Commentary question regarding backwards jersey

[Lord Stanely 39]

Last night one of the announcers made a statement to the affect that after a Wing's win the Jersey is placed with the logo facing into the locker room (back to wall) and when they lose the the players' names are facing the locker room (logo to wall).

Has anyone heard this before and is there a tradition to this or something started recently. What is the story? Is it a like saying when we win the REDWINGS win but when we lose we have to look at ourselves as individuals? Or am i just reading more into it than I should? Any info??

[Konnan511 1,736]

That's neat, I never knew that.

[Booster313 138]

I've never really heard of such a thing, I wonder what the significance is.

[Crashnburnluder 385]

I've also heard about that, and I believe its exactly what you said. A win and the logo faces them as they walk in the locker room, Loss and the Names face the Players as they enter.

crash

[Lord Stanely 39]

Is this just a Redwings tradition or do other teams do this as well?

[VanDer 58]

Yea I heard about this a while ago. Its a pretty good idea imo and I havnt heard of any other team doing this but I'm sure they have something similar

[Travis 576]

Is this just a Redwings tradition or do other teams do this as well?

It's a tradition of the Wings. Exactly for the reasons stated by the OP. Win as a team, lose as individuals. Not sure when it started, but I believe it's been going on for awhile. I want to say that the story I heard said it started with an equipment manager, but I'm foggy on the details.

[nate94gt 134]

yeah, i saw that on wingspan last year. it was that hour long special one about a day w/ the wings or something.

[wings1110 184]

its been a red wing tradition for years. they talked about it on a wingspan about the equipment staff