Is there anything quite like the MLB’s City Connect jerseys or the NBA’s City Edition jerseys to completely confuse the hell out of you when you turn on the game?
Nothing makes you think you’re hallucinating quite like seeing the Red Sox in yellow or the Mets in purple.
But it’s a cool way to pay homage to each team’s city, and the NHL is getting in on this with the official announcement of their Hometown Remix program in partnership with league jersey supplier Fanatics.
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According to the league, Hometown Remix will be Fanatics’ first crack at a league-wide jersey program since becoming the official supplier in 2024. The NHL’s previous jersey partner, Adidas, produced two editions of the Reverse Retro program — reimagined jerseys from a team’s history or their city’s broader hockey history — which were well received.
The last league-wide jersey program was the 2023-24 season’s Reverse Retro 2.0, which gave us strange looks like the Montreal Canadiens in powder blue. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
The program will also include merchandise featuring the colors and logos of each team’s hometown remix, and over the last few months, it’s been reported that some teams will have very different looks.
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The website Icethetics has released an entire graphic with the colors teams are expected to use, and yes, it looks like a pink Panthers (cue the iconic Mancini theme) jersey might finally be coming.
There are going to be some absolute classics in this bunch if all of these colors are on the money, but there will also be some that are just hard to accept.
A green Blackhawks jersey? It makes me think of an old-school UND hockey jersey.
The NHL said that fans should expect more info on the Hometown Remix program shortly after the 2026-27 season gets underway. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
But while the program and some of the details have been swirling for a while, it wasn’t clear when the unveiling would come.
If you were hoping to see them in the next few weeks (like I was), too bad. The league says more info will come shortly after the 2026-27 season begins.
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On the plus side, the NHL season starts earlier this year thanks to the new collective bargaining agreement implementing an 84-game schedule.
