SAN JOSE - After years of wearing their black alternate sweaters at home in the postseason, the Sharks will sport their standard home teals for the upcoming 2016 playoffs, a team spokesman confirmed on Thursday.
The last time the Sharks wore their black sweaters in the postseason, of course, was when they surrendered a three-games-to-none lead to Los Angeles in the first round of 2014 playoffs in one of the worst collapses in NHL history. The Sharks have worn their black sweaters at home for each of their past four playoffs runs, from 2011 through 2014.
San Jose planned on wearing its teal sweaters in the playoffs last year, but did not qualify, ending a 10-year streak.