3rd jersey on the road?

[pbhockey4 0]

Is it me or have the 3rd jerseys been used for road games lately for the home team to wear the away jerseys. For example Blues at Kings Blues wear their 3rd jersey while Kings wear their white jersey.

[cemetery 14]

Kings management wanted the home fans to see the new white road jerseys once at Staples, otherwise all they ever wear at home is the new black, 3rd black, and purple/gold retro.

[Powerfibers 8]

I like the idea of alternating the white and darks at home. After all, when Calgary comes in, or whomever, wouldn't you rather see them in red than in white? I would. The whole "us versus the white team" kinda stinks.

[BenderHockey 127]

I like the white jerseys at home too. It allows the fans to see all the colors of the opponents. All white jerseys pretty much seem the same.

[MatthewRoach7 130]

I agree I would like to see the home team sport the white here and there.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Reason why is because of travel...some teams have different gloves and pants; packing an extra set on a 10 game roadtrip for one game on the road doesn't make sense. The majority of thirds are darks.

[MatthewRoach7 130]

Good call. I did not think about that. Thanks JR!

[MarsB 33]

Related question- When did white become away jerseys? Having not been to NHL games in a while, it suddenly hit me the other night that they reversed this. Back in the 80-90's when I was attending games regularly dark was road jersey, white was for home.

[chippa13 1844]

Marketing, it lets the fans see the visitors white jerseys after years of seeing dark. I'm sure it will switch again soon.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Related question- When did white become away jerseys? Having not been to NHL games in a while, it suddenly hit me the other night that they reversed this. Back in the 80-90's when I was attending games regularly dark was road jersey, white was for home.

When third jerseys became popular. The majority of NHL thirds were dark, therefore forcing teams to carry more stuff on the road when white was at home.

[jbss71 1]

i'd like to see the home and homes switch, i know in the east it wouldn't be that hard to do.

[wrangler 157]

Related question- When did white become away jerseys? Having not been to NHL games in a while, it suddenly hit me the other night that they reversed this. Back in the 80-90's when I was attending games regularly dark was road jersey, white was for home.

My recollection is that the white jerseys were historically the road jerseys. They certainly were when I started watching in the 60s. At some point, with league expansion, the league decided to have the teams wear their home jerseys on the road for a while, to let away crowds see every team's home jersey. That seemed to last for quite a while, but was eventually changed back.

[hampshirepuck 2]

03- 04 season switched up whites for the road

http://www.nhluniforms.com/2003-04.html

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

That year, 22 of 30 teams have third jerseys. Out of those 22 teams, 21 are dark. Toronto wore a white 3rd. So by having darks at home, the road team will always bring their whites on the road and the home team can wear its dark home and dark 3rd without problems.

[hampshirepuck 2]

Intertesting, why hasn't this caught on in the college world?

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Because colleges travel for a weekend, and only go to one city.