The Jersey History of the Vancouver Canucks

[@Canuck024]

'...and she won. That's how that works'. The one statement no one can argue with.

[@noot6230]

I’ve always felt that Vancouver has always had some decent jerseys and logos and i love the current look the team has. It’s gorgeous

[@brianli0987]

As a life time Canuck fan, I have to respectfully disagree. I've been moderately disappointed throughout most of our jersey updates :/

[@brianli0987]

@JeremyCuddles haha I don't hate any particular one. I just think most of them are just MEH. I would say that canucks fans always argue over which logo is better... Orca vs Skate vs Flying V vs Stink in rink (so many logo changes, am i right?)

[@Mjolnher9]

You are one of the few they like them. As a Canucks fan I have to say the uniforms have been so terrible over the years. Especially the V and the skate jerseys

[@Blitzo2876]

Lose the whale already. It was only used cuz Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment owned the team. Nothing to do with paying homage to the natives. Either lose the whale or change team name to Orcas. I love when whales vs. Sharks! I have both jerseys by the way.

[@Tank67_]

This was the video I was looking forward to, even as an Islanders fan lol

[@noot6230]

Same dude

[@Par024]

Jamie Benn

[@qweebag2488]

@@Par024 Jamie benn

[@seanmcfarland5083]

must’ve been a tough night for you today

[@Geoff_G]

Canucks fan since 1972 when I was 6 years old! Go 'Nucks! Great videos every time Shannon, yours are the only videos that I don't skip the ads just to try to boost your revenue.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Appreciate that.

[@Stampeders08]

Never get rid of your 1st ever jersey

[@janellemaynait]

Sorry Shannon

[@allghilliedup21]

I've been waiting for this for a longggg time!! Favorites are: Black Skate, current wordmark-less Orca, the gradient Orca, and the 40th Anniversary stick in rink.

[@allghilliedup21]

@mojo Oh I'm a fan of both VAN and PIT

[@allghilliedup21]

mojo I’m from VAN. I adopted Pittsburgh as my eastern team in 2015.

[@mayureshanmuhunthan3876]

8:00 it took me a long time to realize the logo was a skate with Canucks written on the blade. I thought it was random lines to look creative. I felt stupid afterwards lol. Anyways good video and keep up the good work Shannon.

[@MrKostitsyn746]

Same here I think I was in my twenties and I was like “oh yeah, that is a skate!”

[@brianli0987]

I don't blame you. That was the logo I grew up with. All those years as a kid, I just thought it said canucks with some random lines thru a circle....like Planet Pizza sort of vibe? It is also known as a plate of spaghetti....

[@Mph-ut4bs]

When I was a kid I thought it was a log cabin.

[@jimbodiced5979]

I thought its was a ringed planet for the longest time lol.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Black away jersey from 1994 is ( imho ) one of the best. Brings back so many fond memories.

[@sdp-ui2lw]

I am a longtime fan. 40 plus years. I honestly think the Canucks have a great history of awesome looking jerseys. I just got a Brock Boeser Addidas Authentic for $79.00.

[@brandonb.6099]

I have really enjoyed these jersey history videos for each team. The Canucks have a pretty interesting and extensive jersey history. My favorite Canucks jersey is the one they wore in the 1994 Stanley cup finals.

[@Nickleblanc41]

Canucks should make everyone happy by making a blue and green flying V, with the Orca on one sleve, the Skate on the other, the Stick in rink on one shoulder and Johnny Canuck on the other.

[@lesofages]

I can't NOT think of the "Screaming For Vengeance" album cover from Judas Priest when I see those skate jerseys!

[@777RockNRollin]

The LA Kings Gold jerseys and Vancouvers would clash nicely in the same years,..horrible teams,..but great uniforms !!

