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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 2942363, member: 2141"] Those colors look like the old Minnesota North Stars colors before they moved to Dallas in '93. My memory is a bit off; but, I believe Hartford's home sweater was white and green with just a little blue on the whale tail and some side striping until the mid '90's when blue took on a higher importance, especially the away kit. It's possible that when the Whalers moved over to the NHL in 1979, they had to abandon the green and yellow because of the North Stars and when with a green/blue combo instead. The Canucks, who joined the NHL in 1970, gave-up their blue/green uniforms at the end of 1978 and went to black and gold. No idea why; but, it would have been available for the Whalers and no else one used that color pallet in 1979. The Whalers were gone in after 1997; but, the Canuks did not move back until to the blue/green combo for another decade, though it made an appearance in 2006/7 as a special alternate sweater. Best guess, that flashback sweater was a big hit sales wise and the switch was made the following season. [URL="http://www.nhluniforms.com/1979-80/1979-80.html"]1979-80 - The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database[/URL] [URL="http://www.nhluniforms.com/Whalers/Whalers.html"]Hartford Whalers - The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database[/URL] [URL="http://www.nhluniforms.com/Canucks/Canucks.html"]Vancouver Canucks - The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database[/URL] [/QUOTE]