In preparing the this list of the ugliest NHL uniforms of all time, I talked with Ray "Chicken Parm" Ferraro.
Ferraro had a fine, 18-year NHL career. He played from 1984 to 2002, scoring 408 goals in 1,258 games. He played for six teams–Hartford, Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis and both New York franchises. Three of those teams moved.
"So, does that mean I only played for three teams?" Ray said.
Depends on your technical definitions probably. One thing is for sure: Ray Ferraro wore a pair of atrocious-looking uniforms in his long career. Two of them happen to be on the following list of the 10 ugliest in NHL history, which is subjective of course.
We'll keep it suspenseful for now, but Ferraro said he was "truly embarrassed" to be wearing one of the uniforms on the list.
There is no hard science on this, but uniforms matter. The saying is, "You feel how you look." Well, the players who were forced to put on these uniforms couldn't have felt too good about themselves. None of the uniforms here were ever worn by a championship team, not the actual year's uniforms anyway. Some of the franchises listed h ...
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The 10 Ugliest Uniforms in NHL History
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