JMS Hockey

A captain recently sent me an e-mail about jersey colors: ___ Hey Barb, This is not a huge issue but… over the past few weeks, a couple of guys mentioned to me independently that it sure would be nice if skaters wore easily identifiable white and dark jerseys. After asking each of them to elaborate, one said that "pure black and white ought to be mandatory" while the other said "just no yellow or light-colored ‘dark’ jerseys." My personal take on this is that I ALWAYS find a guy another jersey if he wears gray, gold, or yellow. Otherwise I get beat-up by the benches. I would also prefer no light-colored "dark" jerseys, such as pastel blue with white shoulders and "dark" jerseys with large white shoulders and a colored logo or torso. I've switched guys out of these too. These jersey types have confused folks when I've been captain over the past year and I always make the skater switch to a more pure color. And they always hate it because they have some kind of special or emotional attachment to the jersey and are … wait for it … surprised or slightly offended that I would ask for such a request. Here are some sample responses: + "Everyone knows gold is a dual color!" (yeah... right) + "Gray has always been considered white.” (I don’t think so.) + "This checkered, plaid, pastel design fading to white shoulders won the Urzekstan National Junior Championship in 2002. My ex-girlfriend’s cousin was ON that team!!" (Great, it’s a cool jersey, now put on this black one so people can tell which team you're on.) Anyway, this is just an awareness item, no big deal. It’s just out there. Nothing we can’t handle. It’s probably NOT in the best interest to initiate the Jersey Police just yet. But perhaps a gentle reminder or a poster board tag via the website might be appropriate at some point. ___

It's really fun for goalies when those "dual" colors are out there. What if I'm Colorado blind and can't tell if your jersery is one of those special colors. I think all captains should carry a color wheel. I'll go pickone up today.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12018872&cp=4406646.4413887.12137921.12150012 It's not a fashion show.

Practice jerseys are about 10-15 bucks. It is a lot easier when you have black and whire jerseys to pass to.

My pet peeve are light jerseys with dark shoulders and vice versa. In the couple of seconds I have to take a look before a more skilled player swipes the puck from me, I need a clear picture of who's on my team and who's not. So thank-you to those of you who play with me and wear solid color jerseys and to the captains who recognize the difficulty and take care of this issue.

I would strongly recommend black and white jerseys. All these different colors out there are confusing, at least to me. If every body would bring a black and a white one, we would look more like teams and it would add to the fun.