I’ve been an Isles fan my whole life and I was 5 when the fisherman logo came out and I loved it, frankly I still enjoy the look as a throwback. The wild wing reference is spot on
I’m a huge Isles fan I grew up out there on the Island and we practically lived at the beach. I’d love to see more of a nautical feel like an anchor or ships wheel to their Jerseys.
I like to refer to the fisherman logo uniforms as the "Captain Lloyd Duncan" uniforms after the character on the CBC Radio Newfoundland comedy program "The Great Eastern".
1) You'll notice that the 80's jerseys were manufactured by local company Syosset Sports before Starter/ Koho/ CCM/ Reebok/ Adidas took over leauge-wide. 2) Also you didn't mention the wavy names and numbers on the back of the fisherman jersey. 3) the original and current 3rd jersey have Orange names/ numbers on the back whereas the other jerseys mostly had blue/ White names and numbers on the back
Personally I like the four stripe idea. It reminds me of football when teams will use stars above their badge to represent World Cup or Champions league wins. It's a good subtle nod to history that also keeps a running theme through the jerseys.
I actually have that orange third Koho jersey with Yashin on the back. Not a great time as an Islander fan, although I’m too young to remember it, but it’s a really cool jersey my English teacher gave me and I thought was a nice gift and a neat jersey to have
I really enjoy your videos. I discovered your page through all the hockey groups I'm in on Facebook. As a die hard islanders fan, I own most of these. This is so cool. I'm going to watch a lot of your shows.
The fish sticks jersey reminds me more of that first round of experimental third jerseys. Maybe that one could have been been their Wild Wing or Burger King jersey.
Love the Hockey Guy. Just bought the most recent adidas alternate jersey and didn't even notice or realize the 4 orange stripes on the stick. Kind of embarrassing especially since I grew up in Uniondale. Way back in the day I had a Bob Lorimer jersey. Points 4 you if you remember his jersey number....and even more points if you ever snuck into a game at the Coliseum in the 80s.....good friend of mine bought a CCM vintage Mike Bossy jersey for me a few years back...thanks Nate and thanks Hockey Guy for making my day!!!
New York Islanders best jerseys are the originals and when they finally went back to the originals now tells you that. I think part of the rebranding when Captain Highlander was the logo was a change of ownership at that time. Not too many thirds I like from the Islanders too.
It's amazing how removing the small number from the chest makes the Reebok jersey so much nicer. (although I confess I didn't really like the white version of it.)
In 1993, at the age of 23 years old I go to visit my cousin who is part of the Long Island management team that is part owner of the Islanders. He says I want to show you something. He shows me the fisherman logo. I say, what the hell is that? He says our new logo. He says, we are down towards the bottom in merchandise sales and we hired a marketing firm to come up with a new logo. I said, are you nuts?!?! That is awful!! What about the tradition of the old logo and the 4 Stanley Cups? Which at that point were only less than a decade before. He says I know I tried to tell them but they won't listen. You wonder how one bad decision can lead to many more. Don Maloney was in over his head and a columnist from Newsday wrote let's see if the Islanders have the guts to hire Mike Milbury. They knew the Bruin alumni would be more than happy to move away from the past. Hoping to show that they were willing to make a splash, spend money, and distract from the logo fiasco, they hire one of the worst coaches and soon to be worst GMs in history. A guy who also happened to be the nemesis from Boston of many of the former Stanley Cup winning alumni. He trades Chara and what turned out to be Spezza for Yashin. Trades Luongo for Parrish and Kvasha. And instead of drafting Gaborik and Hartnell ends up with DiPietro and Torres. A freakin 23 year disaster from Fishsticks to Snow storm.
