Red jerseys at home?

[canucksfan]

Was this just a one-time thing or will they be wearing the reds at home all season? I don't think they've ever done that before.

[Pete Godenschwager]

I assumed it was because McGill only brought their whites on the trip.  I think the reds look cool at home.  I believe they wore reds at home back in the day (50s or 60s?)  They wore the reds at home in Love Story too.

[O.S.B.]

Maybe they're trying to follow the NHL?  Last year the NHL switched jerseys, so maybe college hockey has started to do that this season also?

[Jim]

[Q]O.S.B. Wrote:

 Maybe they're trying to follow the NHL?  Last year the NHL switched jerseys, so maybe college hockey has started to do that this season also?[/q]

And we all saw what happened to the NHL :-P

[strixvaria]

I called Dave a sieve. ::blush::

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Pete Godenschwager Wrote:

 I assumed it was because McGill only brought their whites on the trip.  I think the reds look cool at home.  I believe they wore reds at home back in the day (50s or 60s?)  They wore the reds at home in Love Story too. [/q]
Two national championships wearing red at home. B-]

[jtwcornell91]

The CCHA switched over last year, but only for league games.  Personally, I think the home team should just get to decide which color to wear and the visitors should have to wear the opposite.  But I guess that might mean bringing two sets of jerseys for a travel partner weekend.

[willy]

no they  just wore red because mcgill did not have a set of extra jerseys

[Killer]

That's right, and I remember that when I first started attending games in 1971, the home color was red.  But a couple years later they switched to the white home uniforms because everyone agreed that it was easier on road teams not to have to clean their whites while traveling in order to look decent.

[billhoward]

That has been the conventional wisdom - you can wear dark jerseys two nights in a row on the road and they'll look okay. But do the players just have one dark and one white jersey? Do the managers not have access to washing machines Saturday afternoon?

[Jerseygirl]

The question is, how on earth do they breathe on Saturday night if they are wearing unwashed jerseys?  I sat directly behind the bench at Yale my freshman year, and the smell after the third period nearly killed me.  I guess they're just used to the stench of their pads...ew...smelly boys...

[billhoward]

It's all part of the retro-caveman aura. Notice how virtually every player is unshaven on game day in all the major sports? Shaving just before the game does irritate sweaty skin, but that's no issue if you're up and shaved at 8am (and lightly moisturized) and the game isn't till the evening, and even if it is, a light coating of vaseline around the throat while suiting up suppresses razor burn. Plus a couple guys have that perpetual Y. Ararafat two-days-growth look all the time, which begs the question of what kind of razor you use that leaves a quarter-inch of stubble. Or is it just zoomier TV camera lenses?

Hgh-def TV is also good for keeping track of how many times ballplayers touch themselves -- is that a take sign or is his supporter riding up on him? - and you can even lay bets on whether Derek dresses to the right or left.

You probably don't want to know about how often the pants and gloves and helmets and shoulder pads get washed.

If Per ever comes back to Cornell and does more Ten Questions columns for the Daily Sun, he could ask one of the players, Do you ever get used to the smell? Who's the worst on your team?

[Josh '99]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
Plus a couple guys have that perpetual Y. Ararafat two-days-growth look all the time, which begs the question of what kind of razor you use that leaves a quarter-inch of stubble.[/q]Electric?

[puff]

My sister always complained about this smell she termed "boy"... i never noticed it.

And yes, pads i think are probably the most vial smelling of all sports equipment. I played 4 years of football in highschool, the only time pads got washed were when we played in the rain.

[KeithK]

[q]You probably don't want to know about how often the pants and gloves and helmets and shoulder pads get washed. [/q]You mean you can wash hockey gear?  :-D

I just always accepted the fact that when playing hockey you would stink.  You get used to it.  Especially when taking Intro Hockey and wearing the used PE gear.