jonioks Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I don't how interesting this is to you, but here in Finland we have "Talviklassikko" (Winter Classic in Finnish). An outdoor hockey game held in Helsinki Olympic Stadium between rivals Helsingin IFK (or HIFK) and Helsingin Jokerit. The game was held first time last year, in the same place and between same teams, since there are not so many big outdoor stadiums in Finland. 2011 Talviklassikko was a color vs color match. Jokerit wore blue jerseys and HIFK red jerseys.2011 jerseys and in action. Also they had this very cool poster .Last season Jokerit wore those exact copies of Florida Panthers' Reebok Edge-jerseys, but for this season they made something new. Their new jerseys had some influences from the Winter Classic jerseys like the design and red pants and blue helmets (they previously wore white helmets at home and on the road) Jokerit's 2011/12 home jersey. Jokerit was the host of last year's Winter Classic, but this year it's HIFK's turn. So obviosly HIFK gets to wear colored jerseys only, since they wanted to have more contrast in the stand to be sure that is there more Jokerit or HIFK fans. Jokerit's jersey is just an advertisement-free road jersey and HIFK's is a real throwback from the 1950's which points to the Olympic Stadium's 60th anniversary. This year the poster is a bit boring also.Also here's what HIFK wears normally and what does Jokerit wear regularly on the road.HIFK homeHIFK roadJokerit roadI'm sorry if my English hard to understand or the pictures are bad, but I wanted to give a full picture of their uniforms, not just the jerseys. If you're interested I can post more pictures about SM-liiga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I remember the thread last year. Nice uniforms, and as a Europe-based hockey fan myself it is refreshing to see that there are no adverts on the jerseys Other than that, they are nice looking uniforms anyway. PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey week Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 That is awesome. I love the HIFK's jerseys. they're so different, because they're completely without team logos. Did they wear those in the past? They're so unique, and for that I have to give credit.Your English is fine and the presentation was great. Thank you for the update, that's great stuff! I'll respect any opinion that you can defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdougfresh Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I had no idea this was going on, pretty cool. It's refreshing to see uniforms without ads all over them (that really bothers me as it detracts from the overall aesthetics). So that's where Ossi Väänänen went... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXJim Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 spam, probably. Might just be Finnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Look how great a Euro league jersey looks without ads being plasterd on every square inch of the player's body! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Look how great a Euro league jersey looks without ads being plasterd on every square inch of the player's body!Funny thing is a lot of sports fans here in the UK complain about how heavily commercialised American Sports are. Yet the hockey teams over here stick sponsor logos wherever they can, anywhere and everywhere on the uniforms. It's ridiculous, and you sometimes even get teams having to stick the name of their biggest sponsor in their team name.I'll take commercial breaks and a Pizza Hut Intermission Report any day of the week over my team having the Pizza Hut logo on their uniform. PotD: 24/08/2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somppi Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 My last name is Finnish - Somppihaha I just wanted to throw that out there. Auburn University Alum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonioks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 And also, I forgot to mention that week after the Jokerit-HIFK match will be another outdoor game between Finland and Russia. It's just a practice tournament game from Euro Hockey Tour, which is an annual tournament series. Participants Finland, Sweden, Russia and Czech Republic gets to host a tournament. Finland's and Russia's tournaments have already taken place, but this February is Sweden's tournament. And in every tournament one of the two opening games is played somewhere else, so this is how Finland hosts Russian in Helsinki allthough they play their other two games in Stockholm. Euro Hockey Tour jerseys are usually filled with ads and they aren't copies from the IIHF-jerseys (Except Sweden, but they use a different font in EHT). There was a voting for what Finland should wear, but I can't find those jerseys anymore, but they had ads too and were more "wintery" than classic. Here's what they currently wear in EHT: Home and Road. And as Finland wears white so Russia will probably just wear their regular jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taantumus Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 That is awesome. I love the HIFK's jerseys. they're so different, because they're completely without team logos. Did they wear those in the past? They're so unique, and for that I have to give credit.HIFK posted this on their facebook page, saying this is how they looked 60 years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taantumus Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 The same teams are at it again, and for the last time before Jokerit hops over to the KHL. This time Jokerit are paying homage to Töölön Vesa, an older sports club whose hockey operations were spun off to form Jokerit back in the 60's.The shoulder patch:I didn't find any official press shots of the HIFK's sweater, but it looks to be fairly vanilla:Featuring old man Kurri:And there's also a hat for all you kids out there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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