[@MrGrizzly487]

The Canucks wore the Orca before I was born, ‘00 baby here, so it’s stuck with me a lot more, especially growing up and watching them buildup to that 2011 run. But my stepdad, who was born in Toronto but early in his life moved to Vancouver so he was a Canucks fan, had some Canucks merch still to wear and all have it had the skate logo and I’ve always preferred it over the others. But I didn’t know about the other colour version, with orange and marigold, until I saw your video on the complicated history on Canucks jerseys and you compared the home arena to a pack of skittles, still gets me to this day lol. I’m still extremely sad there is no new orange and marigold colour skate jersey with the throwback this year but I understand why they went with the red and yellow from that famous ‘94 run that I missed out on. Regarding the current logo, I would love to see the skate back, it’s unique and different from other logos and I couldn’t care less if people called it a plate of spaghetti again, it’s my plate of spaghetti. I am fine with the orca, it looks nice but it’s just not as nice as the skate and it has that corporate feel to me, like the current Jets logo, looks good but kind of simple and generic compared to what they can do, still waiting for the old jerseys to become the main and/or a logo with their secondary which is awesome by the way. The stick and rink works but it’s just kind of boring to me, yeah I get what it represents but I don’t know, it’s just missing something, I will say the newest version of the stick and rink is my favourite, just the logo not the jersey as a whole. I would rather not see Johnny Canuck on a main jersey, at best a secondary logo on the shoulders or something, but never the main logo. But at the end of the day, none of this matters because we’re Canucks fans and we’re going to keep suffering through this complicated identity crisis together! XD

[@iml1945]

Canucks' fan from their WHL days. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you. I agree a green jersey would really be interesting. Too many teams have very basic color schemes. I imagine Seattle will try to push the envelop? One attraction of NASCAR is their clever paint schemes, from week to week.

[@G7M9W]

The flying skate is seriously one of the best NHL logos of all time. And the orca is a good logo. I get that people hate it for being a "corporate logo," but it's a good logo. I'm glad they finally dropped the "Vancouver" -- cleans up the look a lot. The Millionaires jersey is cool too.

[@ll7868]

I still have my 93/94 #1 McLean jersey, it's raggedy and frazzled but I still put it on from time to time.

[@taready00]

Great stuff. I have to say, the adorable cats in the background really add to your video:)

[@Refat_swordfish]

The worst thing about being a Canucksfan in Sweden is the fact that almost noone cheers for them here, which makes it almost impossible to find Canucks-merch here.

[@historyrepeating]

The Canucks have got to have the most colourful jersey history in the league... all over the place but I guess that’s the charm? Like you said previously... skittles lol. I’ve got a pretty good collection now but I’m pretty attached to my vintage CCM stick in rink. It’s a beauty.

[@ralphsmithmckenzie4391]

The 1978 - '79 jersey was by far the nicest one. I like both, the yellow one and the black one.

[@higgy04]

I had a yellow flying V jersey when I was a kid but it was one of those knockoffs that Sears used to sell. It was a close to an actual jersey unlike what Sears normally sold back in the late 1970's, early 1980's. I also had a white 1991 CCM replica Trevor Linden jersey that originally didn't have a captain 'C'. Loved the white jersey but it would have been nice to see the V on the shoulders. I always called the Orca jerseys the 'Free Willy' jerseys thanks to the 1993 movie.

[@mikeburton5891]

I watch most of your vids and what you don't know about the NHL probably isn't worth knowing! Man, your jersey collection is bloody mental! Love your channel. All the best from England.

[@Herrlorddonkoenigczar]

The CCM Home White #10 Bure with the 1994 Stanley Cup finals patch takes the cake

[@dylancreighton4276]

I love that you still have your first jersey. I still have mine, a white Pierre Turgeon Blues jersey. I’ll never give it up. You shouldn’t either with yours!

[@TheEvolvedMind]

Although I prefer the skate logo, I have to admit the latest jerseys (without the wordmark) looks great. The only thing I would change is the color of the home jersey from blue to green.

[@lihli2103]

Nice…I still have the first jersey I bought…it is very special to me…I was in ninth grade…1989…we went on a class trip to Quebec City…I live in the States so I was really looking forward to the trip and I loved the Nordiques as well…my main mission was to buy a Nordiques jersey while I was there…so as we walked around the city I spotted the white Nordiques jersey in a store and bought it…it’s the old maska CCM style too…so glad I still have it

[@Thefishoftheyear]

Never get rid of your first jersey, theres always sentimental value to the first one you get, I know once I’m older all of my jerseys are either going to my kids or my nephew, so wait till you have somebody you’d want to pass it down to.

