![]() The return of the brighter colours of the 1980s and 1990s is welcome as teams like the Calgary Flames and Buffalo Sabres look to stand out among their peers by fully embracing *their* proper colours the Reverse Retro series continues this look back while putting a modern spin on some of the uniforms we grew up with. That’s it, that’s all your changes for 2020-21 that have been unveiled thus far, an abbreviated season doesn’t necessarily mean abbreviated uniform changes apparently - and we still have a new Capitals uniform to look out for.Īside from those helmet ads, overall, an upgrade to the look of the league. The Golden Knights have also announced they will wear two helmet ads, Credit One at home and Allegiant on the road. Their Reverse Retro uniform is red with the club’s alternate logo on the chest and will be worn when they face the Colorado Avalanche in the outdoor game at Lake Tahoe. The Golden Knights have introduced a new, metallic gold third uniform which is a straight-up gold version of their usual home and road set (as a third uniform should be!). The 2021 Winter Classic and Stadium Series games were also scrapped but replaced with the NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe Game. There will be no All-Star Game this season (it was set to be held in Sunrise, Florida) so there’s no 2021 All-Star Game logo or uniforms. With an abbreviated, temporarily re-aligned season awaiting us there are some significant changes across the league. All seven Canadian teams will play together in the new North Division, all twenty-four U.S.-based teams will be split evenly among the new Central, East, and West Divisions. Why were the divisions realigned? Because cross-border travel just isn’t possible right now due to COVID-19 quarantining restrictions, this necessitates that teams play schedules entirely within their country. Because of the Preds’ historical inauguration to the final round of sports’ greatest tournament, we’ll give them a bit of a initiation ceremony, a look at the best alternate logos for the team designed by you, the hockey community. VIDEO: 2021 NHL Divisions and Playoffs Explained The playoffs will be division-based, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd with the winners meeting in round two the third round will re-seed the four remaining teams based on regular season points with the two winners from that round meeting in the 2021 Stanley Cup Final. Those teams in an 8-team division will play their seven other opponents eight times, those in the one 7-team division will play either nine or ten. ![]() This season will feature just 56 games, reduced from the usual 82, all teams will play an intradivision schedule – facing only clubs within their re-aligned divisions. ![]() Here today I will give you a look at the changes to the divisions and playoff format as well as a team-by-team breakdown of any logo or uniform changes that we’ll be seeing this year. The 2020-21 National Hockey League regular season is finally getting underway tonight when the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Philadelphia Flyers at 5:30 pm ET, four other games will follow giving us our first night of regular season hockey in nearly a year. ![]()
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