This alternate design allowed the team’s appearance to flirt with radical designs which have occasionally gone on to become the new looks for some of the participating teams, retro arsenal shirts though they can also be quite garish. Once a team has been granted permission by the league to use their new design, they will request and be allowed ten to fifteen games during the season in which they may use their third sweater. For example, in 2013, the Calgary Flames introduced a third sweater in exactly the same colours as their primary home sweater, retro football kits but with the addition of “western styling” mixed with traditional hockey sweater features such as laces and the team name in script on the front.
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