[@midimusicforever]

The logo they used in the eighties and ninties was the best looking by far.

[@davideaston6944]

My favourite, BY FAR, is the home white skate jersey ... There's not been anything close to a design as smart, sexy, elegant, clean, impactful, as that one; and the away black was perfectly balanced, though I think they could have thrown in some original Canucks blue into that design ... it was ALMOST too dark. But easily the best set of uni's overall. Cheers, thanks for the memories!

[@cheweebecca3697]

Funny that you mention the white stopping early in the Adidas replicate and didn't mention that they messed up the "white" in the Canucks on the mid-late 80's logo replicate. haha remember there was no white in the Canucks? it was gold/yellow

[@Berubium]

Pretty late comment to this video, but great job. Enjoyed the history & commentary! My all-time favourites are the 85-89 skate logo with the V on the shoulder. I own & adore the yellow home jersey & usually wear it to Canucks games. I’d like to get my hands on the black one too. I didn’t mind the 1990 change over where they removed the shoulder V & changed the yellow jersey to white (it was still really sharp), but I didn’t care as much for changing the orange to a redder colour in 92 or 93, which ended up being the more iconic skate jerseys. I’ve always liked the Orca logo too, but the colour scheme during the first era (late 90s to 2007) wasn’t for me. I still have my white jersey from that era though. Overall, I enjoy the cornucopia of jerseys they’ve had over the years. I love that I can go to games with buddies & we’re all wearing Canucks jerseys, but none are the same.

[@lukecampbell801]

The red fade out jersey is very underrated imo. Their black, white, red, and blue look is my favorite wish they’d bring it back

[@nickgamz14]

12:53 funny how thats almost the exact same as the Abbotsford Canucks jersey just with a few differences like a darker shade of green and the lines are different. lol

[@Clappincardboard]

As a kid I loved the early 90s skate jersey and when they switched to the orca I hated it. Looking back however the orca jersey is pretty sharpe but still miss that 90s skate. That Johnny Canuck fashion jersey is great!

[@JK_35]

The V’s on the shoulders black is my favorite Canucks jersey too. They just look great

[@andrewscullion267]

I've always loved that skate jersey, I'm glad they brought it back this year. That was nice.

[@billdang3953]

Some people refer to it rather unflatteringly as a skate going downhill or a plate of spaghetti.

[@cameronheacox335]

You are a dork!!!! And I completely love it.

[@LeftyGretzky]

The green 3rd wroks for Utica. Most Utica Comets games I've been to, they've worn it on the ice. Plus I see at least 1/2 of the fans wearing the green 3rd at home. It think it's a good idea for Vancouver

Gotta dig the Arthur Griffith patch!

[@chrisnelson2770]

@Shannon 50th Anniversary patches are now available at VanBase for $25 CAD. They have Home/Away and the Yellow one

[@abmoha]

Didn't they briefly wear the skate jerseys with a slightly neon greenish-yellow? I seem to remember that. Seeing the team wearing the black skate jerseys this year was awesome. Such a classic look, brought me right back to '94 (looking up from my keyboard now, I'm seeing that there's 94 comments). And I was really glad they got rid of the word mark, it's a cleaner look and makes more design sense.

[@RobDucharme]

The jersey at 11:15 has always been my favourite third jersey. Reminds me of the Naslund years...

[@Simon-tc1mc]

Their current jerseys are the best. So glad they got rid of the wordmark because it makes this logo look so much more bold. Their current 3rds are super underrated too, I love the stripes.

[@robwaito472]

that yellow V jersey grows on you i loved them

[@AreYouKittenMeRtNow]

I’m definitely happy with the current look... I’d LOVE a green 3rd, and I think a green-and-white letter V vintage Harvard/rugby-esque style (like that old red and white one) would be sweet

[@Scoots_McGee]

Vancouver should go back to the flying skate black/red/yellow jerseys, they are some of the coolest jerseys this league has ever seen And I'm going to draw some ire here, but I never thought the stick in rink jerseys were ever anything special, they're kind of a meh Jersey, but I do like the stick breaking up the sleeve stripes I also like the flying V jerseys...😬

[@tylermonson4088]

The alaska aces wore a Johnny Canuck looking jersey when they affiliated with Vancouver back a few years ago, its actually a nice looking jersey.

