Just realizing now the team canada jersey my dad has had hanging in the closet since he last played pickup in the early 90s must be a 92 olympics version. I had always just assumed it was some sort of chinese knockoff
The 1964-1969 versions are very nice, classic designs. Most of the jerseys from the 70s-90s just seem too garish.
I liked the sweaters in 2010 too. The crest contains the art of Musqueam artist Debra Sparrow. This is actually an artistic style native to Vancouver, unlike the Olympic Inuksuk Logo which is native to the Inuit, thousands of miles away from Vancouver.
My favourite was probably the 96 world cup whites. I think they would look great today as well if you modernize the trimming on it.
2010 jerseys would look great if the logo was simplified from all the excess activity within the crest.
And of course, the 70s and 80s look are classics as well.
Obviously the native motifs wouldnt fit quite right for an Olympics outside Vancouver, but virtually everything about that jersey was pure kino. The proportions of the maple leaf are correct and recognizable as a maple leaf from all angles and distances (Looking at you 2016 abominations). The motifs inside the leaf are just right without being too visually distracting, and the slight golden piping is a nice touch that works well in retrospect while also being subtle enough that noone would notice it if team canada had lost. The piping and the extra whitespace around the logo also work to accentuate the shape of the leaf without getting too garish.
I dont really like including canada as text at the bottom, as I dont see the point of spelling it out for the small percentage of english speaking viewers who cant figure out what red and white and a maple leaf is supposed to signify, but the text has a good font (common to anything hockey canada from 1996-on) and its not ridiculously out of scale with the rest of the jersey.
If they could freeze that general 2010 jersey layout, kick the barf-inducing hockey canada logo into the trash can where it belongs, youd never hear me complain again. Its not that bloody hard to make a decent looking canada jersey.
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After a couple looks at it the bizarre shape of the logo isnt quite as bad as I first thought, but its still weird and visually distracting without having a good reason to look that way. Its like the sort of thing Id expect a four year old to come up with, not a professional designer.
And for the love of god, where does this bizarre impulse to add black to team canada jerseys come from. It isnt one of our national colours, and it doesnt
go with anything that belongs on a team canada jersey besides the cheapass black pants & gloves theyve had to go with every year since... hockey canada took over. What a coincidence.
Its embarassing seeing the marquee team in every tournament they play in show up in the cheapest uniform setup possible. If every other country from Sweden to Russia to frigging Khazakhstan can find a way to work national coloured pants and gloves into the equipment budget, then I think hockey canada can shell out for red once in a while.
But anyways back to this ugly piece of whatever, the worst part of the inclusion of black in the design is they used it for the stripes, numbers, and names in the red version. I genuinely wonder if this thing was designed by somebody with minimal knowledge of the sport, as the names & numbers on that version are going to be a barely legible blur for anyone not watching a perfectly stationary player within 10-20 feet. That isnt just a sloppy aspect of the design aesthetically, its a functional problem for the officials working the game.
... what?! .... I like those jerseys Theo, all but the Finnish version which is pretty lame. Coulda/shoulda done a way better job on that one but the rest of them?... very sharp. Especially Team NA, Team USA & Team Canada.... oh well, to each his own I guess.
