Ranking The PWHL's New Jerseys From First To Worst

PWHL jerseys will be flying off the shelves this week after the league unveiled all six home and away jerseys for the Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge, and Toronto Sceptres.

Boston, Montreal, and Ottawa will also have in person unveilings for media and fans to get a closer, in person, look at the jerseys. Overall, these jerseys are a hit, and while teams regularly tweak and alter jerseys year-to-year, there's not a lot of work to be done. The Bauer-made jerseys certainly match the professionalism this league is looking to present.

1. Toronto Sceptres

As if this team doesn't already have it all, the Toronto Sceptres were also coronated with the best uniforms in the league. Clean lines everywhere allowed the classic nature of the logo to pop in contract to the blue and white primary colours. The color scheme looks a little like a retro St. Louis Blues jersey, but in a good way. Both uniforms are crisp and uncluttered, the way an original jersey should be.

2-Tie. New York Sirens

There were question marks with the New York Sirens' logo, but when the color scheme is able to pull it all together with this uniform, it's just enough fun, without looking like a cartoon. These colors pop as non-traditional in the hockey world, and it makes the uniforms distinctive, and you can almost feel the crest lifting off the jersey invoking the Sirens sound the branding intended.

2-Tie. Montreal Victoire

While not every fan in Quebec loved the Victoire name, few complained about the logo, and there will be few complaints about these jerseys which could be transported back 100 years, and which fans will still be proud to wear 100 years from now. It was an interesting decision to include a lighter stripe along the bottom of the uniform, and outlining the numbers on the cream jerseys, one that takes away from the clean and classic look of the rest of the jersey. Montreal didn't wear white last year, and again chose cream for their road jerseys this year. The look works without the infusion of the random color swatch that does not relate to any portion of the team's logo or equipment.

4. Ottawa Charge

The Calgary Flames...excuse us, the Ottawa Charge jerseys hit better than the logo itself did, and the league's designers were wise to utilize only simple stripes on the arms and waists of the jerseys. The crisp whites will likely become the fan favorite here as it helps make the lacklustre logo pop. Fans won't love the choice of red and gray, as they were vocal for black and a richer red, but these uniforms are a great starting point. Jerseys are known to evolve, but there's nothing here that stands out as needing an immediate fix.

5. Boston Fleet

The Hockey News ranked the Boston Fleet's logo as the best in the league, so how did the uniform drop this far? If it were based on Boston's white uniforms alone, this jersey would rival any in the league and find itself pushing aside the teams above. They are clean and showcase the logo and identity well. The striping in Boston's green jerseys however, along with the blocked white shoulders detract and distract from the incredible logo. The horizontal bicolor stripes near the waist of the jersey make the uniform itself appear compressed, like the actual jersey begins where the stripes end. It's a divide that takes away from the overall image. As well, there's a reason white shoulders are not the norm in hockey jerseys (or any jersey for that matter), although they've been tried over time by teams. Erase the white shoulders for a clean green top half, and you've got home and away jerseys that rival the best in the league.

6. Minnesota Frost

There's nothing wrong with trying a new color palette, unless it doesn't tie to your team name. The white road jerseys look much cleaner, although the angle of the logos design leaves a large swath of blank space that in action could cause the logo to be concealed completely. Still, the whites are appealing and the depth of the logo leaps from the fabric in a good way. The angle of the logo does, however, make the uniform feel off center. The dark home uniforms might have even got away with a white shoulder block had they tied it to a larger white stripe at the bottom of the uniform keeping things, well, uniform. Sadly, the dark jersey looks like it was made for a charity night. Keep the white, redesign the dark. In the long run, this logo should become a shoulder patch with the team using their font based logo. It would go a long way in helping the Frost's design stand the test of time.