Colorado Avalanche Heritage Jersey

In celebration of their 30th anniversary, Colorado unveiled throwback Quebec Nordiques sweaters earlier this week. The team will wear them for the first of seven times against the Carolina Hurricanes, who will be dressed in Hartford Whalers road colors. 

 

The jerseys are a faithful recreation of the Nordiques' road jerseys from 1980 to 1995. The blue base has a red Nordiques igloo crest on the front, along with a white collar, sleeve cuffs and hem stripe. Along the waist above the hem stripe sit three white fleurs-de-lis. White fleurs-de-lis also appear on the shoulders.

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Inspired by the French flag, the blue, red and whitecolor palette is meant to symbolize the importanceof the province's French-Canadian roots.

The prominent inclusion of thefleur-de-lis along the bottom hemand adorning the shoulders of thejersey is a nod to the Quebecprovincial flag and represents pridein the French-Canadian heritage.

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"Nordiques" translates to"Northerners" in English and theigloo logo is representative of therugged.landscape and northernclimate of Quebec. The iglooopening also closely resemblesthe letter "N." This central elementof the jerseyuniquely captures thepride and connection of theQuebec Nordiques to the northernregions of the province.

 

Names on the back are one-colour white, while the numbers on the sleeves and back, as well as the captains' letters on the front, are white with red outlines.

The jerseys are paired with blue gloves and helmets. The blue pants have a red igloo crest on the right leg, and the blue socks have two white stripes around the shins.

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"These jerseys are probably the best-looking ones I've seen," Martin Necas said.