[@qikas_nan]

God I love the flying V. Also the gold skate home jersey is just glorious.

[@kylestoddart]

I loved yeaterday's video on leafs jersey history. So I had to watch the video on YOUR fav team. Canucks have some beautiful jerseys. And IDC what anyone says the flying V jersey although ugly they are epic I love them.

[@Ultrin69]

The White and Black Merigolds are the Rare Drops. I'm missing those and the V on the shoulders but have the others.

[@Cdcd4393]

I like the skate jerseys. I wouldn't mind them going back to them full time.

[@PitsPenguins87]

The red gradient jersey is my favourite Canucks jersey of all time

[@newschooler720]

I have that red orca 3rd signed by the 2003 team in the basement

[@SMA2343]

Shannon, you can legitimately buy the 50th patch at the Vanbase store now. I don’t know if you can but it IN-Store. But online for sure

[@broketherubber]

The jersey at 9:20. I need that! Even more so if it is a 96 Bure. Please tell me where to acquire one. Pavel Bure has been my favourite player for 30 years.

[@1bert719]

Love the flying V on the ice. Watch the 82 cup run and it really pops. Ugly as it is, somehow it fits that team perfectly.

[@1bert719]

The old stick and drink looks like it was designed on clipart. Love the colours though.

[@ChrisNS17]

Vancouver has a lot of great looking jerseys... and then there's the flying V

[@bdonaghu]

The half red/half black skate jersey is easily my favorite Canucks jersey.

[@jimbodiced5979]

I think the current primaries are very good. Just need to add some green to the Orca logo.

[@westsideisdabest7825]

That practice jersey is LIT

[@andrewmccloskey2421]

I have the same black Vancouver jersey that you have with the scale on the sleeve

[@kaibowes]

Vanbase is selling the 50th anniversary patches online now in blue/green and yellow/red for $25. Also, I've seen the blue/green one on Patch Collection for $12

[@rileykazama3145]

Vancouver have nice jerseys

[@mamaji277]

Hey Shannon can you do a video on your initial thoughts on every teams rebrands

[@Refat_swordfish]

I´ve been a fan since the early 90:s and remember how everyone hated the skatelogo jersey back then. Now suddenly alot of fans want it back. Dont get me wrong, I love that jersey too today, but only for nostalgic reasons. It IS the perfect 3:rd jersey, but should never come back as a regular one. And I must disagree with Shannon about how the wording on the current jersey doesnt matter. I hated the orca when it came out but today I believe that the current jerseys with theese colors and NO wording is an absolute beaut!

[@kalemacpherson2270]

cant wait for the Vegas video :)

[@GordonSlamsay]

I love the clown jerseys. they are just [chefs kiss] so bad also I call the skate logo the "screaming for vengeance" logo

[@EvilX24]

I was actually about to get some jerseys from Sportcheck, ended up noticing they don't ship to Quebec. I'm tilted

[@KingAceHernandez1291]

That flying v jersey is radical

[@Mackenziewebber]

You may or may not have missed it because you don't have numbers on it... But, this years' 3rd has raindrops on the numbers (back and shoulder) and the look awesome! (also VanBase was selling the 50 patches about a month ago)

[@bishop529]

I think the reason certain fans, for example, prefer the "skate" logo with the yellow/red on black is likely because at the time the Canucks were rocking those jersey was the time when those fans actually began watching Canucks hockey. I can speak from experience; I am a big fan of those colours and logos. Most of my memorabilia is related to the "skate" logo. I have one each of the "Orca" and "hockey stick in rink" jerseys, for when i go to home games. I think when most of the fans in a stadium are wearing the same/or similar jerseys it becomes more intimidating for the visiting team. Honestly though it probably has no effect.

[@BrodieBr0]

4:12 my favorite all time jersey followed by the 40th anniversary one.

