JeffB Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 The good news is I got a rare as heck 1995 Team Canada Reebok branded jersey that was only worn at the 1995 World Championships. The bad news. Oh. My. Lord. Perhaps the worst roster of players to choose from in Canadian hockey history. Honestly, I'm not sure any of the forwards have 5 games of NHL experience. Horrid. Just horrid. Something named Brian Tutt was team captain. My best choices seem to be Corey Hirsch or Duane Roloson. Or, for the first time in my collecting life, leaving it blank. It think it's worth more like that! Why couldn't it have been a 1996? Brodeur, Joseph, Kariya, Sydor, Friesen, Ferraro - guys you actually recognize from only one name! Even a 1994 - Arnott, Blake, Brind'Amour, Randford, Robitaille, Sakic, Shannahan, Verbeek. 1995 will forever been known as "the dark ages" in Canadian hockey history... Ever have a great jersey with a deplorable choice of players to customize it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akteon Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I didn't realize that Reebok made hockey jerseys back then. I guess that explains this: www.ebay.com/itm/360642624102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant! Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I believe that 1995 was the last year before Nike took over. They were Tackla mesh jerseys but branded with Reebok. That USA one appears to just be a fan jersey since it's not the usual light mesh that was used at the time. Speaking to the team itself; didn't they win the gold that year? Does that speak to the quality of competition elsewhere in the world at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oh God no. Canada came in third overall somehow. In the Group stage they lost to friggin' France 4-1, tied Italy and got beat by the Russians 5-4 to finish behind all three, but still made the playoffs. They beat the US in the quarters, lost to Sweden in OT in the semis and beat the Czechs to get the bronze with one hell of a forgettable roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant! Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Ohhh okay. That must have been right after their dominating run of golds then. They won five straight to begin the decade, didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brilliant! Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 D-oh. I was thinking of the junior team rather than the national team. THAT was the 5-straight gold team during that period. The junior team didn't use the Reebok jerseys at the 1995 Championships? I thought they did. The ones with the Reebok logo on the shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Actually… the junior team did wear the same ones and they have some acceptable names on the roster so I'm definitely going that direction. Not an A+ list of names, but acceptable - Friesen, Smyth, O'Neill, Redden, Tucker, Jovanovski. Maybe I'll go with Jeff O"Neill because he's a good follow on twitter. I was just so surprised and appalled that Canada could field such a crap roster it got me wondering if anyone else had the "great jersey/crap lineup" conundrum come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guam64 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Too bad it wasn't the 94 Olympics jersey, you could have put good old boy Petr Nedved on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxbo1690 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I picked up a 96 WC Czech Republic jersey and they won the gold with this roster: http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=1602&year0=1996&status=stats However, I decided to do a Roman Turek because I liked him in the NHL, he got the tournament all star and wore number 2 in the tournament, which is awesome! It is currently at GameDaySports so I can't wait to see the result. I assume that a lot of higher caliber players skipped the WC that year to play in the World Cup and a cursory look at the tournament top scorers likely supports that idea: http://www.eliteprospects.com/league.php?leagueid=WC&season=1995 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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