Wow I feel really dumb, I always wondered what the blob in the middle of the logo was supposed to be... just realized it's the shape of Long Island... shame on me lmao
when they decided to play in Brooklyn, they updated the center logo to include Brooklyn. Compare the outline of the idland the 80s jersey you have compared to the Adidas jersey. There are articles about it
As a die hard fan in the NY/NJ area I do have the Islanders 3rd orange jersey, the Islanders Reebok Navy Blue and the Adidas Authentic home Royal Blue jersey but I do like the Islanders fisherman jersey in the navy blue I have no idea why a lot of people hate it so much a friend of mine also has it but that black jersey that says Islanders in the front is horrible though.
So funny-me- As a former nyc(area) resident i read that as New jersey (place) history Lol So much love for you and your gaggle of hockey lovers somewhere n the great white north(Canada-a)
That was great Shannon thanks great collection there I enjoyed watching this minus the Tavares #91 which is really dated because with all do respect of the retirement of Butch Goring now so #91 has become sacred for fans in Long Island NY and I know you know that already.
@@allsystemsgo8678 Yet Butch was the final piece of the puzzle, he's the 91 and the real J.T is named Tonelli. I began watching in "81" so I saw those players.
The thing i always thought for myself against them is: If they win another cup, will the had an orange line to the stick(the 4 lines are for the cups if you didnt know)
One of the great mystery of history...who was looking at the fisherman jersey...then the classic Stanley cup winning jersey...then tell themselves... YES ! This is the best desing i have seen, this is our new jersey !!! Crazy thing is, the color are worse than the design ! A true mystery...
The fisherman resembled hockey analyst Stan Fischler. Rangers fans chanted "We want Fish Sticks!" because the fisherman resembled guy on the Gorton's fish sticks box you'd buy at the supermarket.
If the current third jersey was Navy I think it’d be just a smidge better, it’s too close to their current primary... I’d also love to see the light house as the crest on it, I think that’d look amazing
I think one of the biggest reasons people love the Fisherman jerseys now is because, while they pale in comparison to the OGs, the Fisherman blows EVERY OTHER alternative out of the water!
I’m a fan of the fisherman jerseys and I’d agree that the all blacks with the grey and orange were brutal. I think our jerseys today are actually pretty good though!
As an Isles fan, I love the fisherman jersey. Would be great to see that be the new alternate in the future. But, nothing beats the classic look from the 80’s
I think they have a good current design but the 3rd jersey should be a reprise of the wave design. The fish sticks should never come back and for a good reason: they’re from a cursed era
For starters our initial jersey was white the blue was our away jersey. The lighthouse was not approved by isles fans because it makes no sense. Montauk where the lighthouse is is nowhere near the coli or nassau county which is where we got our colors from and everything. The jerseys we had in the mid 2000s arent liked. The blue and white returned and we got the nice stadium jerseys and the current third jerseys which everyone loves.
Maybe it’s just cuz I didn’t live through the fisherman year, cuz i was born in 99, but I think it’s kinda cool. I’d never want them to use it full time but the 50th anniversary season is coming up and if they used it as a third I would buy the hell out of an adidas fisherman jersey. But our regular logo and classic jersey is our best look and I hope they never change it. Go isles
I really like the fisherman jersey. I like the homage to the fishing community of Long Island. Only immature fans would make the Gortons Fisherman/Fish sticks remarks!
In a regard of the "orange jersey with the teeth", isn't the orange motif thereon supposed to represent the uppercase letter "I"? Like let's say that the letter is one metre tall, you stand about one metre in front of it and looking down at it at an angle. And that is how it appears on the jersey.
From 1972-1977 the Islanders had an away jersey that was the same as their current home jerseys. Why did the Islanders decided to change up their away jersey striping is beyond me though.
The Islanders and Devils have a very small concentrated fan base. That's why there Merch does not sell compared to other teams. Besides who wants a "Gorton Fisherman" on a Jersey ?
Shannon, SURPRISED you erroneously included their inaugural season through to 1977 for what's colloquially known as the 'Dynasty-era' blue; PRESENT (from 2010) design with broad orange & white sleeve, hem stripes PRECEDED it (with the latter REMOVED as of '77 playoffs) until autumn 1978.....
