One of the league's first expansion teams was the New York Americans, originating out of Manhattan. The Americans were established in 1925 and were New York's first professional hockey organization. Although they didn't achieve much and were an abysmal team on the ice, the Americans had one of the best jerseys around. During the early portion of the NHL's life, teams only wore one jersey so after an alteration to the original unis, the Americans performed in front of fans with this gem for 8 seasons.A large spread of patriotism throughout the United States led to the creation of the franchise and its tributes to the nation's colors. Instead of a logo in the middle section, the team opted to use small script New York over top of a large script Americans. The jersey features the stars on the front and back, the red stripes along the sleeves and bottom section and a white mid section for the logo and number on the back.
My final thoughts: A great American jersey. Probably the most patriotic jersey ever manufactured and should have been worthy of use in the Olympics (minus the New York part of course). This is definitely a collectors item for any jersey fanatic out there.
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