LOOK: Here are all the 2016 World Cup of Hockey jerseys
The initial World Cup of Hockey rosters were announced on Wednesday. Here we also have a look at every jersey that the teams will be wearing in the tournament.
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Adam Gretz
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On Wednesday the initial rosters for the World Cup of Hockey were announced by the eight teams that will be participating in the tournament this September and October in Toronto. Along with the first round of players, we also got a chance to see what each team will be wearing when they hit the ice between Sept. 17 and Oct. 1 at the Air Canada Centre.
The tournament features teams from six of the top hockey countries in the world (United States, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic) as well as All-Star teams made up from the rest of the European countries that don't have their own team in the tournament, as well as young stars team from North America made up of players age 23 and younger.
Overall, the folks at Adidas did a pretty great job with them. With one or two exceptions.
Let's take a look.
Czech Republic
Czech them out! These are the #WCH2016 Czech Republic uniforms by @adidas. pic.twitter.com/ddjDRFYSrp
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Nothing wrong this design at all and it might be one of the best ones in the tournament.
Finland
The finest Finnish hockey players will be rocking these uniforms by @adidas for the #WCH2016. pic.twitter.com/UPjjC7JYeg
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Russia
Absolutely gorgeous,. These uniforms by @adidas will be worn at #WCH2016 by Russia’s best and brightest. pic.twitter.com/GzYElM9NRT
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Team Europe
Signifying a unity of nations, behold the #WCH2016 Team Europe uniform by @adidas. pic.twitter.com/AdOshnmxZt
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
The concept of having team Europe and Young Stars All-Star teams have probably been the most criticized aspect of this tournament, and this jersey will only add to that criticism. That is ... ugly. What is that?
Sweden
How “Swede” are these? @adidas has designed some stunning #WCH2016 uniforms for Sweden. pic.twitter.com/N5ZnQPvFiF
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
They went pretty traditional with these (even though the colors are flipped from what they usually are), and that is a good thing because Sweden always has one of the best uniforms in International play. The design is classic, the colors work great together. You can't mess that one up.
Team North America
Now that's a look fit for hockey’s rising stars. Here are the Team North America uniforms from @adidas. #WCH2016 pic.twitter.com/OrKsW388PH
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Not great, but still better than whatever it is the Europe team will be wearing.
Canada
Canada will be looking very sharp at #WCH2016 in these beauties by @adidas, eh? pic.twitter.com/A1N2M06wFR
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
The sleeves look absolutely fantastic (that's the maple leaf!), but just one important question with these: What did they do to the maple leaf on the front?!
USA
Check out the USA #WCOH2016 home and away jersey.
— adidas (@adidasUS) March 2, 2016
Learn about the team roster here: https://t.co/dhERLcbZge pic.twitter.com/yjnQ9IpwfE
The away jersey is clearly the superior of the two.