[@NeonBayProductions]

Alternate title: THG Shows off His Skittles collection

[@JHockeyFan]

😂😂😂

[@averkinswing7891]

Damn it! hahaha

[@nhlvan]

Shannon keeps saying he doesn't know where you can buy the 50th patches separately except on jerseys, but Vanbase sells them for $25 a pop

[@wildestnothing927]

Might be a bit rash because Holtby will probably end up with the Kraken, but as a European fan I really wanna make my first jersey a Braden Holtby one and am currently looking into that

[@johnnymack8442]

@ 4.18 that's the best jerseys Vancouver had!

[@sleevelessace]

the hat and jersey thing may seem like something subtle and not a big deal but it makes such a big diffrence, with my blue orca jersey i wear a matching beanie it looks so good i just couldnt imagine wearing a nucks jersey or a leafs or lightning hat/beanie... colours match kinda but it just wouldnt look right , im a red sox fan i wouldnt even wear my nucks jersey n my sox hat hahaha

[@pasielski]

50th patches are $25 thru VanBase in case you wanted to add patches to your jerseys

[@oceanshrugs9235]

9:23 Oh my...it's beautiful/hideous. I love it. I like the stick and rink in the orca colors too. The orca is great too but that might be my childhood bias.

[@memeaste7820]

i got my 50th anniversary black skate with the patch from vanbase. shipped to NY

[@arielvillaverde8813]

Nice video! Personally, I'm a fan of the '85-'89 jersey... then the old V! (Stopped watching them in '97 when they went with an orca. Sorry) What's not mentioned here is that the '85-'89 version had "yellow" between the lettering as opposed to white(which you can easily catch when looking at a knock-off or reissue) Great history here though :)

[@lawrencejohanson5178]

The Canucks blue and green represent the blue of the Pacific Ocean and the green forests of the west coast of Canada.Of course Johnny Canuck was a fictional Canadian comic book lumberjack hero of the 1940's during the second world war.He originally came to life as a cartoon hero in 1869 in Canada,He was also called a cousin of Uncle Sam in the USA and John Bull in Britian.

[@hanspetter29]

Finally!!!

[@Jerry12_21]

Seen a team classic when I went to the sabres games thought it was authetic fashion jerseys

[@PatrickCaterini]

Very nice. How many jerseys do have all together?

[@sheldoncedwardthibault3599]

Bring back "Johnny Canuck" as the main emblem/logo for the Vancouver Canucks!

[@ssmith87]

I don’t mind the skate logo jerseys, but to me the Canucks blue/green color scheme is the best in the league and I think the stick in rink logo is my favorite Canucks logo. When the Canucks rebranded to the orca logo those colors were nice, but reminded me too much of Colorado’s colors.

[@DARK24-7]

First Go Canucks!!!And even tho i love many of the Nucks jersey-i'm still partial to the skate.And shout out to the flying "V"

[@jasonjanghopark7132]

Where can I get the Johnny canuck fashion jersey?

[@z_zubair0896]

the 40th anniversary skate jersey from this year is an adidas, if you look closely then you can see it also has no white over the “S”, i’m a canucks fan and I don’t really care. I’d still buy the adidas classic one

[@canadiancatgreen]

I am curious dont teams usually pay for jersey redisigns? You said in the one jersey about how they paid for it So is it not normally paid for is it donated ir something?

[@Blitzo2876]

Go with the jersey that actually won a Stanley cup. The Vancouver Millionaires. Use the name too. As for the mascot, have a millionaire that looks like the Monopoly man (uncle Penmybags?).

[@xdamatox62]

Is the Vancouver word mark only coming off for the 50th year anniversary jersey or is it off permanently now?

[@michaellazecki5919]

Stick-n-rink, stick-n-rink, stick-n-rink!!!

[@charliethemaddawg]

For some reason, I favor the Flying V jerseys the best of all of them.

[@GHx5]

I wonder what will Vegas jersey history look like 🧐😂😂

[@ronfroehlich4697]

The suckiest, most second-rate sports league jerseys in the history of jerseys

[@StevexOwnz]

I lost count how many Canucks jersey THG owned.

[@REDKRAKEN18]

IS THAT A TRAFFIC VEST JERSEY @ 2:45

[@Ty8011]

I miss a lot of the early to late 2000's jerseys, although it is likely because I grew up watching hockey night in Canada every weekend in that time period