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From: paul@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (Paul Brownlow, Data I/O  Redmond, WA)
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Subject: Re: Canadiens sweater mixup
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 16:37:06 EST
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> A couple of weeks ago, I saw the Montreal Canadiens play the Sabres
> in Buffalo.  The Canadiens were wearing their white sweaters, while the
> Sabres wore their blue ones.  In every other NHL game I've seen since
> about 1970, the home team always wore the lighter colour, so I figured
> that in this game, one of the teams had lost, forgotten, or damaged the
> sweaters they were supposed to be wearing, or something like that.

In the early 1970's, the Seattle Totems in old WHL went from mid-October
through Christmas without winning a game.  They finally won a game on the
road, only to come home to lose more.  The next time they went on the
road, they started winning again, so during their next home stand, they
wore their road (dark) sweaters, and continued winning.

The home team has the choice of which color to wear; maybe the Sabres
were having a case of superstition like the Totems.

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Paul Brownlow

"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'do I feel lucky?'
  Well, do ya punk?"