Wearing your team's jersey to a game not involving your team

[Islanders1932]

So I was talking with my best friend and we got into this debate of whether or not it is acceptable to wear your NHL team's jersey to a game that doesn't involve your team.

Argument 1: Yes, it is acceptable, you are going to a hockey game, it's cool to see different jerseys especially unique ones that you don't just see people on the street wearing regularly.

Argument 2: No, under no circumstances should you wear your jersey to a game that doesn't involve your team, it's just weird.

So I throw this out to the HF community, is it acceptable to wear your team's jersey to a game not involving your team?

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Not prohibited by any means but it definitely screams for attention

 

[aufheben]

I can't wrap my head around what is unacceptable about it. Second of all, hockey jerseys are beautiful and should be worn everywhere. Every time this comes up it amazes me how many people are bothered by this.

Do you remove your jersey when you're on the way to the game? The Rangers aren't playing on the 2 train, so take your jersey off?

 

[Mav3rick07]

Wearing it really screams 'casual fan'.

 

[Martinez]

But I thought I was your best friend

I would, I don't have jerseys/shirts of other teams. I'm going to wear hockey clothing to a hockey game.

 

[Beautvillier]

it doesn't matter unless you're a dick.
then it really matters.

 

[Its a Trap]

Nothing screams I’m a hockey fan like wearing your ranger jersey to any Devil/Islander game.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I can't wrap my head around what is unacceptable about it. Second of all, hockey jerseys are beautiful and should be worn everywhere. Every time this comes up it amazes me how many people are bothered by this.

Do you remove your jersey when you're on the way to the game? The Rangers aren't playing on the 2 train, so take your jersey off?

Not on the 2 no but if you take the A/C/E you may as well keep it in a bag till you get out because that line smells like pee. 2nd most run down line is the 8th Avenue

There’s no problem with the jersey thing though. I like to see how many different ones there are in the crowd. I like to wear obscure ones to games if I go on a trip to a new rink. Strikes up conversation

 

[GongShowWilly]

yes , wear your pride

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

It's a maximum goober move. Don't ever do it.

 

[Porn*]

Where's the problem? No different from wearing band merchandise at another bands show. Giver!

 

[TheDoldrums]

Going to see your team play live is really the only acceptable time to wear a jersey for an adult. So this is a faux pas to me.

 

[worldunlock1]

It's dumb!
I remember seeing a guy wearing a Devils jersey at a Canadiens / Leafs game.

 

[lwvs84]

Only time I've done it is when I had a jersey of a player on the visiting team but from when he played for my team.

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

I went to a Canucks game wearing a Montreal jersey with my friend wearing a Toronto jersey. Seemed like it'd be funny.

Didn't get any negative comments, we both got a lot of cheers and high fives from random people though.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Nothing screams I’m a hockey fan like wearing your ranger jersey to any Devil/Islander game.

Says this guy who watched the Leafs vs. Sens game tonight in Ottawa.

 

[Metroid]

If I am ever at a game and it's not at the ACC, and it's not the leafs playing, I wear the visiting teams jersey or any paraphernalia of theirs.

 

[hangman005]

People are really bothered by this?

It's a hockey game, so wear hockey clothes.

 

[jetsforever]

Totally fine with me, although in general I don't do it. I don't really understand how people have a problem with it.

 

[Damisoph]

I wore a Leaf jersey to a Marlie game but I don't think that counts.

 

[Bizz]

If I'm out of town going to an NHL game when the Sharks aren't playing, you'd bet your ass i'd be in head to toe Sharks gear.

Just last week I was at the Sharks/Sabres game and a guy was wearing full on Tampa gear and some idiot Sharks fan was harassing him. He got told to shut the f*** up and several Sharks fans rightfully notified the nearest usher (about the Sharks idiot, not the Tampa dude who wasn't doing anything wrong).

 

[SpoolCat]

I still remember sitting next to a guy at a game once who was wearing a Wayne Gretzky jersey. What's the problem? The jersey he was wearing was a Lethbridge Hurricanes jersey

 

[Maplebeasts]

Honestly why should anyone care? Last time I checked, fans of other teams are still allowed to attend hockey games that don't involve their team. I'd say getting your jimmies rustled over something like this would say a lot more about you than the fan wearing the jersey.

 

[Scott Stevens]

I have a “kachina” era Phoenix Coyotes Jeremy Roenick jersey that I’ll wear from time to time at Rogers Arena when I go to a Canucks game.

It’s simply too beautiful not to show off.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I wouldn't do it. Seems stupid.