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So I found a hockey jersey that my dad used to play for… I have many questions



So I found a hockey jersey that my dad used to play for… I have many questions

by GamerGeoff10

33 Comments

  1. durstcobain

    Looks cooler than the Red Army jerseys imo

  2. getsangryatsnails

    “My Dad is not a Communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is NOT a porn star!”

  3. Not gonna lie, I really like this look. You could wear it now ironically.

  4. oggdoboggo

    Wonder if he ever played against the Fernie Swastikas

  5. Soviet logo jerseys were big in the 80s and 90s especially CCCP logo

  6. martyn_bootyspoon

    You see, back in the late 90s/ early 00s, it was a lot harder to get custom made jerseys for your beer league teams. So your options were usually…

    1) Use a blank that was essentially a NHL teams jersey style just with no crest or shoulder patches

    2) Find some jerseys for some obscure European or Russian team and buy some up in bulk (they were usually pretty cheap since not many people in North America were fans of those teams) and use those.

    My team back then used option 1 for the most part, but eventually we were able to get a box of those [“Russian Penguins”](https://www.gamewornauctions.net/images/products/c6cadc4e8b16a157.jpg) jerseys and we all wore those until the team eventually stopped playing together.

    It wouldn’t surprise me that your Dad’s team essentially went option 2 with those Russian jerseys, as I could see his team wearing those if we were all wearing the Russian Penguins back then

  7. H_E_DoubleHockeyStyx

    Perhaps your dad was a mole in Russia spying for CIA or the IHL.

    Tinker tailor tender spy!

  8. trillwhitepeople

    I love old Soviet era jerseys, whether this is authentic or not.

    However, I wore a CSKA Penguins replica to a drop in a while ago and the reception was less than kind. Wouldn’t recommend in 2023 if you’re just trying to have a good time playing some puck.

  9. GroundbreakingCow775

    Meh, I had friends who played for a roller hockey team called the Red Army

    They all put -ov at the end of their names

  10. Adam_Friedland_TAFS

    You: “hey dad, got a sec to talk?”

    Your dad: “da, tobarish”

    (Yes, comrade)

  11. Sad_Village9043

    Soviet things were considered edgy and cool during the later days of the Cold War.

  12. whiskeyondarocks

    If you are in Ottawa, that is the Moscow Selects (ball hockey)

  13. I’ve got a ton of Russian jerseys from all kinds of leagues. They are pretty awesome imo. I wish the nhl would switch to dye sublimated jerseys like the ones Lutch makes. We could then have some pretty rad designs instead of the same old “look what adidas did” adds another twill solid color stripe or some other boring shit.

  14. Stonewall30nyr

    Your dad probably used to be a pretty good scorer after he seized the means of production. Buh dum tsss

  15. Background-Buy-3306

    That’s quite a range of possibilities for your dad! But hey, at least he’s not a porn star, right?

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