The all black "nets" jersey was designed by the Barclays Center marketing team, who have NO CLUE about anything hockey. That is the absolute worst jersey they have had. The Halloween ones were a close second. The new third jerseys are missing the most important aspect, The Island! And the little one on the inside of the collar does not count.
I like the fisherman and the lighthouse. If they went to that big NY like on their thirds as their main logo, huge boost in my eyes. Not a fan of the frankly clunky logo they’ve had since the 70’s. A lot of WHA logos just don’t do it for me. NYI is one of them. By cutting out the excess, just having the NY in that style, very clean, very sharp. My $0.02.
I must admit, that lighthouse logo does look really cool, the only bright spot on the jersey
I agree, but pun intended? 🤪 I like it
I agree. Designed one myself i.imgur.com/qsyzmjB.jpg
Ekon05 Oh dang, I didn’t even mean that haha
I hope they use the lighthouse as the main logo in the next 3rd Jersey
As a Sharks fan, I love the Fisherman because it's so 90s like the Kachina and the Wild Wing
I’ve been an Isles fan my whole life and I was 5 when the fisherman logo came out and I loved it, frankly I still enjoy the look as a throwback. The wild wing reference is spot on
I’m a huge Isles fan I grew up out there on the Island and we practically lived at the beach. I’d love to see more of a nautical feel like an anchor or ships wheel to their Jerseys.
Seeing their jerseys makes me feel like I'm stuck on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a huge thunderstorm
lol
I kind of like the fisherman logo.
I like to refer to the fisherman logo uniforms as the "Captain Lloyd Duncan" uniforms after the character on the CBC Radio Newfoundland comedy program "The Great Eastern".
1) You'll notice that the 80's jerseys were manufactured by local company Syosset Sports before Starter/ Koho/ CCM/ Reebok/ Adidas took over leauge-wide.
2) Also you didn't mention the wavy names and numbers on the back of the fisherman jersey.
3) the original and current 3rd jersey have Orange names/ numbers on the back whereas the other jerseys mostly had blue/ White names and numbers on the back
Day glow orange?
-Disgusting in Edmonton
-Blinding in Philly
-“Looks kinda nice” in New York
At least in New York its just the one time as a third
I love the 2014 Stadium Series Jersey!
THG Drinking Game: take a swig for every mention of the number "4".
Lol no if anything it would be the word 'sharp'
Personally I like the four stripe idea. It reminds me of football when teams will use stars above their badge to represent World Cup or Champions league wins. It's a good subtle nod to history that also keeps a running theme through the jerseys.
I actually have that orange third Koho jersey with Yashin on the back. Not a great time as an Islander fan, although I’m too young to remember it, but it’s a really cool jersey my English teacher gave me and I thought was a nice gift and a neat jersey to have
The originals were my favs of theirs. That's good they brought them back. The Gordon fish jerseys were nasty.
I really enjoy your videos. I discovered your page through all the hockey groups I'm in on Facebook. As a die hard islanders fan, I own most of these. This is so cool. I'm going to watch a lot of your shows.
Thank god this was made 3 years ago before the abominations of the first reverse retro and the 24 stadium series jerseys existed
The fish sticks jersey reminds me more of that first round of experimental third jerseys. Maybe that one could have been been their Wild Wing or Burger King jersey.
Love the Hockey Guy. Just bought the most recent adidas alternate jersey and didn't even notice or realize the 4 orange stripes on the stick. Kind of embarrassing especially since I grew up in Uniondale. Way back in the day I had a Bob Lorimer jersey. Points 4 you if you remember his jersey number....and even more points if you ever snuck into a game at the Coliseum in the 80s.....good friend of mine bought a CCM vintage Mike Bossy jersey for me a few years back...thanks Nate and thanks Hockey Guy for making my day!!!
