The Vancouver Canucks will be wearing their black flying skate jerseys a lot this season.
The team announced their jersey schedule for the rest of the year and there are 18 games where they will don their popular black skate alternates.
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That means the team will wear their third jerseys in nearly 50% of their remaining home games, as they have just 39 left. This is even more than last year when they wore them in just under 40% of total home games.
The full list of black skate jersey appearances this season is as follows.
- October 26 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
- October 28 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
- October 30 vs. New Jersey Devils
- November 9 vs. Edmonton Oilers
- December 6 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
- December 8 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
- December 10 vs. St. Louis Blues
- December 21 vs. Ottawa Senators
- December 23 vs. San Jose Sharks
- December 28 vs. Seattle Kraken
- January 18 vs. Edmonton Oilers
- January 21 vs. Buffalo Sabres
- January 25 vs. Washington Capitals
- March 5 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- March 7 vs. Minnesota Wild
- March 9 vs. Dallas Stars
- April 5 vs. Anaheim Ducks
- April 6 vs. Vegas Golden Knights
The Canucks will be wearing the unique uniform for a few marquee matchups, including their first time hosting the Edmonton Oilers on November 9 and the “Hughes Bowl” featuring all three brothers on October 30.
The modern black skate jerseys were officially introduced as the team’s third option a few seasons ago and feature an updated look on a classic Canucks sweater. They first returned to the team’s rotation back in 2016.
Not only do the black jerseys look cool, but the Canucks also played well when wearing them last year. The team won nine of their first ten games in the flying skate sweater to begin last season.