Colorado Throwback Thursday: Evolution of the Avalanche Jersey

Ever since Icethetics leaked the Colorado Avalanche’s new third jersey design a few weeks ago, Avs fans have been stirred up. The team’s jersey has long been a source of contention among a contingency. Specifically, Many fans don’t like the “unipron” look created by the piping.

Since the Avalanche jersey is such a hot topic right now, let’s look at how we got to this point.

*A note on “jersey” vs “sweater” — I’m just going to stick with jersey for this post.

Team Name and Logo

COMSAT Entertainment moved the franchise to Colorado in 1995. The new team needed a name, and “Rocky Mountain Extreme” was floated out as the desired moniker. After the name was leaked — and quashed — by Colorado hockey…