Every team in the NHL has introduced a “Hometown Remix” jersey as a new alternate for the 2026-27 season. The Hometown Remix collection is “anchored by special edition uniforms that uniquely and authentically celebrate the fans, city, and local culture of each team.” This is also the first line of merchandise produced by Fanatics since they took over as the NHL’s primary apparel partner in 2024.
Dom Fillion is the vice president of creative and design innovation for Fanatics, and he has had plenty of involvement with not only the Hometown Remix collection, but the NHL partnership as a whole. When it came to settling on the theme of Hometown Remix, Fillion and his team went to the fans.
“We actually reached out to fans and said, ‘What do you guys think? Is this something you’d be interested in?’ And the answer was overwhelmingly yes.” Fillion said, “They’re looking for special edition jerseys, they’re looking for a league-wide type of program, and with that is the fact [something like] the local influence was really something that was leading.”
Many of the jerseys utilize team history, regional identity, or both. All of these factors were kept in mind during the design process.
“We’re saying, ‘Alright… how do we take the data and information from the fans and really create something that’s going to be a unifying platform but that can be super hyperlocalized to the fan and really allowing us to create some storytelling that will be unique to each of the teams,” Fillion said.
For example, the Boston Bruins jersey is an homage to several top-tier college hockey programs in and around Boston, the Columbus Blue Jackets have a cannon to further lean into their Civil War roots, and the Washington Capitals are utilizing their iconic Capitol Dome logo.
As for the New York teams, the Rangers delivered a dark blue jersey with diagonal red lettering and a Lady Liberty patch.
“[The Rangers] know who they are as a brand, and from there we kind of utilized [and] amplified some of the elements that would really make [the jersey] unique to New York,” Fillion said.
As for the Islanders, they have revived their formerly infamous, now iconic Fisherman logo on a white jersey, with a lighthouse patch to boot.
“The Islanders had a point of view, certainly with what they want to do, and it was really embracing Long Island,” Fillion said.
Both teams are debuting their new jerseys on Thursday night. The Islanders are doing so in their 7 p.m. ET home matchup against the defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes, while the Rangers will welcome the Philadelphia Flyers to Madison Square Garden.
The Islanders will wear the new jerseys 11 times, 10 at home — including for their Dec. 20 matchup against the Blueshirts — and once on the road. The Rangers will don their new sweaters five times, all at home, including a Feb. 12 tilt with the Islanders.
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