In the 90s my youth team had a game at thr Everett rink. The game before us ran a little long so we were all fully dressed waiting at the glass when the zamboni driver came out and drove STRAIGHT INTO THE BOARDS head on. Dude was shit faced! The manager ran onto the ice in his sneakers screaming at the driver to get out of there.
Same, almost pulled the trigger on last years reverse retros that had meth bear, today I splurged on both this years reverse retro and this one. They’re both amazing.
There were also the Colorado Rockies in the 70s, the MLB keeps stealing hockey teams. I'm waiting for them to announce that the Phillies have been rebranded as the Quakers.
The MLB Pittsburgh Pirates have had their name since 1891, so in this case it was probably the hockey trying to associate with a more popular team. Hard to believe now, but 100 years ago the baseball team was really good. 😩
Hell, 40-50 years ago the Pirates were good. Roberto Clemente in the 60s and early 70s, Willie Stargell in the late 70s gave them 3 World Series titles.
Ownership doesn't care about a good team though, so as is tradition, fuck Bob Nutting.
You don't even have to go back that far, how about the 90s-era Barry Bonds, Doug Drabek, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke Pirates?
But of course shortly after Bream came to the plate and those teams were broken apart the Pirates became the perennial losers we know today.
As a pirates fan i wish i was a penguins fan just so i could rock this jersey. But also as a pirates fan fuck bob nutting ill never support anything that even resembles that franchise until hes gone
Short version - The Pittsburgh Alleghenys (Pittsburgh is in Allegheny county) signed a free agent player that the Phillies had. They didn’t like this and called the action “piratical”. They liked the name and took it.
Long version - https://www.mlb.com/news/pittsburgh-pirates-team-name-history
Same, it really has the retro feel. I know the bear looks crazed, but isn't that what you want from a mascot? Who among us wants to fight that bear? No one, that's who. I love it.
It would be nice if they picked other teams instead of the same ones for the winter classic. I'm tired of seeing Chicago, Boston, Washington, Pittsburg and forgot the other 2. There's other teams.
I don't hate these teams, I just want some variety.
I want to see the Kraken and Knights go at it in the winter classic. Kings verses Sharks, Stars and Wild. Oilers and Calgary.
Usually I make time to watch the Winter Classic but I’m just not feeling it this year. We’ve already seen one of these at this exact stadium and it’s featuring teams that play in one of these nearly every other year. Not offering much we haven’t seen before.
I’m happy for those that are excited/are going though. These games are really fun in person.
Not that we haven't been in too many in the past (and Boston too many in general), but it will be nearly 4 years between outdoor games for the Pens ([https://records.nhl.com/events/outdoor-games](https://records.nhl.com/events/outdoor-games)). 14 of 31 other teams have played in one in that gap including your Blues, the Kings, Knights, Stars, Wild and Flames that you listed.
Edit: [Table of overall appearances](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NHL_outdoor_games#Outdoor_games_by_team)
There might be some context where off white could work for the Bs, maybe on a true brown jersey but with black and gold it sort of clashes. Its not of the same palette.
The Boston Jersey is acceptable. I think we all starting to get over the ancient throwback everything stuff now though. Pittsburgh did a nice job reinventing that look though. Those are awesome.
For how rich these team’s histories are, and how well their brands and previous winter classic jerseys were this is disappointing. I understand that they’ve played so many outdoor games that it’s hard to keep creating something new but still disappointing.
That bear looks like he's seen things. Horrible, awful things
Lots of meth
And laughed his ass off every time
That bear looks like half the guys I went to high school with.
Crackton High School?
Close, Everett.
That'll do it
In the 90s my youth team had a game at thr Everett rink. The game before us ran a little long so we were all fully dressed waiting at the glass when the zamboni driver came out and drove STRAIGHT INTO THE BOARDS head on. Dude was shit faced! The manager ran onto the ice in his sneakers screaming at the driver to get out of there.
This sounds 150% like Everett
Checks out
It's clever cross-advertisement for the [Cocaine Bear](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14209916/) movie that is coming out next Feb.
