{"id":906495,"date":"2026-11-05T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906495\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:06:11","slug":"islanders-reviving-once-hated-fisherman-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906495\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders reviving once-hated fisherman logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once a widely panned fashion faux pas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/02\/03\/islanders-to-wear-mercilessly-mocked-fisherman-jersey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ill-fated Islanders fisherman logo<\/a> will make its triumphant return <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/04\/sports\/mathew-barzal-returns-to-islanders-practice-in-encouraging-injury-sign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday night at UBS Arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Isles will wear an updated white version of the once-hated \u201cFish Sticks\u201d jersey for their game against the Hurricanes as part of the Hometown Remix NHL-Fanatics initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI vaguely remember some controversy around it, but this is what I know: I know people are really excited about it,\u201d said Isles coach Peter DeBoer, who donned a cap adorned with the logo after Wednesday\u2019s practice. \u201cThere\u2019s a really good buzz about it, and I like the fact that we\u2019re wearing something different here. It\u2019s exciting for our group, and I know our guys are excited about it too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fisherman jersey was introduced in 1995 as a full-time replacement for the traditional Long Island crest that represented the team\u2019s four-time championship dynasty of the 1980s, but it was scrapped after two seasons amid overwhelming fan backlash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the only thing that\u2019s made a comeback from the mid-90s. We got double-breasted suits back, and we got a lot of other stuff. What\u2019s old is new again, right?\u201d DeBoer added.<\/p>\n<p>Like many current players, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/02\/sports\/matthew-schaefer-honors-late-mom-by-helping-families-affected-by-cancer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-year defenseman Matthew Schaefer<\/a> wasn\u2019t born yet during the logo kerfuffle three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to get the fisherman logo back. I just love the way it looks,\u201d Schaefer said. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a great touch to our collection with the new colors and new looks. It\u2019s gonna be awesome.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.52380952;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41685112\" width=\"899\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Islanders-logo.jpg\" alt=\"The one-time ill-fated fisherman jersey is making a comeback for the Islanders.\" class=\"wp-image-41685112\"\/>The one-time ill-fated fisherman jersey is making a comeback for the Islanders. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the past and we don\u2019t think about things like that. It\u2019s a great logo. We\u2019re by the ocean. I haven\u2019t been fishing yet here, but I think it\u2019s just great, and I think it\u2019s gonna be great to have added to our collection and spice it up a little. It\u2019s gonna be good rocking them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Isles captain Bo Horvat said he \u201cfor sure\u201d believes in measuring-stick games, and the Isles face an early-season litmus test Thursday night at home against the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning Stanley Cup champions are off to a league-best 12-3-2 start.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the ice from Long Island\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Islanders by Ethan Sears, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey play every game tough. They\u2019re a tight-checking team. They\u2019re all over you all the time, and we gotta be ready to go,\u201d Horvat said. \u201cThey\u2019re the defending Cup champs and they\u2019re playing really well again this season. I think for sure it will be a big test for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once a widely panned fashion faux pas, the ill-fated Islanders fisherman logo will make its triumphant return Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[40947,394,385,99,23724],"class_list":["post-906495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-jerseys","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-uniforms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}