Coyote Ugly

No, I am not referring to the movie of the same name as today's piece. Today's jersey is the bizarre looking third threads that the Phoenix Coyotes broke out in the late 90's. Take a good look at the jersey you see here for a second and tell me if any of this looks like something you would expect a professional hockey player to wear. (allows time for pause) I didn't think so, either. The jersey itself is a dark green with the traditional desgin of the coyote head that was part of the team's logo at the time and the cuffs were black with what looks like a desert scene, complete with cacti and the crescent moon, if said scenery was designed by someone on acid.

Truth be told, this was a bizarre looking jersey, but when you look at the Coyotes' home and away uniforms at the time this was introduced, is it any surprise at all that this was what they came up with as their third jersey? Points for the effort, but that's about it.

PS: now that I think about it, perhaps the home and away threads that the Coyotes wore from their debut season up to 2004 ought to be included in this discussion (see below for home jersey).