De-Retired Jersey Numbers

[Lambert Closse]

For some reasons some jersey that have been retired have been worn again.

Nordiques: #3 Jean-Claude Tremblay, #8 Marc Tardif, #16 Michel Goulet

have been de-retired when the team moved to Colorado. Did the Coyotes do the same thing with # 9 Bobby Hull and # 25 Thomas Steen when the Jets moved to Phoenix?

Whalers: #2 Rick Ley, #19 John McKenzie

The #9 Gordie Howe was also retired in Hartford was it worn since the team moved to Carolina?

Canadiens: #4 Aurele Joliat, #16 Elmer Lach

When the numbers were officially retired the team decided to honor both Joliat and Jean Béliveau for #4 and Lach and Henri Richard for #16. Now only Béliveau and Richard hangs from the rafters.


In an unpopular move to Boston, Guy Lapointe wore Dit Clapper #5 but changed to #27 after the Bruins fans disapproved.

complete list of retired numbers:
http://www.azhockey.com/shirts.html

Is there any others?

[davemess]

#66 in Pittsburgh

but im sure nobody got mad about that

[Lobstertainment]

I thought The leafs had a bunch of Retired numbers but when I went to the Rpas game I noticed only 2 of the banners where Silver while the rest were White, the Silver ones are #5 Barillko and #6 Ace and they're retired the rest are just Honored Jerseys, which is odd why they didn't retire 27 for Sittler or 93 for Gilmour then.

[Lobstertainment]

Holy Crap a 3 Digit Jersey!? 111

wow, a Devil player should look into changing his to 666

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Lambert Closse

The #9 Gordie Howe was also retired in Hartford was it worn since the team moved to Carolina?

It hasn't been worn, its still "unofficially" retired.

[zetterberg40]

16 in detroit... no1 for a VERY long time will wear the number 16 in detroit, probably never again. Most wing fans wish it was/would be retired

[Lambert Closse]

Originally Posted by SSJTOM

Holy Crap a 3 Digit Jersey!? 111

wow, a Devil player should look into changing his to 666

If Miroslav Satan ever gets traded there he will.

[Masao]

I remember Ron Tugnutt wearing #1 in Montreal, but the number is retired for Jacques Plante...

[Vyacheslav]

Originally Posted by Lambert Closse

If Miroslav Satan ever gets traded there he will.

If Miroslav Satan ever gets traded to the Devils I will consider retiring as an NHL fan. I'm afraid I couldn't take all the witty jokes that would follow, without killing anyone.

[Lambert Closse]

Originally Posted by Masao

I remember Ron Tugnutt wearing #1 in Montreal, but the number is retired for Jacques Plante...

In Montréal some numbers like #1 & #2 were worn many years before they were officially retired by the team. Other numbers #18,19 & #33 for exemple are not retired yet but will be at some time.

#18 was last worn by Valeri Bure but not since his departure for Calgary
#19 has not since Larry Robinson move to L.A.
#33 has not since Patrick Roy trade to Colorado

There is a chance numbers 12,21 & 23 will also be retired someday as they were not handed to anyone at this year's training camp.