rmackman Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 This photo is from the late 80s after Wayne Gretzky got traded to Los Angeles. I had no idea that at the time, Nike was the primary uniform manufacturer for the NHL. I thought it was CCM. Anyone have the story behind this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poser Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I believe that the NHL did not go to one supplier till the late 90's when they went with CCM/KOHO. They were owned by the parent company and one brand was home and the other way away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I was always under the impression that, at the time the photo was taken, NHL teams could choose their own uniform manufacturers, and the Oilers-Nike deal had a lot to do with Gretzky himself having an endorsement deal with Nike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSabre Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I believe that the NHL did not go to one supplier till the late 90's when they went with CCM/KOHO. They were owned by the parent company and one brand was home and the other way away. It was 2000 , coincided with the manufacturer logo going on the back neck from the hem. The Buffalo Sabres and a few other teams used Pro Player jerseys in 1999-2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Nope, teams could choose their own manufacturers back then. Edmonton, however, was the only team to wear something other than CCM.Starting in the 2000-01 season, every team's uniform was manufactured by CCM and every road uniform was manufactured by Koho. In the 2005-06 season, it became all-Reebok and then the Edge switch came shortly thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd77 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I remember I had a replica Starter picasso Coyotes jersey in the late '90s as well as a CCM Canadiens so I think it was a bunch of different suppliers at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpc21 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Prior to the 2000-2001 Season when The Hockey Company got the contract entire NHL contract and CCM did the Home jerseys, Koho the road and alternate (there is a rumor JOFA was supposed to get the third jerseys, but since not every team had one they went KOHO as they were predominantly dark and instead JOFA were the officials uniforms.) Prior to that each team did have their own manufacture, Bauer only did the Predators, Pro Player and Starter were in the mix, as well as CCM. However, at retail, as far as I know CCM, Starter, and Pro Player all had the rights to make replicas, so you could buy a jersey of a team, say the Penguins who were a Pro Player team on the ice, you could get a replica by Starter, CCM, of Pro Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Nope, teams could choose their own manufacturers back then. Edmonton, however, was the only team to wear something other than CCM.Starting in the 2000-01 season, every team's uniform was manufactured by CCM and every road uniform was manufactured by Koho. In the 2005-06 season, it became all-Reebok and then the Edge switch came shortly thereafter.Not true.Just to show that those were on-ice and not replicas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I'm aware of that. I was referring to the late 80s, since the OP was referring to the post-The Trade era. The Flyers started wearing CCM in the 86-87 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Edmonton also had adidas as their supplier for a spell.The Colorado Hockey-Rockies wore Champion at some point. Predictably, everything including the crests was screenprinted, and yes, they used that dumb block font with the ugly 2 and 4 and the curved 7.Was Sandow/SK (big player in the early '80s) a forerunner of CCM, or were they two separate companies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildwing64 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Wasn't Kappa a manufacturer at one point? I recall seeing a game photo, may have been Edmonton or Philadelphia from the 80's. Or an All Star Game jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poser Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Kappa and the 1983 All Star game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poser Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Edmonton also had adidas as their supplier for a spell.The Colorado Hockey-Rockies wore Champion at some point. Predictably, everything including the crests was screenprinted, and yes, they used that dumb block font with the ugly 2 and 4 and the curved 7.Was Sandow/SK (big player in the early '80s) a forerunner of CCM, or were they two separate companies?The Zunenshine family bought CCM and then Sandow/SK http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/The_Hockey_Company.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorinK92 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Kappa and the 1983 All Star gameThat I was not expecting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Kappa and the 1983 All Star gameThat I was not expecting...That crazy, Kappa manufacturing hockey jerseys is as unexpected as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W. Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 And that was only for 1983. In 1984, CCM made the ASG uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 CCM labels appeared on all NHL team jersey hems in the ''89-'90 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I believe any Starter jerseys were done from 96 and on til probably 2000 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I believe Starter got into NHL jerseys around '93-'94 or so. I had one in high school. I think Pro Player took the reins from Starter in 1999, which was the best time ever to have a Value City open up in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy b Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Y'know, you can go to the www.nhluniforms.com website. If you go to an individual season, the uni renderings for each team clearly shows the uni maker ID on the hem.Let's use the 1982-83 season as an example:Bruins-CCMSabres-Sandow SKFlames-CCMBlack Hawks-Sandow SK (Gunzo's also on hem, was the Hawks equipment supplier)Red Wings-MaskaOilers-NikeWhalers-Sandow SKKings-MaskaNorth Stars-None shownCanadiens-MaskaDevils-Sandow SK (Gerry Cosby also on hem, supplied the Devils equipment)Islanders-CCMRangers-None shownFlyers-Sandow SK (and the Cooperall slacks)Penguins-Sandow SKNordiques-MaskaBlues-None shownMaple Leafs-MaskaCanucks-MaskaCapitals-MaskaJets-Sandow SKUniform databases are a very useful tool for these sorts of things.Hope this helps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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