New York Islanders best jerseys are the originals and when they finally went back to the originals now tells you that. I think part of the rebranding when Captain Highlander was the logo was a change of ownership at that time. Not too many thirds I like from the Islanders too.
I’m just still confused on what the four stripes represent
4 stanley cups in a row
The dude in the video clearly kept saying the 4 stripes for the 4 Stanley Cups
Islander.s I was joking lmao
Ben B lmao joke went right over their heads
The New York Islanders are professional hockey’s Al Bundy
Polk High School, 4 touchdowns in one game
According to urinatingtree that’s Edmonton 😂
Honestly they should bring back the fisherman in adidas
Current jerseys are the best we've ever had. Kinda hoping they bring back the fisherman as a third someday though
You know our jerseys suck when he has to fetch out a friggin WCH jersey...
I love the mainly orange jersey. If I could only ever have just one Islanders jerseys I'd want it to be that orange one.
fun fact - I interned with the NY isles in '95 and saw the height of the Gortons Fishman logo
Yeah the lighthouse is cool
I think they're Adidas Home jersey are really sharp. One of my favorite in the league tbh, I don't care enough to get one myself but It is nice.
Not for nothing, the Fisherman logo stuff is really collectible and expensive!!!
It's amazing how removing the small number from the chest makes the Reebok jersey so much nicer. (although I confess I didn't really like the white version of it.)
In 1993, at the age of 23 years old I go to visit my cousin who is part of the Long Island management team that is part owner of the Islanders. He says I want to show you something. He shows me the fisherman logo. I say, what the hell is that? He says our new logo. He says, we are down towards the bottom in merchandise sales and we hired a marketing firm to come up with a new logo. I said, are you nuts?!?! That is awful!! What about the tradition of the old logo and the 4 Stanley Cups? Which at that point were only less than a decade before. He says I know I tried to tell them but they won't listen. You wonder how one bad decision can lead to many more. Don Maloney was in over his head and a columnist from Newsday wrote let's see if the Islanders have the guts to hire Mike Milbury. They knew the Bruin alumni would be more than happy to move away from the past. Hoping to show that they were willing to make a splash, spend money, and distract from the logo fiasco, they hire one of the worst coaches and soon to be worst GMs in history. A guy who also happened to be the nemesis from Boston of many of the former Stanley Cup winning alumni. He trades Chara and what turned out to be Spezza for Yashin. Trades Luongo for Parrish and Kvasha. And instead of drafting Gaborik and Hartnell ends up with DiPietro and Torres. A freakin 23 year disaster from Fishsticks to Snow storm.
What do the four stripes signify again?
the 4 straight Stanley Cup wins they won in the 80's
Donell Weaver I think he was joking
playoff series won by them since 93
Decades since last cup
The 4 Shots you have to drink, before every game
I love that 1st 3rd jersey the full orange
I really love the nets islanders jersey
Wow I feel really dumb, I always wondered what the blob in the middle of the logo was supposed to be... just realized it's the shape of Long Island... shame on me lmao
The dot on the i is also the location of Nassau Coliseum
The Island also does not include Queens or Brooklyn, it's just the real Island
@@ErikDorfler Its all an Island though, but NYC ends at Nassau obviously.
Since I was young always wanted a Bossy jersey. Saw a game in person when they had the fish sticks logo
when they decided to play in Brooklyn, they updated the center logo to include Brooklyn. Compare the outline of the idland the 80s jersey you have compared to the Adidas jersey. There are articles about it
We want Fishsticks!!
I like the fishstick Jersey they got
I did too, but it did not have 4 stripes on it, so people could not remember how many Stanley Cups the Islanders have won.
As a die hard fan in the NY/NJ area I do have the Islanders 3rd orange jersey, the Islanders Reebok Navy Blue and the Adidas Authentic home Royal Blue jersey but I do like the Islanders fisherman jersey in the navy blue I have no idea why a lot of people hate it so much a friend of mine also has it but that black jersey that says Islanders in the front is horrible though.
