Penguins Alternate in 1984-85?

[Webhamster]

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I was looking at http://www.nhluniforms.com and under 1984-85 there is this image for Pittsburgh:

I don't remember *ever* seeing that yellow alt. Does anyone know when/how it was used?

[youcan'tseeme]

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I was looking at http://www.nhluniforms.com and under 1984-85 there is this image for Pittsburgh:

I don't remember *ever* seeing that yellow alt. Does anyone know when/how it was used?

I like the look of it, but I wasn't around back then.

[JQK]

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I was looking at http://www.nhluniforms.com and under 1984-85 there is this image for Pittsburgh:

I don't remember *ever* seeing that yellow alt. Does anyone know when/how it was used?

I like the look of it, but I wasn't around back then.

I dig that look as well.... always did....

shame they chucked it for Robo-Pigeon, and thus, ruined their look from their most successful time....

[WBGMike]

I actually own the ccm re-release of this jersey. I belive they only wore it for their sunday games

[BBM]

Here's a pic of Lemieux I found from 1984:

So, there you have it.

By the way, that's hideously ugly IMO.

EDIT: Here's another one:

[BB61]

Here's a pic of Lemieux I found from 1984:

So, there you have it.

By the way, that's hideously ugly IMO.

EDIT: Here's another one:

It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't BRIGHT Yellow. The gold cheez-wiz color in the mockup is a lot better.

[hecticbro]

That looks terrible, but only because of the shade of yellow and because of the fact that they didn't go with a black helmet. Did anybody else use alternates between then and when half a dozen or so teams broke 'em out in the mid-90s?

[youcan'tseeme]

Here's a pic of Lemieux I found from 1984:

So, there you have it.

By the way, that's hideously ugly IMO.

EDIT: Here's another one:

It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't BRIGHT Yellow. The gold cheez-wiz color in the mockup is a lot better.

I agree, but it's so ugly that it's good the way it is!

[Webhamster]

Here's a pic of Lemieux I found from 1984:

So, there you have it.

By the way, that's hideously ugly IMO.

EDIT: Here's another one:

Yuck. Thanks for that, BTW. Must've been the fact that the only games I ever really saw in the early 80's were Toronto vs. x or Montreal vs. x on CBC that kept me from ever seeing them.

[maz]

it only looks bright yellow from the lighting. The mockup is clser to the actual color...but yeah, its still pretty ugly

[VandyDelphia Mike]

The skating penguin's yellow triangle background is more defined on the mock-up than on the Lemieux pics. The effect is somewhat similar to seeing the Miami Dolphins logo without its customary coral sun background.

vs.

Have there ever been uses of the skating penguin that did not contain a triangle background behind it?

[charger77]

Actually I like the jersey. I was thinking of getting one of a lesser known player who has my last name. Should I go with sewn on numbers or heat applied as it appears in the picture?

Dan

[Luigi74]

I saw those uniform's in person back in the day and they were fugly.

[habsfan1]

Theoretically, alternates were first introduced in the 80s. A few teams (maybe 3) had one but back then it only lasted 1 year.

[BBM]

Didn't the Bruins have a yellow "alternate" in the 70s?

[enigma4289]

Didn't the Bruins have a yellow "alternate" in the 70s?

Actually they had yellow alts way back in the mid-50's, '55-'57, and the early 60's, '59-'66

[93JC]

Have there ever been uses of the skating penguin that did not contain a triangle background behind it?

The skating penguin has always been on a triangle, even when the colour scheme was predominantly blue.

And oh how I pine for the days when teams had a white home, a dark away, and that was it.

[BBM]

Have there ever been uses of the skating penguin that did not contain a triangle background behind it?

The skating penguin has always been on a triangle, even when the colour scheme was predominantly blue.

And oh how I pine for the days when teams had a white home, a dark away, and that was it.

You mean like, next year?

[spyboy1]

I actually own the ccm re-release of this jersey. I belive they only wore it for their sunday games

Yes, that's right. They wore the yellow ones only on Sundays. They wore them up until Mario Lemieux's rookie season.

They still had their sleeve numbers up on the shoulders then instead of down on the arms where they moved them later on. They also used a font for the names on the back with serifs on them, changing to a non-serif font at the same time they moved the sleeve numbers and changed from heat pressed numbers to sewn on party way through the 88-89 season.

[jeh-see]

I'm not that big a fan of yellow ("gold", but gold gold is ok, like the vegas gold) as a primary color in the first place. And the yellow helmet really doesnt sit well with the eyes. If nothing else, though, it does show you how far uniforms, and jerseys specifically, have evolved since these pictures. Also, the bruins had a yellow alternate as early as the mid 90's through two seasons ago.

~UJ