Caps Unveil Winter Classic Uniform
- Sunday, October 3, 2010 7:58 AM
- Written By: Josh Marks
The Washington Capitals unveiled their Winter Classic uniforms on Saturday at their fan convention, which was held for the first time in downtown D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center just a few blocks from the Verizon Center.
The Caps will be sporting their red, white and blue throwback jerseys worn from 1974-1975 to 1994-1995. The players will be wearing the road white jerseys with red pants and red helmets. Former Capitals Yvon Labre and Rod Langway joined current Cap Alex Ovechkin (pictured above signing autographs with Caps forward Mathieu Perreault) on the stage to model the uniforms, which will go on sale in November.
The Winter Classic on January 1st against the Penguins at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh and the HBO "24/7" reality series leading up to the big game were hot topics at the panel discussions throughout the day.
"When you have a big event like this you want to get the best matchup to drive the most attention and really create as much expectation as you possibly can," said NHL COO John Collins. "This was the matchup that everybody wanted. People had talked about why haven't the Capitals been in it before. So we're just happy we were able to pull it off. We're happy that the Capitals organization agreed to do it. And I think the fact that HBO "24/7" now is going to follow the Caps and Pens all the way into the Winter Classic I think is great for the sport and obviously great for the organization."
Caps General Manager George McPhee weighed in on the HBO series: "I think it's a great opportunity to expose this team and this game to not only hockey people but non-hockey people. Some people are going to watch it that have never seen hockey and go 'that is pretty cool.'"
More pictures from the Caps Convention:
Caps owner Ted Leonsis signs autographs
Caps General Manager George McPhee answers questions
Left to right: Caps PA Announcer Wes Johnson, Caps forward Mike Knuble, NHL COO John Collins and Caps Head Equipment Manager Brock Myles discuss the upcoming Caps-Pens Winter Classic game in Pittsburgh.