So funny-me-
As a former nyc(area) resident i read that as
New jersey (place) history
Lol
So much love for you and your gaggle of hockey lovers somewhere n the great white north(Canada-a)
That was great Shannon thanks great collection there I enjoyed watching this minus the Tavares #91 which is really dated because with all do respect of the retirement of Butch Goring now so #91 has become sacred for fans in Long Island NY and I know you know that already.
Meh. As much as I resent his exit, JT was the face of the franchise and their best player.
@@allsystemsgo8678 Yet Butch was the final piece of the puzzle, he's the 91 and the real J.T is named Tonelli. I began watching in "81" so I saw those players.
The thing i always thought for myself against them is:
If they win another cup, will the had an orange line to the stick(the 4 lines are for the cups if you didnt know)
One of the great mystery of history...who was looking at the fisherman jersey...then the classic Stanley cup winning jersey...then tell themselves... YES ! This is the best desing i have seen, this is our new jersey !!! Crazy thing is, the color are worse than the design ! A true mystery...
The fisherman resembled hockey analyst Stan Fischler. Rangers fans chanted "We want Fish Sticks!" because the fisherman resembled guy on the Gorton's fish sticks box you'd buy at the supermarket.
Team Europe jersey is fitting. Team Europe had both then-Isles goalies: Jaroslav Halak and Thomas Greiss
It was Varlamov and Griess when this video was made.
If the current third jersey was Navy I think it’d be just a smidge better, it’s too close to their current primary... I’d also love to see the light house as the crest on it, I think that’d look amazing
🔷Let’s Go Islanders🔶
Looking forward to New York Rangers tomorrow
The Quint from Jaws fisherman jersey has to happen one day
6:19 I don’t get the hate on those jerseys, I think they’re pretty cool. They have a unique look to them as well.
I thought I was the only person in north america who thought that jersey looked good.
I like it.
“ We want *Fishsticks* “ 👏👏 👏👏👏😂LGR!! ❤️💙💪
I think one of the biggest reasons people love the Fisherman jerseys now is because, while they pale in comparison to the OGs, the Fisherman blows EVERY OTHER alternative out of the water!
I, I like the fisherman.
A new 3rd with the fisherman is inevitable once they’re in Belmont.
Hopefully there's NO more Fisherman Logos/Jerseys!
Fisherman revival... God’s will be done...
Love the orange 3rd. Isles need an orange jersey
RIP Brooklyn Islanders 😞
Will there be a livestream today? I always look forward to those!
The Jersey that shall not be named from the 90's hopefully stays in the past. II love the original and call me crazy but I like the orange as a third.
That 4 lines patch seams unnecessary
i like that patch...
I’m a fan of the fisherman jerseys and I’d agree that the all blacks with the grey and orange were brutal. I think our jerseys today are actually pretty good though!
As an Isles fan, I love the fisherman jersey. Would be great to see that be the new alternate in the future. But, nothing beats the classic look from the 80’s
I think they have a good current design but the 3rd jersey should be a reprise of the wave design. The fish sticks should never come back and for a good reason: they’re from a cursed era
i love jersey to wear everyday ....new friend here
I think the Islanders look best in navy. I like their four stripe shoulder logo. I thought their first edge jersey was their best look.
Looks too much like Edmonton.
You'd think the 4 stripes might be limiting, if anything.
From worse to even worser, must be the Islanders
I would like a light house third.
Have a whole fisherman collection love the thing!
Dude I asked like yesterday if you can make this video. YOU ARE THE AMAZING. THANK YOU!!!!
You have a World Cup Jersey?
For starters our initial jersey was white the blue was our away jersey. The lighthouse was not approved by isles fans because it makes no sense. Montauk where the lighthouse is is nowhere near the coli or nassau county which is where we got our colors from and everything. The jerseys we had in the mid 2000s arent liked. The blue and white returned and we got the nice stadium jerseys and the current third jerseys which everyone loves.
