FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers are going to look a lot different come Monday. There’s a lot of pink.
The Panthers new Hometown Remix fit will not be released until Monday at 9:54 a.m., but on Friday, players wore their new gear at their morning skate to help break it in.
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Wear shades.
Goalies Jacob Markstrom and Akira Schmid have new pads in the pink (it’s actually called ‘Sunrise’ which is a team-custom shade of coral) color-way with accents in yellow and peach.
They also have new masks for the occasion. They are fire.
Skaters will have new pants, gloves, and their usual dark blue helmets will have decals in the new color scheme.
Although the pants remain the Panthers’ traditional dark blue, they feature a yellow and peach stripe down the side with the ESPN-style FLA logo on the front.
The helmets include the new Panthers/sunrise shield logo which will be on the sleeves of the jersey.
As previously reported, the primary logo on the pink — err, ‘Sunrise’ coral — jersey will be a modernized stick-and-palm logo with the gradient shades of the colors previously mentioned.
So, what will Paul Maurice wear come Monday?
“Let’s just keep that with the players,’’ Maurice said with a wry grin. “Never wear anything that has more character than you do. So, I’m just going to go with gray.’’
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