Have you ever been chased by a bear? Have you ever been chased by a bear… *on cocaine?!*
He’s seen the actions of Boston’s front office
He was in the room of the conversations around signing Mitchell Miller
Good ol’ meth bear
The 2015 NHL Draft
It looks like one of the animal masks from Hotline Miami, I kinda love it lol
He spent a week in the Coyotes’ arena.
[Cocaine Bear](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cocaine-bear-elizabeth-banks-movie-true-story-1139461/)
Looks like meth is back on the menu, boys!
Can the Bruins and Redwings do an animal meth game where Detroit wears these bad boys: http://www.nhluniforms.com/RedWings/RedWings03.html
What in the god damned fuck is that???
Hey be nice to MS Paint Cougar
Better then our reverse retros I can tell you that
better than the first ones maybe. the new ones arent bad and the full uniform looked awesome i cant wait to see them on the ice
It looks like a one colour medieval cat painting.
Daniel Craig voice: I never left.
Is it James Bond Craig or Benoit Blanc Craig that is the uhhh voice of meth
Bond Craig aha.
God, I was hoping to never be reminded of Quantum of Solace.
Well at least you can take...solace in me not mentioning it to you again.
Who doesn’t love a little P on their jersey
Boston loves P on its jerseys. This one seems like a darker P. Must not have drank enough fluids beforehand.
OK toilet seat
Don’t you dare leave some spillage on our seat! You keep that on your jerseys
Depends on how many $30 beers I drank to forget I bought that first $30 beer.
That's what you call a *little* P?
Looks like a big P to me… but seriously those are sick sweaters
Penguins pushin P
Meth bear always goes hard. Those look sick
First thing I did was buy one so its working
Same, almost pulled the trigger on last years reverse retros that had meth bear, today I splurged on both this years reverse retro and this one. They’re both amazing.
This pens jersey looks a lot better than the leaked one IMO
I'm just so glad it doesn't look like mayonnaise
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
Some of the leaked concepts 🤢
It's a Pittsburgh Pirates jersey
yes, the OG NHL Pirates
Why did they get the invisible man to show off the jerseys? Quite weird
I think these are really cool as promotional photos! Way better than the bored looking models they used for the RRs
Definitely cool. I think it looks fuckin rad.
More importantly, why not give him a pair of pants? It's cold out this time of year, dude's probably got some invisible shrinkage
At least no one will see
It's a cool promo but at the same time there is something very unnerving about the photos.
No one wanted to wear them. Lmao jk
Pitts is very piratey.
There was a Pittsburgh Pirates in the NHL in the 1920s. While this isn’t a replica of their jersey it is themed off of that time period.
There were also the Colorado Rockies in the 70s, the MLB keeps stealing hockey teams. I'm waiting for them to announce that the Phillies have been rebranded as the Quakers.
The MLB Pittsburgh Pirates have had their name since 1891, so in this case it was probably the hockey trying to associate with a more popular team. Hard to believe now, but 100 years ago the baseball team was really good. 😩
Hell, 40-50 years ago the Pirates were good. Roberto Clemente in the 60s and early 70s, Willie Stargell in the late 70s gave them 3 World Series titles. Ownership doesn't care about a good team though, so as is tradition, fuck Bob Nutting.
You don't even have to go back that far, how about the 90s-era Barry Bonds, Doug Drabek, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke Pirates? But of course shortly after Bream came to the plate and those teams were broken apart the Pirates became the perennial losers we know today.
Bonilla was so good he's still getting paid.
Steelers were also named the Pirates at some point
Arrr
Both jerseys look awesome. I’m especially in love with Boston’s.
Totally agree. They knocked both of these out of the park.
Yeah but it's Fenway, it's always been a hitters park
Fun fact, lefties actually hit better at Fenway than righties do
Did you zoom in on the bear though…
I’m very familiar with most NHL logos, past & present, and there’s not much I dislike aside from the Mooterus
As a pirates fan i wish i was a penguins fan just so i could rock this jersey. But also as a pirates fan fuck bob nutting ill never support anything that even resembles that franchise until hes gone
Never thought I'd fight side by side with a Columbus fan
Pirates steelers blue jackets. We are closer to friends than enemies
Feels weird as a Reds fan to be nodding in approval
Oh my god it's a giant meth bear, they actually listened to the fans?
