I don’t know about hockey players but I know in the NFL that if players want a jersey, they have to pay for it.
SpectreFire
They get a 10% discount for being employees of the team.
VancityRenaults
Can confirm, I shop here and I’m a playa
EightBelles37
So many of us have had this tiny thought in our mind for years. Thanks
Hansen36
Queue the story about a fan seeing Tom Sestito in here getting his own jersey made and his card bounced
FlashF1
Winning Spirit
georgefrench604
Confirmed, I saw Zadorov and Lindholm returning Canucks swag.
footcake
Summer shit posting. Lovin’ it
EvelynNances
Always interesting to see where players go in their free time.
stangerwasgood
RB_reigns style post
jB_real
If you feel you need to shop where the ‘team’ shops, then that lettering paid its’ self off 8 fold
Rheostatistician
They have a shelf in the back stocked with cans of Chef Boyardi for the guys that didn’t eat at home
Republic-Of-OK
Yeah exactly, it’s just like a university library. Sure, anyone could shop there, but if you’re a player you gotta go there and pay their gougey prices. Unbelievable!
Emergency_Wolf_5764
To the OP:
The answer is no, that’s just a marketing ploy, and ignore most of the other responses posted in this forum.
NHL players actually get all their gear and jerseys from their team’s equipment manager personnel ONLY, and only shop at such team stores to buy souvenirs to autograph for charities, friends, family, etc.
NHL players aren’t even allowed entry inside their equipment manager’s highly secured storage room, and must ask them for any new equipment pieces they might want or need throughout the season.
Some pieces of their used and/or surplus equipment do get sold at the stadium’s “official store”, like this one, especially for players who were traded or no longer play for the team, and those items are usually used sticks, gloves and skates.
It is at the end of season team equipment sale, which is usually held in June, where the stadium arena floor is filled with tables of additional larger equipment items like pants, shin pads, elbow pads, goalie pads, blockers, trappers, helmets, jerseys, socks, team sweats, apparel, joggers, shoes, track suits, helmets, visors, etc, and pretty much everything else that is no longer needed by the team, that is put up for sale to the fan-buying public as is, with no refunds or returns allowed.
Some items sold are new or close to new, but most items are used.
The players themselves get to take home for the summer the protective equipment they basically ended their NHL season with, including their team bag, white “away” helmet, practice jerseys, pants, skates, gloves, and a leftover small batch of their sticks that they will use for their summer skates and on-ice training.
When players report back to training camp in September, the team’s equipment staff will already have completely new stock of their off-ice and on-ice gear waiting for them should they need to swap into anything new.
Players usually hate breaking in new pants, skates, and gloves, and typically try to break those items in over a few team practices until they feel comfortable enough for use in actual games.
Shin pads, elbow pads, and shoulder pads are often fiercely held onto by most players for use over multiple seasons until they can no longer be repaired with new velcro, re-stitching, sewing, replacement parts, etc.
When they finally need to be replaced outright, team equipment personnel will try their best to get the player new replacement gear that is as close as possible to the feel and protection level of the old equipment item being replaced.
Most hockey players are very picky about their equipment.
Class is now dismissed.
You’re welcome.
benz1099
Is that rodeo drive?
Cco872
Saw Alex Edler shopping there with his family a few years back
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Just an adorable post
We are all Canucks
Yes. I’ve met players shopping in the team store.
I don’t know about hockey players but I know in the NFL that if players want a jersey, they have to pay for it.
They get a 10% discount for being employees of the team.
Can confirm, I shop here and I’m a playa
So many of us have had this tiny thought in our mind for years. Thanks
Queue the story about a fan seeing Tom Sestito in here getting his own jersey made and his card bounced
Winning Spirit
Confirmed, I saw Zadorov and Lindholm returning Canucks swag.
Summer shit posting. Lovin’ it
Always interesting to see where players go in their free time.
RB_reigns style post
If you feel you need to shop where the ‘team’ shops, then that lettering paid its’ self off 8 fold
They have a shelf in the back stocked with cans of Chef Boyardi for the guys that didn’t eat at home
Yeah exactly, it’s just like a university library. Sure, anyone could shop there, but if you’re a player you gotta go there and pay their gougey prices. Unbelievable!
To the OP:
The answer is no, that’s just a marketing ploy, and ignore most of the other responses posted in this forum.
NHL players actually get all their gear and jerseys from their team’s equipment manager personnel ONLY, and only shop at such team stores to buy souvenirs to autograph for charities, friends, family, etc.
NHL players aren’t even allowed entry inside their equipment manager’s highly secured storage room, and must ask them for any new equipment pieces they might want or need throughout the season.
Some pieces of their used and/or surplus equipment do get sold at the stadium’s “official store”, like this one, especially for players who were traded or no longer play for the team, and those items are usually used sticks, gloves and skates.
It is at the end of season team equipment sale, which is usually held in June, where the stadium arena floor is filled with tables of additional larger equipment items like pants, shin pads, elbow pads, goalie pads, blockers, trappers, helmets, jerseys, socks, team sweats, apparel, joggers, shoes, track suits, helmets, visors, etc, and pretty much everything else that is no longer needed by the team, that is put up for sale to the fan-buying public as is, with no refunds or returns allowed.
Some items sold are new or close to new, but most items are used.
The players themselves get to take home for the summer the protective equipment they basically ended their NHL season with, including their team bag, white “away” helmet, practice jerseys, pants, skates, gloves, and a leftover small batch of their sticks that they will use for their summer skates and on-ice training.
When players report back to training camp in September, the team’s equipment staff will already have completely new stock of their off-ice and on-ice gear waiting for them should they need to swap into anything new.
Players usually hate breaking in new pants, skates, and gloves, and typically try to break those items in over a few team practices until they feel comfortable enough for use in actual games.
Shin pads, elbow pads, and shoulder pads are often fiercely held onto by most players for use over multiple seasons until they can no longer be repaired with new velcro, re-stitching, sewing, replacement parts, etc.
When they finally need to be replaced outright, team equipment personnel will try their best to get the player new replacement gear that is as close as possible to the feel and protection level of the old equipment item being replaced.
Most hockey players are very picky about their equipment.
Class is now dismissed.
You’re welcome.
Is that rodeo drive?
Saw Alex Edler shopping there with his family a few years back