Remember when the Jets wore red helmets?

[Ric O.]

^ I think that uni with the white shoulders is a really really good looking one.

[DowntownBooster]

Dec 28, 2016 1:03:36 GMT -6 JETStender said:

Dec 16, 2016 21:28:23 GMT -6 DowntownBooster said:

Good find! I remember when the WHA Jets wore red helmets and for whatever reason they didn't look out of place whereas the red ones used briefly by the NHL Jets didn't seem to look right. I'm not sure if it's because a different shade of red was used or if we were just used to seeing the NHL Jets with blue helmets. It could also be that not all players wore helmets during the 70's so maybe we just didn't notice them as much at the time whereas they all wore them during the 90's.

I think it's because the WHA jersey has the white shoulders separating the Red from the blue. If they were to do a retro home jersey of the heritage classic version then I think it would work.

It appears the Jets wore red helmets for only 1 season in the WHA (1977-78) which was when they had the red pants and the blue jerseys had the white shoulders. In the final WHA season (1978-79), even though the blue jerseys had the white shoulders, the players were wearing blue pants and reverted back to blue helmets that season as they had used in the first 5 seasons.