It's all about the latter half of the alphabet today as we look at teams whose cities start with the letter "N" and go until the alphabet runs out. As stated above, there's a handful of jerseys that don't have NHL homes, so we'll talk about those at the end. Without further adieu, though, let's look at more musicians in jerseys!
Usually, the Nashville Predators have a laundry list of stars who have taken the stage in their colours, but there are only a couple of names to add this time. Taryn Papa was at Bridgestone Arena to sing the anthem, and Tracy Lawrence belted out his version of the anthem as well!
The New Jersey Devils found a pile of people who wanted to show their allegiance while showcasing their musical talents. Wé Ani sang the anthem in Newark while donning a jersey. Not only was Swayam Bhatia one of the stars of the new Mighty Ducks series, but she's a budding musician who supports the Devils! We know Post Malone can do music, but who knew he had a thing for the New Jersey Devils? Moving on, I have no idea about anything to do with Swedish rock band Ghost, but Papa Emeritus IV received a jersey when they played the Prudential Center. Marc Anthony got himself a "Jersey" jersey when he stopped in Newark. Rapper Daddy Yankee had the name of his seventh and final studio album on his jersey that he received. And while he's known more for acting and comedy, there's no doubt that having Adam Sandler next to Jack Hughes has to count for something!
The New York Islanders only have one musician on this list, but he's got twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations to his name as Loudon Wainwright III wore an Islanders jersey on his 1979 album, A Live One.
The New York Rangers added a few musicians to their celebrity roster on this concert bill. South Korean girl pop group Dia decided to perform in New Rangers jerseys with six of the seven singers wearing Chris Kreider jerseys while the one lone singer wore a Rick Nash jersey. In a far more explainable moment, Luke Combs got a personalized Rangers jersey when he played Madison Square Garden. And in another weird moment, Phil Collins of Genesis is wearing a Rangers jersey in this picture, but it appears to be different from the Rangers jersey he wore on stage. The sleeve stripes seem to be in a different spot. It is a second Rangers sweater for Collins?
I mentioned Mark Wahlberg's friendship with Max Domi on yesterday's entry, and here's more proof as the musician-turned-actor poses with Domi and his new Arizona Coyotes jersey. Why is it posted here? Arizona started as Phoenix, so they land in the "P" section on the big database!
As seen on the Phil Collins image above, Tony Banks is clearly wearing a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey. Joining him on the Penguins bandwagon is rapper Maxo Kream who seems to be wearing the 1990s version of the diagonal Pittsburgh jersey. Train played the PPG Arena at some point, and lead singer Pat Monahan wore a Penguins jersey for the occasion!
There's just one addition to the San Jose Sharks' celebrity fan club, and that honour goes to Fuerza Regida who were founded in San Bernadino, California, but play traditional Mexican music and Latin pop music. They received jerseys when they stopped by the SAP Center for a concert!
The Seattle Kraken added a musician to their ranks who has already appeared on this list as Train's Pat Monahan sported the Kraken colours when they took the stage in Seattle.
The St. Louis Blues get four more celebrities to join their roster, but one of these musicians has a great background story. We'll start with Shania Twain who got a possible Al MacInnis jersey when she stopped in the Missouri city. Post Malone got a new jersey with the sponsor logo that had #77 on it. Fallout Boy were given jerseys during their stop in the city. Sammay Hagar apparently bleeds blue when he's in St. Louis. And, finally, I'll let Carole King explain what's happening in this image here: "To those of you who've seen the recently released video of my performance in Montreux in 1973 and are wondering why the band members were wearing St. Louis Blues hockey jerseys, here's the answer. Lou Adler liked the musical note logo and thought the jerseys would be better than black suits." I'm not here to knock Carole King or Lou Adler, but the Blues never wore jerseys like that. Where did they find them?
The Toronto Maple Leafs get three more celebrity musicians to join their fray. Thomas Rhett got himself a personalized jersey, but just getting your intials on a jersey is dumb. He should be more like Ozzy Osbourne who went and got himself a personalized jersey with his last name on it! And it had to happen some time, but the Leafs finally got Michael Bublé in a jersey as well.
