Quebec Nordiques proposed 1995-96 jerseys

[Jag68Sid87]

Absolutely horrific, and bordering on sacreligious.

I sincerely hope the 'new' Nordiques don't make the same mistake the new Winnipeg Jets have made, shelving a perfectly classic jersey for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Never]

I thought a Nordique was a shark, not a timber wolf?

Isn't Nordique just a term for a northerner?

 

[KingJet*]

Reminds me of the Timberwolves logo, but I bet they would've switched back in like 2006-07, just something way different, I love the Nordiques logo though, but nothing tops Hartfords.

 

[Alex Jones]

I've always felt they practically deserved to lose their team for coming up with something so ugly.

Even worse, the old nords jerseys were just magnificent.

 

[Nordskull]

I thought a Nordique was a shark, not a timber wolf?

Feel better now ;-)

 

[ForsbergForever]

I found this pic of them in an image search, I guess the colours have been altered by a fan, but I think it shows the potential of the design with a more reasonable colour scheme. Grey, Navy and Light Blue fit the traditional Nordique look much better. I really do like the logo, though the striping is very reminiscent of the Penguins early 90s look, but not terrible by any stretch. Like others have said, its the purple and turquoise that kill it...

 

[willyjagr]

Actually funny that this popped up on here as it's also on the sportslogo forum right now with a bit more details. If anyone wants to see it here is the link.
http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/87133-the-nordiques-unused-jerseys/

But I would agree with most that either the "real" new jersey or the fake one is ugly, and they should have used this design with their original colors if they were dead set on the husky logo.

 

[Potato Juice]

I found this pic of them in an image search, I guess the colours have been altered by a fan, but I think it shows the potential of the design with a more reasonable colour scheme. Grey, Navy and Light Blue fit the traditional Nordique look much better. I really do like the logo, though the striping is very reminiscent of the Penguins early 90s look, but not terrible by any stretch. Like others have said, its the purple and turquoise that kill it...

This is golden, nice find! Looks way better!

 

[ITM]

Those never used new Nords sweaters look more befitting of a team in the 'Q'. U-g-l-y and aint got no alibi - ugly.

The Nordiques sweater everyone knows and loves is a Top 10 all-time hockey sweater. WHEN they come back, those should be the default jersey, and their third, some sort of an homage to the Bulldogs, with a primary Bulldogs crest.

 

[begbeee]

Absolutely horrid.

The old Nords jerseys are probably my favorite in all of sports. Why mess with a good thing?

Jerseys were great but logo was terrible either.
This fits into second half of 90's with fisherman and robo-coyote.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The craziest part is that the purple/teal trend was almost past by 1996. These would have been dated almost as soon as they were rolled out.

 

[tony d]

Those look atrocious and I was one of the few people who liked the Islanders fisherman jersey.

 

[Mathradio]

So much uglier than the original ones.

Too horrible to be true.

 

[Nordskull]

The viewer must take care of placing himself in 1995 for judging.

I think at that time they were nice. In 2012, not at all.

Is'nt comparing this to the Islanders fisherman a bit exagerated?

Anyways, if the team is reborn, be assure there wont be a Huskie on the logo. It always been seen as a mark of the death of the beloved Nordiques here.

My feeling is its obvious a new logo and jersey would come but for sure, the blue 1994 fleurdelysee would be used as a third. There is just NO question about it and would be a big seller throughout the league

PS By the way, the Nordiques gear comes in 17 rank in NHL teams sales. We're talking about a team dead in 1995!

 

[MasterDecoy]

the nordiques' logo is up there with the flyers, bruins, whalers, habs, hawks and wings as some of the best logos ever done. not in hockey, or all of sports, but in the entire field of graphic design.

why **** up with a good thing?

actually, i really want the nords back, but if i had the choice between getting the franchise back or having to look at this **** for a few years... yeah, see ya.

 

[GordonGraham]

It was allright for 1995 but looking at them now

 

[WingsFan95]

I think some people are just haters.

I was never a fan of the Nords jerseys. The logo is one of the most confusing in sports. Grew up thinking it was an igloo with a hockey stick...

And I loved th Isles Fiserman jerseys. I'm sorry but a typical "NY" log isn't going to impress me.

But guess that's why the AFL always appealed to me because of their outrageous logos:

The only bad jerseys were the Bruins Bear Jerseys and these:

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God those were terrible.

 

[seekritdude]

god damn those are ugly.. looks like some random IHL team thing... Then again if you just look at the regular jerseys in that pic.... they really are all that hot either.... Nostaglia I think makes them more pleasing...

But yea really really bad.

 

[Mike Jones]

I thought a Nordique was a shark, not a timber wolf?

I used to live in Quebec. We didn't see many sharks in the St. Lawrence then. Maybe things have changed...

 

[Brewsky]

Ew!!!!! Burn it!

 

[iamjs]

Looks like a minor league sweater scheme, tbqh.

I was gonna make a comment about those jerseys looking like they belonged in the IHL

 

[rt]

Pro Beach Hockey. It's like the Web Warriors all over again. Somebody call Hot Sauce Johnson, I need to get my groove on.

 

[OneMoreAstronaut]

God the NHL has seen some dark times when it comes to sweater design.

 

[The Panther]

The colors are so-so but that logo...? Noooooo.

The classic Nordiques jersey was perfect as it was. No need to mess with it.

God, I miss having two NHL teams in Quebec. That was just awesome.

 

[ICM1970]

Oh my, something that would make the New York Islanders' "Captain Highliner" jerseys look classic by comparison. The classic Nordiques home whites with the fleur de lis are among my favourites in the defunct/no longer in use division for NHL sweaters.