I liked it better when the white was the home jersey. Been watching over 40 years.
i cant believe you like the 2009-2011 water wingies jerseys. i always hated them
Maybe it’s just cuz I didn’t live through the fisherman year, cuz i was born in 99, but I think it’s kinda cool. I’d never want them to use it full time but the 50th anniversary season is coming up and if they used it as a third I would buy the hell out of an adidas fisherman jersey. But our regular logo and classic jersey is our best look and I hope they never change it. Go isles
I really like the fisherman jersey. I like the homage to the fishing community of Long Island. Only immature fans would make the Gortons Fisherman/Fish sticks remarks!
I'm sure they'll be more then happy to redo the jersey because they won the cup.
The only one of those jerseys I never ever want to see again is the black one at 6:20. An absolute travesty. Bring any of the rest back.
do you know where I can find a fishermen jersey crest for the blue jersey?
Fish sticks! Fish sticks! Fish sticks!
I like the islanders' current colors and striping but i don't think they can have much of a logo on their jersey because of their team name.
In a regard of the "orange jersey with the teeth", isn't the orange motif thereon supposed to represent the uppercase letter "I"?
Like let's say that the letter is one metre tall, you stand about one metre in front of it and looking down at it at an angle.
And that is how it appears on the jersey.
From 1972-1977 the Islanders had an away jersey that was the same as their current home jerseys. Why did the Islanders decided to change up their away jersey striping is beyond me though.
I got scared when I read the thumbnail image almost as 'Islam hero' cause of the folding
Brooklyn is on Long Island… we’re Islanders too. 😊
The Islanders and Devils have a very small concentrated fan base. That's why there Merch does not sell compared to other teams. Besides who wants a "Gorton Fisherman" on a Jersey ?
The irony of it is those Islanders and Devils are responsible for seven of the last 8 cups won since 1980 in the NYC metropolitan area.
They should just have a gigantic poop 💩 emoji as their logo.
You think the fisherman may have a cult revival if it weren't for John Spano?
*The Gordon's Fish Sticks* jersey is the best lol
👨🦳 🎣 🏒 🐠 🐟
hey are the 4 stripes for the 4 stanely cups?
Always
The only thing I hate about the third jersey is the orange numbering I think it’s weird
I agree the third Jersey at the end of the video is cool. So is the one they wore when they won the 4 stanley cups.
Shannon, SURPRISED you erroneously included their inaugural season through to 1977 for what's colloquially known as the 'Dynasty-era' blue; PRESENT (from 2010) design with broad orange & white sleeve, hem stripes PRECEDED it (with the latter REMOVED as of '77 playoffs) until autumn 1978.....
I liked the orange and navy alternates. Not a fan of the black ones that represented Brooklyn and that crappy arena that wasnt meant for hockey.
my thoughts are your collection is quite empty without a Darius Kasparaitis Islanders jersey.
LGI
The all black "nets" jersey was designed by the Barclays Center marketing team, who have NO CLUE about anything hockey. That is the absolute worst jersey they have had. The Halloween ones were a close second. The new third jerseys are missing the most important aspect, The Island! And the little one on the inside of the collar does not count.
Don't have the first gen Islanders in white (3 stripes on the stick)? If you want one sent to you by me, you'll have to love my comment, Shannon!
I love the fisherman
I like the ugly one. It stands out.
Like the fishermen too and the stadium.
I like the fisherman and the lighthouse. If they went to that big NY like on their thirds as their main logo, huge boost in my eyes. Not a fan of the frankly clunky logo they’ve had since the 70’s. A lot of WHA logos just don’t do it for me. NYI is one of them. By cutting out the excess, just having the NY in that style, very clean, very sharp. My $0.02.
Also IMO the Brooklyn jersey is the all-time worst. Completely stripped away the identity of the team for the color scheme of a basketball team
I have 2 fisherman jerseys