the crest being stitched:

• Alternate view of the jersey on a drafting table (note the Montreal jersey features the French-language “LHN” initials on the shield):

• Close up of the fabric pattern/colors:

• A look at the Fanatics logo which will appear just beneath the rear collar of each jersey:

The Eastern Conference has two divisions: Atlantic and Metropolitan. The Western Conference has two divisions: Central and Pacific.

The teams in each division are as follows:

Atlantic

Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan

Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals

Central

Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues
Utah Hockey Club
Winnipeg Jets

Pacific

Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
San Jose Sharks
Seattle Kraken
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights
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* Anaheim Ducks
* Los Angeles Kings

*Kings and Ducks uniforms will be unveiled separately.

To see the Atlantic Division jerseys, Click Here

To see the Metropolitan Division jerseys, Click Here

To see the Central Division jerseys, Click Here

To see the Pacific Division jerseys, Click Here

Guess the Game from the Scoreboard

Guess The Game…

…From The Scoreboard

Today’s scoreboard comes from Jeff Kissel.

The premise of the game (GTGFTS) is simple: I’ll post a scoreboard and you guys simply identify the game depicted. In the past, I don’t know if I’ve ever completely stumped you (some are easier than others).

Here’s the Scoreboard. In the comments below, try to identify the game (date and location, as well as final score). If anything noteworthy occurred during the game, please add that in (and if you were AT the game, well bonus points for you!).

Please note: There are two scoreboards below, both from the same game.

Please continue sending these in! You’re welcome to send me any scoreboard photos (with answers please), and I’ll keep running them.

Guess the Game from the Uniform

Based on the suggestion of long-time reader/contributor Jimmy Corcoran, we’ve introduced a new “game” on Uni Watch, which is similar to the popular “Guess the Game from the Scoreboard” (GTGFTS), only this one asked readers to identify the game based on the uniforms worn by teams.

Like GTGFTS, readers will be asked to guess the date, location and final score of the game from the clues provided in the photo. Sometimes the game should be somewhat easy to ascertain, while in other instances, it might be quite difficult. There will usually be a visual clue (something odd or unique to one or both of the uniforms) that will make a positive identification of one and only one game possible. Other times, there may be something significant about the game in question, like the last time a particular uniform was ever worn (one of Jimmy’s original suggestions). It’s up to YOU to figure out the game and date.

Today’s GTGFTU comes from Jimmy Corcoran himself.

Good luck and please post your guess/answer in the comments below.

And finally...

…that’s going to do it for the early post. Individual divisions will be posted separately and linked above. We’ll also have Anthony’s Ticker a bit later on. If the Ducks and Kings unveil their redesigned uniforms today, I should have an additional article(s) on those as well.

Everyone have a great Wednesday, and I’ll catch you right back here in the morning.

Peace,

PH