Flyers bring back the infamous Cooperalls!
Oh. My. God. I thought I'd never see that day!
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Red Alert, people!
The Philadelphia Flyers are bringing back the iconic, the infamous, the inimitable Cooperalls!
Well... kinda...
The Flyers announced today that they'll be bringing back the vintage 80s Cooperall look for some select pre-game warmups this season.
Check it out:
From the Flyers:
The Flyers will be sporting Cooperalls during warmups for each of the eight games they wear their 2022-23 Reverse Retro jerseys. See the full Reverse Retro schedule below:
- Tuesday, November 8 vs. St. Louis Blues
- Wednesday, November 23 at Washington Capitals
- Friday, November 25 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL Thanksgiving Showdown
- Thursday, December 1 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | 80s Throwback Thursday
- Thursday, December 15 at New Jersey Devils
- Thursday, January 5 vs. Arizona Coyotes | 90s Throwback Thursday
- Saturday, January 14 at Washington Capitals
- Thursday, January 19 vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 2000s Throwback Thursday
For those unaware, or those who are simply too young to remember the Cooperalls, they were all the rage for a hot minute in the early 1980s. Both the Flyers and the Hartford Whalers ditched the classic hockey pants and socks combo for long style pants that effectively replaced hockey socks. The look wasn't to everyone's taste, but some of those Flyers players have admitted that they actually preferred the Cooperalls, named such because they were manufactured by former hockey giant Cooper Hockey.
Check out these babies:
"It was weird the first time you put them on but I liked them," former Flyers forward turned executive Paul Holmgren said. "They were warmer, which I didn't mind. They were very comfortable. I didn't have any problems with them."
"If you ever fell you gained speed with the nylon long pants," teammate Bill Barber said. "You didn't have any grab on the ice. You picked up speed, not slowed down."
Holmgren said, "Not like we blocked shots like players do today, but if you went down to slide to block a shot wearing those things, you slid a lot further. You'd slide yourself right out of position. So there was some getting used to it in that regard."
Ultimately, the Flyers ditched the look after just two seasons and the fad more or less died.
"I was ready to go back to the other ones," Barber said. "Something you wore all your life, there was no adjustments necessary with the old equipment. These things you had to [adjust to]. I was kind of glad to get back to the original pants, the way hockey should be."
Well... they're back baby!
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