The NHL’s Pride Night initiatives have not gone as planned this year.
Back in January, Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers declined to wear the team’s Pride jersey for pregame warmups, citing his religious beliefs. Since then, the New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks all scrapped their plans to wear Pride Night jerseys. Players James Reimer, Marc Staal, Eric Staal and Ilya Lyubushkin all joined Provorov in refusing to wear their team’s jerseys as well.
While many in the hockey community are understandably frustrated by these developments, the large amount of open support from fans, players and teams is wonderful to see. In fact, many of the NHL’s Pride jerseys worn by players were created by members of the LGBTQ+ community and are absolutely gorgeous to boot.
Here are all of the NHL’s Pride jerseys worn during the 2022-23 season.