Sanic Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 The AHL's Manchester Monarchs lost a piece of their identity Wednesday. They scrapped the purple and gold from their color scheme and unveiled new home and road jerseys identical to those of their NHL affiliate, the Los Angeles Kings.Perhaps they're just trying to capitalize on the Kings' recent Stanley Cup championships, but this is nevertheless a depressing development for a club that once had a truly unique look.“These jerseys tie us to our parent club, the Kings,” said [Monarchs president Darren] Abbott. “The Monarchs have so many players that have gone on to play for the Kings and have helped them win Stanley Cup championships in Los Angeles that we wanted to bring their identity into our uniforms.”I'm of the opinion players shouldn't be wearing NHL jerseys until they make the NHL, but obviously Abbott disagrees.http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2014/7/17/manchester-monarchs-scrap-purple-swipe-kings-jerseysIn a nutshell, they removed all purple and copied the Kings jerseys.One guy says that the old unis were a recolor of the Ducks' current ones.Other than that, there's a CCM tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soarindude Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Dissapointing. The purple and golf scheme was perfect for this team. I guess it's a bit logical though, to follow in the steps of their higher affiliate. But a top look has defenitely been lost in the AHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I loved their previous color scheme and this is disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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