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Published: 2022-08-25 23:05:00 Updated: 2022-08-26 16:57:59
Posted August 25, 2022 11:05 p.m. EDT Updated August 26, 2022 4:57 p.m. EDT
By Walt Ruff, Hurricanes.com
Raleigh, N.C. — Since the NHL switched to hosting teams wearing color on home ice for the 2003-04 season, the Carolina Hurricanes have been clad largely in red for those games.
The 25th season in North Carolina will usher in a new era though, as the franchise officially announced Thursday that the club will be wearing what had been their black, alternate 'Hurricane Warning' sweaters as their lead choice.
"We take pride in listening to feedback from our fans and we've seen overwhelming requests over the past couple of seasons asking to make our current black sweaters our primary home uniforms to see them more frequently on the ice," Canes Chief Marketing Officer Mike Forman said. "Our retail sales also reflect these being our most popular sweaters and each year when we've tasked our players to decide which home uniform, as they can only select one per round, they'd like to wear at home for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there's been near-unanimous selections for the black sweaters."
First introduced in June of 2018, President & General Manager Don Waddell said at the time that the team, "wanted to modernize our old alternate uniform while incorporating a sense of regional pride, and we feel we've done that with this design."
Since then, some of the organization's most memorable moments from over the last four years have come in black. Including the playoffs, the team has a record of 56-21-8 when wearing the sweaters.
For those who are devout fans of the red sweaters, fear not.
"Our red sweater still plays a vital role in our team's tradition and in celebrating our 25th anniversary in North Carolina, we've identified a number of ways to look back at the past while also focusing on the current team and what we are continuing to build towards. We will release a full uniform schedule in the coming weeks but we think our fan base is really going to like how this will all come to fruition this season."
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