The Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche played on Thursday night and decided to break out some of the most popular throwback uniforms in the NHL. They looked fantastic, they were beautiful and they probably brought back a lot of great memories for long-time hockey fans. It also never should have happened. The problem with the throwback uniforms is they are not Hurricanes or Avalanche throwback jerseys. They are Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques jerseys. The Whalers departed Hartford in 1997 to become the Hurricanes, while the Nordiques left Quebec City in 1995 to become the Avalanche. Both teams abandoned their former cities and fans, took on new identifies, names and colors and went on to win Stanley Cups in new cities, something they never did in their original homes. It was gutting for fans in both original cities, and probably inspires a certain level of anger to see them brought back out for teams that are no longer theirs. Both teams had fiercely loyal fans in their previous stops and werRead More
Hurricanes, Avalanche insult former fans with throwback jerseys
