Last Monday, the National Hockey League and its official uniform supplier, Adidas, released new third uniforms for all 31 active teams (the soon-to-be Seattle Kraken excluded), dubbing this set the "Reverse Retro" line. The idea was seemingly to take a popular or cult element from a franchise's past – be it a particular colour, logo, etc. – and ...

Stop number two on our Who Were They? tour of the past is the National Hockey League's first big expansion, the "Class of '67." Spoked by rumours that the Western Hockey League – one of hockey's top two minor leagues – was plotting to declare themselves major, New York Rangers governor William Jennings too the proverbial bull by the horns in 19...