On January 1st, the NHL will be showcasing its with annual Winter Classic event, this year featuring the New York Ranger and the Philadelphia Flyers (for the second time since 2010).

Much speculation has gone into the specialty jerseys that the teams with be dawning on new year’s day. Both clubs currently sport jerseys that are almost identical to what they’ve traditionally warn, so there’s not much to draw back from, especially the Flyers who already brought back their original sweaters in 2010.

Fans speculated that the Flyers would go further back to a different franchise in their city’s history for a uniform design, insert the Philadelphia Quakers who only played one season in the NHL from 1930-1931. Mock ups even circulated around the web with Chinese counterfeits also hitting the market just based on speculation.

This current leak has many people convinced that this will be the Flyers’ look for the upcoming Winter Classic. If it’s a fake, then it’s a darn good one, much better than what we’ve come to expect from Chinese knock-offs.

I quite dig the design, it has a basic striping and yoke style that is utilized by others teams (Rangers and Bruins), but works really well with Philly’s orange, black and vintage white colour scheme.

I’m curious to see what the Rangers come up with, it’s safe to assume that they’re going with an off-white cream coloured base, but what will they do on the front? Many people think it’ll be a throw back  of their current logo and not diagonal text, but we’ll just have to see.

I give this jersey a good solid B and can't wait to see it on the ice.