The Vancouver Canucks have two different jerseys on display in their set as Shania Twain wore the recent stick-in-rink alternate jersey while rapper Freddie Gibbs was sporting the primary Canucks jersey from 2007-19. Shania's jersey is clearly the better one.
With the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup, you know they attracted the attention of celebrities. They enlisted the likes of 50 Cent into their ranks with his personalized gold jersey. Mexican rapper Alemán makes another appearance in the gray Golden Knights jersey. Mexican singer El Dasa, aka Dasahev López Saavedra, showed off his allegiance to the fortress. Country singer Jason Aldean got himself a personalized jersey during his stop in Vegas. Li'l Jon completed the jersey set with the gold Golden Knights jersey. LL Cool J picked up a personalized jersey during a stop at T-Mobile Arena. Marshmello got the crowd fired up before one of the Stanley Cup Final games. Shania Twain added a Golden Knights jersey to her closet. Yes, Shaq does basketball, but Shaquille O'Neal has released rap albums and now has an oversized Golden Knights jersey. And we can't forget one of our biggest hockey fans as Snoop Dogg showed off his allegiance to the Golden Knights this spring!
The Winnipeg Jets hosted a few concerts, and they were in the giving spirit as well! Styx visited the city on their tour, and frontman Lawrence Gowan ended up wearing Jets' colours. In one of the cooler donations to an artist, the Jets gave Indian singer-songwriter Diljit Dosanjh - known as Diljit - a personalized Jets jersey! I know nothing about his music, but Diljit is the first artist from India on these lists to receive a hockey jersey!
On the international scene, check out this amazing Vastra Frolunda jersey worn by ABBA's Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad! And doubling-down on the amazing, here's Elton John hawking a Captain Fantastic pinball machine wearing a 1974 Canadian Canada Cup jersey!
We'll jump to the AHL where a few jerseys got some celebrity love. Country-pop singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson sported a camouflage Iowa Wild jersey during one of his stops. Country musician Cody Johnson got himself a Syracuse Crunch jersey during his stop in the New York city. And in one of the cooler jersey-music moments, Rich F. captured Journey's Jonathan Cain wearing a Coachella Valley Firebirds jersey during their concert tour!
On the major junior circuit, Canadian country star Katelyn Lehner wowed the crowd with her pipes at the Saskatoon Blades game while Jess Moskaluke handled the anthem duties at the Regina Pats game with ease!
Brother-and-sister country music act Jenna and Stuart Walker visited the campus of the University of New Brunswick where they, as musical duo The Reklaws, performed a concert while wearing jerseys of the UNB Reds!
That leaves the odds and ends for jerseys that don't fit into any of the categories, but we won't exclude them. I mentioned yesterday that Toadies guitarist Lisa Umbarger was all about Texas hockey, and she doesn't disappoint with her support of the NAHL's Lone Star Brahmas. She also took to the stage in a jersey from the former Central Hockey League's Fort Worth Fire! We'll go back a few years when the Foo Fighters received matching IHL Manitoba Moose jerseys during a stop in Winnipeg. And in one of the coolest jerseys ever designed, Fletcher Shears from The Garden wore an IHL San Francisco Spiders jersey!
We have a couple of late additions to the concert bill as well as I missed a couple if images that needed to be included yesterday. Let's jump right into the Colorado Avalanche having Blink 182's bassist Mark Hoppus as a fan, and he met Wayne Gretzky! Not to be outdone, the Minnesota Wild gave Robert Smith of The Cure his own personalized jersey!
In total, there are 99 new images listed on the master list of musicians in jerseys, so I invite you to click that link and poke around to see which artists have worn or supported your favorite team. If you have any images you wish to include, please send them through to me here. It might be a while before we see more of these articles, but I'm willing to wait if we get some great images of musicians in jerseys like we had over the last two days!
Enjoy the summer concert season, folks, because it goes by way too fast!
Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!
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