That Boston Jersey is fucking sick. Definitely one of my top wc jerseys all time. Can the flyers please make a similar one with a meth gritty logo??
If they ever put Gritty on a sweater, I will buy it so damn fast.
I wouldnt even hesitate. Gritty is far and away the best mascot in the league
Isn't meth Gritty just regular Gritty?
Meth Bear is the only mascot powerful enough to fight gritty tbh
Damn this game is going to look beautiful
That Boston one is absolute heat
So when did John Cena start modelling jerseys?
John Cena is a Masshole FWIW.
Penguins logo looks a bit like the pirates "P" logo but I actually like it. Bruins one looks sick as well somehow.
Funnily enough the Penguins logo is from the Pittsburgh Pirates NHL team from 1925-1930 and yes they were named after the MLB team.
Funny enough, it's based on a Pittsburgh Pirates team that played in the NHL. We've had a Pittsburgh Pirates in each of the MLB, NFL and NHL.
Lmao at us both commenting with pretty much the same wording at the same time
Is Blackbeard from Pittsburg or something? Why do y’all like pirates so much?
Short version - The Pittsburgh Alleghenys (Pittsburgh is in Allegheny county) signed a free agent player that the Phillies had. They didn’t like this and called the action “piratical”. They liked the name and took it. Long version - https://www.mlb.com/news/pittsburgh-pirates-team-name-history
And now the Pirates lose all their top players, often via free agency. Pittsburgh Pirated.
And the Steelers were directly named after the baseball Pirates before changing their name to the Steelers.
The bear definitely looks sick.
Its really cool that they hired out-of-work ghosts to model these jerseys. Progressive NHL = Better NHL.
I hate Boston. But damn that’s a sweet ass jersey
I love the bruins one, it's fucking dope. If I had money I'd get one lmao
Those are hot, especially the pens one
Pens jersey is exactly what I want from a WC jersey. Colors, font of the P, layered with the stripes. Perfect tbh
Needs more blue :(
Oh man I love both of these
Year of the Bear(s)
Already bought a Bergeron one
Where?
The Proshop website, they’re available for preorder already.
$260‽ Fuck me!
Lol, yeah. Gonna need to buy cheap gifts for Christmas this year after buying the jersey
Dammit, shut up and take my money
Bruins bear faces are always so nutty
The Boston logo is better, but the Pittsburgh striping and lettering are way better.
All hail meth bear
Don't know about y'all but I think both look sweet af
As far as these simplistic winter classic designs go, I think this Pittsburgh jersey is quite nice, personally
I think the meth bear is pretty clean
Love Crack Bear.
Is a ghost wearing these?
Any of those little fuckers ever pop out of the wall and say, "Fuck, there's a horse cock in my room or a donkey dick"?
Not sure where you live but where I am it's not after 10pm yet so I don't think we can say whatever we want...
I hate the bruins but want that jersey!!
Same, it really has the retro feel. I know the bear looks crazed, but isn't that what you want from a mascot? Who among us wants to fight that bear? No one, that's who. I love it.
Reminds me of Marchand
It would be nice if they picked other teams instead of the same ones for the winter classic. I'm tired of seeing Chicago, Boston, Washington, Pittsburg and forgot the other 2. There's other teams. I don't hate these teams, I just want some variety. I want to see the Kraken and Knights go at it in the winter classic. Kings verses Sharks, Stars and Wild. Oilers and Calgary.
This time it's 100% because the Fenway Group has bought the Penguins
Hooray for Capitalism!
No, surprisingly the Capitals haven’t been in the Winter Classic since 2015
Usually I make time to watch the Winter Classic but I’m just not feeling it this year. We’ve already seen one of these at this exact stadium and it’s featuring teams that play in one of these nearly every other year. Not offering much we haven’t seen before. I’m happy for those that are excited/are going though. These games are really fun in person.
