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I read this on another forum and thought it was interesting. They are making new pink and baby blue jerseys for female fans so they can look "Fashionable and still support their teams" I personally think this idea is stupid, the whole point in wearing a team jersey is to wear the team colours and support your team not to look fashionable. What do you guys think?
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=fecacf94-8aa7-4cd8-aa3e-5da6f18f36ea
Think pink for the rink
Canucks, rest of NHL to unveil women's jerseys
CanWest News Service; Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, July 27, 2006
OTTAWA -- There will be a rose-coloured haze in the stands next hockey season. The NHL is producing team jerseys in bubble-gum pink.
"It allows women to be fashionable and still support their teams," said Jenny Lyons Cohane, a spokeswoman for Reebok, which manufactures official NHL team jerseys.
Many NHL teams already offer T-shirts and other apparel in feminine cuts and pastel hues. But this is the first time pink jerseys are to be offered by all the teams in the league.
While the Vancouver Canucks don't have any in stock yet, a team official says the club will be ready for its season home opener.
"There are going to be two jerseys. One will be bubble-gum pink and the other will be baby blue, for lack of a better word," said Canucks spokesman T.C. Carling. "I don't know what Reebok is branding them as. Those will be in our Authentix stores for our Oct. 13 regular-season home-opener in both girls' and women's sizes."
Reebok's pink jerseys, like the official version, will feature the NHL's shield and tags. Available starting Oct. 1, the pink jerseys will retail for about $70 compared to $110 for the licensed men's jersey. The women's product is made of a softer polyester and it features a screen print of the team crest instead of the embroidered crest and shoulder patches.
© The Vancouver Sun 2006
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=fecacf94-8aa7-4cd8-aa3e-5da6f18f36ea
Think pink for the rink
Canucks, rest of NHL to unveil women's jerseys
CanWest News Service; Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, July 27, 2006
OTTAWA -- There will be a rose-coloured haze in the stands next hockey season. The NHL is producing team jerseys in bubble-gum pink.
"It allows women to be fashionable and still support their teams," said Jenny Lyons Cohane, a spokeswoman for Reebok, which manufactures official NHL team jerseys.
Many NHL teams already offer T-shirts and other apparel in feminine cuts and pastel hues. But this is the first time pink jerseys are to be offered by all the teams in the league.
While the Vancouver Canucks don't have any in stock yet, a team official says the club will be ready for its season home opener.
"There are going to be two jerseys. One will be bubble-gum pink and the other will be baby blue, for lack of a better word," said Canucks spokesman T.C. Carling. "I don't know what Reebok is branding them as. Those will be in our Authentix stores for our Oct. 13 regular-season home-opener in both girls' and women's sizes."
Reebok's pink jerseys, like the official version, will feature the NHL's shield and tags. Available starting Oct. 1, the pink jerseys will retail for about $70 compared to $110 for the licensed men's jersey. The women's product is made of a softer polyester and it features a screen print of the team crest instead of the embroidered crest and shoulder patches.
© The Vancouver Sun 2006