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2014 Sochi Olympic hockey sweaters


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Team USA will unveil its jersey tomorrow (today) (Tuesday) at 11:30 a.m. ET.

At the first day of camp, all the players were wearing gear (polos, hats, tshirts) with this simple "USA" shield on it:

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Of course, the teams cant wear the federation logos, so I assume we'll either get a simple "USA" across the chest like in 2010, or if anything is to be taken from the rest of the team gear, this shield as the crest. And even if it's not the crest, I think we might see some sort of traditional design. That throwback from Vancouver was a big hit merchandise-wise (at least from the amount of them I've seen, even in SoCal), so that might be a direction they head.

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Personally I like em. Nice and simple. The only thing that I don't like is the shape of the shield, but I believe its another retro logo, so there is historical reasoning behind it. The faux lace collar is obviously a design feature Nike is going with on all the new jerseys. It's entirely pointless, but it doesn't particularly bother me.

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I like them.

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I really like bits of it...and the blue looks a lot like the 1932 jersey, which was their obvious influence

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But I don't think that's a good thing. They simply look unfinished.

White stars, laceup, hemline stripes, maybe colored cuffs, and then you have a perfect sweater. BrianLion is right, it's a long-sleeved soccer jersey.

I'll respect any opinion that you can defend.

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I hate them.

The white jersey doesn't look like a sports uniform. It's top heavy and the lack of striping or color anywhere else look awful. It's going to look even worse when we see that they've thrown the number on the shoulder in the yoke because Nike hockey loves shoulder numbers for some reason. The rubbery flaces (faux-laces) and rubbery stars look silly, and that crest is just not attractive. Too thin at the top and too wide at the bottom. The crest has a big ass.

I have a 1980 Mike Eruzione jersey that I bought just before the 2010 Olympics because I was underwhelmed with the jerseys that year. Rizzo's getting another turn for watching Olympic games this year. I am not buying either one of those messes.

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This is an excellent, clean design.

The faux lace-ups are silly, but otherwise, it's pretty well thought-out. Considering Nike's propensity to go completely overboard, they showed good restraint here.

My only other criticism would be the stripe thickness between jerseys is inconsistent.

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