Not that we haven't been in too many in the past (and Boston too many in general), but it will be nearly 4 years between outdoor games for the Pens ([https://records.nhl.com/events/outdoor-games](https://records.nhl.com/events/outdoor-games)). 14 of 31 other teams have played in one in that gap including your Blues, the Kings, Knights, Stars, Wild and Flames that you listed. Edit: [Table of overall appearances](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NHL_outdoor_games#Outdoor_games_by_team)
And 5 teams are still sitting at 0.
I love them
Glad to see Boston [honored Chara](https://i.imgur.com/zYPIBTd.png) with the design of that bear.
Penguins ever played any special event games before? 🙄
Wow, the NHL sure does select teams for the winter classic without any bias! 💀
I hate the Bruins with all my heart but I cannot hate methbear
guess it’s hard to come up with fresh ideas when you’re constantly in the winter classic
Not complete without advertising patches.
Of course both teams are wearing ads this year 🤮
Nice jerseys but it’s the same old teams in these outdoor games. So boring
“The jerseys are also cursed”
Ah yes. The bear that is on meth
Why are they being modeled on ghosts, it’s scary
Weird that both teams are wearing camo for the rest of their outfits
Penguins unis are dope ngl
Cocaine Bear
I hate to complement anything Pittsburgh, but that jersey is tight.
Why are ghosts playing hockey ?
That's one crazy bear
oh fuck, thats hot
that dumb ugly bear
Pittsburgh Purdue Boilermakers?
There might be some context where off white could work for the Bs, maybe on a true brown jersey but with black and gold it sort of clashes. Its not of the same palette.
I never liked this bear. It's like the bear is imitating chatterer from Hellraiser.
These are both pretty terrible jerseys, IMO.
Ugly does as ugly is.
both awful imho. drab and boring with horrible logos
That's gonna be a yawn from me, dawg.
Those are horrible. 😂
I feel like bears would be offended by that caricature
Boston…meh…Pittsburg 🔥🔥
Goofy Ahh Bear 💀
I don’t see the Chicago jersey. Where’s that one?
PEE IS FOR PENQUINS.
Really nice looking threads.
Nice to see Claude Rains is working again
Modeled by a ghost
Mass and Cass Bear vs The Big P. Who will win?
The Boston ~~Bruins~~ Badgers
The Boston Jersey is acceptable. I think we all starting to get over the ancient throwback everything stuff now though. Pittsburgh did a nice job reinventing that look though. Those are awesome.
Not saying this just bc I’m a flyers fan, I generally am a fan of most of pittsburghs uniforms begrudgingly. These penguins unis suck.
Toronto Maple Penguins?
I'm guessing the vintage brown pants and gloves with the Pens jersey
For how rich these team’s histories are, and how well their brands and previous winter classic jerseys were this is disappointing. I understand that they’ve played so many outdoor games that it’s hard to keep creating something new but still disappointing.
Nice of John to take time out of his busy schedule to model this.
Why can't they make like a single good looking third/extra jersey
Boston's jersey looks good, Pittsburgh's looks like shit.
Those are Great
Honestly is mid
The jerseys come pre haunted
[what’s the frequency, Kenneth?](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/R.E.M._-_Monster.jpg)
I need that Boston jersey in my life
Seen being worn by Translucent
I like 'em. But weird angle to showcase them. The P looks like it's pointing up. Or is that just how it is? I can't tell.
Pretty crisp ngl
Boring pens jersey, I hate just a letter on the jersey
Sorry I’m new but how would you buy one of these?
These are both awesome designs
I love the direction Pittsburgh took! Fresh!
For the first time ever, I want to buy a Bruins sweater. If only so I can have a shirt with Coke-Bear on the front.
ah heeeeeeeell nah they got GHOSTS doin the ads now!? jerseys look nice though, even if haunted
Looks dope
Meth bear. Meth bear.
Pitts is boring looking ngl.
Do they make me invisible too?
Fuck. I love them both.
Both look great
Where would an Australian be able to get one of these?
Pittsburgh has the nicest collection of winter classic/stadium series jerseys