Jerseys

The Toronto Sun reports that the Maple Leafs will wear their white road jerseys tonight when the Canadiens visit the ACC. That means the Habs will be in their traditional blue, blanc, rouge home uniforms.

According to the paper, the move could have something to do with the fact that the Maple Leafs have a poor record at home when wearing their blue jerseys (3-4-3), while they do much better on the road when wearing white (3-3-1).

The paper also produced a scray stat for Habs fans: Since the lockout, the Maple leafs are 10-4-4 against the Canadiens.

I've been enjoying, from afar, the views and news posted here the past couple of weeks by colleagues Mike Boone and Kevin Mio. Yes, it's 3:45 a.m. ET as this is posted, and I'm hungry for dinner, not breakfast, but that's what I get for having spent two weeks in Japan covering the world track and field championships...

If you haven't already, visit Mike and Kevin's posts of the past day on the Canadiens' unveiling of the club's new uniforms, a look just slightly tweaked from the old. And below, glommed from the Habs media guide of last season, is a look at the history of the uniform, twinned with Mike's look back.

**Updated with new photos**

The Montreal Canadiens unveiled their new Rbk EDGE jerseys this morning during their annual golf tournament at the Club de golf Laval-sur-le-lac.

The new jerseys are very similar to the ones worn last season, except for a new look to the collar, a sleeker cut and the new Reebok technology.

To see the jerseys, visit the Canadiens website here. Scroll down the website and click on a link to view a photo gallery of the new uniforms.

Continue reading to view more photos of the new threads worn by some of the players at today's golf tournament taken by The Gazette's Phil Carpenter.

The Canadiens will unveil their redesigned jerseys for the 2007-08 season on Tuesday, according to the team's website.

The new RBK Edge jersey will feature the company's latest technology, but it's unclear if any major changes have been made to the overall look of the uniform.

We'll post pictures of the new look here as soon as they are available.

For a fun look at all the NHL uniforms that have already been unveiled and rumours about other coming releases, go to the NHL Tournament of Logos, where you can also vote for the NHL's best logo.

Here is Tomas Plekanec's No. 14 Hamilton Bulldogs jersey, worn before he settled in with the Canadiens.

From today's Gazette, on Plekanec switching to uniform No. 14 from No. 35 for the coming season:

DAVE STUBBS
The Gazette

Centreman Tomas Plekanec is less than half the player he was last season.

That is, if you judge the man solely by his Canadiens jersey.

Canadiens' Gerry Carson and Johnny (Black Cat) Gagnon, who respectively wore the No. 14 in 1929-30 and 1930-33, long before it was claimed this year by Tomas Plekanec.
1933 Ice Kings hockey cards courtesy Howard McIntyre

With the departure of free agent Radek Bonk to the Nashville Predators, it might have been, oh, minutes before Tomas Plekanec requested jersey No. 14.

Plekanec, a revelation with the Canadiens last season, surrenders No. 35 in the process, and he's not broken-hearted to give it back to team equipment manager Pierre Gervais.

"Give me pads, a blocker and a mask," Plekanec told me two seasons ago, for a feature written on the Canadiens' jersey numbers. "I'm wearing a goalie's number."