Red or White Jerseys at home?

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

I like the red sweaters at home but I also like seeing the other team's colors, like Ken said during tonight's game. Otherwise it's just an endless parade of white sweaters on the opposite team.

So, my vote goes for WHITE.

Agree, and for the same reason.

[OsGOD 3]

Reds all the way... While i have more whites than reds... Reds look SO MUCH better on the ice.

[Wings_Fan_In_Exile 3]

Maybe it's my assoiciation with the '97 Cup win in Detroit with the white jerseys, but I gotta go with white all the way for home.

When they switched to dark colors being home I almost wondered if it was another "fan friendly move" to keep casual fans from being confused (NFL -darks are home- I have no idea about the NBA though...)

I also think the white jersey looks better.

[Wing-in-avs-town 123]

NBA and MLB are both white @ home, although baseball sometimes uses a 3rd jersey, which is dark.

[Legionnaire11 0]

already been mentioned, but I like white jerseys at home. That way you get to see all of the other colors from the league. Otherwise it's always Blue (preds) vs white, every game...

[kylee 727]

gotta go with white at home.

[Hockey Junkie 0]

Gotta go with Red on this one. It makes more sense to me to wear your primary colors at home. Although, some team’s color schemes don’t have as literal of a connection to their team name or mascot as do the Red Wings. And it can get boring I suppose to see every opposing team at the Joe in the same color. Either way, white or red, they’re the best team in hockey to watch. Expect a switch back after a few years so the NHL can sell more jerseys anyways.

[Echolalia 2,961]

White or light colors are associated with protagonism, whereas darker colors are often associated with antagonism.

White should be the home jerseys because the home team is the protagonist of the building, and dark colors should be on away jerseys because they are the antagonist to the city/building they're playing in.

[DraperFan MN 0]

I grew up with whites at home, so it is certainly what I prefer, but it really doesn't mean that should be tradition.

[OsGOD 3]

Red associates with fire and blood... and our slogan is fire on ice... and i want to see the blood on the ice.... "let the bodies hit the floor!"

To futher explain my Red at home.

[Viperar 16]

reds for me

[HomeNugget 2]

red at home. its more traditional than the white at home tradition.

[Izzy24 44]

Maybe it's my assoiciation with the '97 Cup win in Detroit with the white jerseys, but I gotta go with white all the way for home.

When they switched to dark colors being home I almost wondered if it was another "fan friendly move" to keep casual fans from being confused (NFL -darks are home- I have no idea about the NBA though...)

I also think the white jersey looks better.

Me too.

[Kp-Wings 3]

What's to stop Chris Chelios from just wearing both jersey's during the same game?

Joke aside, I prefer white at home.

Edited November 9, 2007 by Kp-Wings

[OsGOD 3]

Whats to stop Chris Chelios... you ask???

...Chuck Norris ripping off his Chris' head with chris' own hands... ending the what will stop chris posts

Edited November 9, 2007 by OsGOD

[Jwo 7]

White. Grew up with watching them wear it.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

red at home. its more traditional than the white at home tradition.

Thank you.

I'm pretty sure that red was the "traditional" home color long before it switched to white.

[Guest jaytan]

This one's a no-brainer. The white jerseys are much better than the bland red ones, and add in the fact that fans would get to see a lot more variety at home games throughout the year if the home team wore white and it's an obvious choice. Instead of red v. white 40 times a year, you'd get white v. navy 30 times a year and white v. red, black or green a couple times as well.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

If anyone's interested, the NHL used to have the home team wear the dark jerseys (sweaters) until a rule change in 1970, which switched the home team to white. The idea being to introduce more color to the game with the visiting teams wearing their colored dark jerseys (sweaters) each night.

http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/businesso...erseycolors.htm

I personally prefer red at home just because I think it's a better looking jersey (sweater). Since I don't live in Detroit and don't go to games anymore though, I probably should be voting for the dark jerseys (sweaters) when they're away.

EDITED to include old school translation.

Edited November 9, 2007 by haroldsnepsts

[rick zombo 3,739]

This one's a no-brainer. The white jerseys are much better than the bland red ones, and add in the fact that fans would get to see a lot more variety at home games throughout the year if the home team wore white and it's an obvious choice. Instead of red v. white 40 times a year, you'd get white v. navy 30 times a year and white v. red, black or green a couple times as well.

Yes, and Mickey said this on Wednesday's telecast.

For me though, I don't like the idea of the visiting team "out coloring" the Red Wings so to speak. Basically, it's an exhibition of the visiting teams colors not the home team. Which I don't agree with. So I have to go with Red.

Edited November 9, 2007 by rick zombo

[Tane 17]

Whites. Even after what? 3 years of the jerseys being reversed, It's still not right to me. I see White, I still think Home. I also Like seeing the other teams in their Dark Jerseys.

In general, I like the Whites to be at home, but 1 on 1, I like the Red Jerseys better

[wingnut22 81]

I like the red jerseys better. But I like the whites at home so we can see the other teams darker jerseys.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

White.

[Kp-Wings 3]

Whats to stop Chris Chelios... you ask???

...Chuck Norris ripping off his Chris' head with chris' own hands... ending the what will stop chris posts

Don't rain on my parade like that. The "what's to stop Chris Chelios?" posts have become a mainstay here at LGW. All of which can be attributed to the great sirdrake.

[Izzy24 44]

Whats to stop Chris Chelios... you ask???

...Chuck Norris ripping off his Chris' head with chris' own hands... ending the what will stop chris posts

Chuck Norris blows.