- Editor's note: Sheng Peng will be a regular contributor to NBC Sports California's Sharks coverage. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
Doug Bentz has heard all your criticism of the San Jose Sharks’ new all-teal home jerseys.
But the Sharks’ chief marketing officer hopes fans will give San Jose’s new home and road uniforms, officially debuted by Logan Couture and James Reimer last night at a Sharks365 season ticket holders event, another look live.
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“I internalize all that feedback, unfortunately,” Bentz told San Jose Hockey Now in an exclusive interview. “But it’s hard seeing things on the internet, to really actually grasp the feeling of [the jerseys]. It just looks so much different on the ice, on the players.”
So when did the San Jose Sharks start the process of redesigning their jerseys? Where did the all-teal concept come from? The answers might surprise you.