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NHL Power Rankings: Remembering the ugliest jerseys in history

By Jeremy Tuch

CALGARY, AB - MARCH 31: Mike Smith #41 of the Calgary Flames skates against the Edmonton Oilers during an NHL game on March 31, 2018 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty Images)
CALGARY, AB - MARCH 31: Mike Smith #41 of the Calgary Flames skates against the Edmonton Oilers during an NHL game on March 31, 2018 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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Illustration by Andrew M. Greenstein, The unofficial NHL Uniform Database
Illustration by Andrew M. Greenstein, The unofficial NHL Uniform Database /

1998-2006 – Ottawa Senators’ Red-plus jersey

The second coming of the Ottawa Senators saw significantly tamer uniforms than the first team, which was decked out in barber-pole red/white/black. The Senators you now know were dressed in perfectly decent uniforms with a centurion logo on the front. Great.

In 1997, the team introduced a wild alternate uniform, with a red base and a black/white hill going through it. The head in the logo now faces forward, and the number font changed to a more modern typeface. For an alternate jersey, it’s nothing out of the ordinary for this time period, though still ugly. Inexplicably, this jersey became the team’s regular dark jersey in 1999, and they kept their old design for the white, deciding that brand consistency wasn’t really that important.

This jersey held on until the age of Reebok came out, causing this design to mercifully cease to exist. While Reebok doing this was a good thing, there were other concerns on the horizon.

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