Colorado Rockies hockey

Long before the Colorado Rockies became a baseball team, there was a hockey team with that name. Unlike the baseball team however, the original incarnation didn't fare so well and were eventually moved to New Jersey and became the Devils. Some back story on this team, the Rockies came to be in 1976, when the team relocated from Kansas City and were the Rockies until 1982. They only made the playoffs once, after the 1977-78 season, when they were ousted in the first round. That year, the team amassed their highest point total with 59, but had their highest win total in 1980-81 with 22. The franchise is best known for having a coach by the name of Don Cherry during its existence, and his tenure was summed up best by his clahses with goaltender Hardy Astrom. Ultimately, unstable ownership forced the team to move from Denver, and the franchise is all but forgotten due to the rise of the baseball team that has the Rockies name now and the Colorado Avalanche hockey team that has had success in the past.

As for the Rockies' jerseys, they kept the color scheme that the Scouts had during their two year run. Unlike the Scouts' jerseys, the Rockies' jerseys weren't a giant mess of the primary colors. The logo had its take on the Colorado flag, and the overall jersey design was rather simple. This was a marked improvement over the Scouts jersey that was deemed one of the ugliest jerseys in a poll a few years back.