Tonight, the Maple Leafs revealed the special jersey they will wear at the Heritage Classic.
What’s a Heritage Classic, you say? Well you should ask. The Heritage Classic is a century-old tradition where Canadians and Americans get together and play a game in a football stadium halfway between their home cities. This year, Toronto and Buffalo meet in Hamilton for a game in mid-March.
Buffalo is wearing this:
Classic looks and details with a new, fresh design...
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) February 17, 2022
Introducing our Heritage Classic jersey. https://t.co/6pKGaWFaCJ | @adidashockey pic.twitter.com/uDbm4lpiBc
Yup, that’s a Sabres jersey.
The Leafs are going for this, the Big T version of the Toronto Arenas jersey:
pasT 🤝 fuTure pic.twitter.com/pmhELsq4BS
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 18, 2022
Note: the picture this video riffs off of is this one:
And the original jersey of #16, Ken Randall in the centre top is in the Leafs locker room.
More pictures:
For the Heritage Classic, the @MapleLeafs pay homage to their roots with these slick @adidashockey threads. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/RyQT4XZlVC
— NHL (@NHL) February 18, 2022
Which jersey do you like better?
| This special Sabres jersey | 41 |
| The regular, nearly indistinguishable, Sabres whites | 21 |
| This special heritage Leafs jersey | 63 |
| The regular Leafs jersey | 93 |
| Any Leafs jersey that is #67 and says Knies on the back | 41 |