The Reddest Senators

The image to the left was seen briefly tonight at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario. I claim no ownership of the video that showed this new design, but it seems the Ottawa Senators will be wearing red as an alternate jersey next season as announced at the Season Ticket Summit for Ottawa Senators fans and media. The last time that the Senators wore red as an alternate jersey was in 2020 to go along with their red home jerseys. The red is back, though, as the team confirmed the jerseys will be available in September, and it looks like the design team may have scored big with these new threads!

If you want to watch various angles of this video, I recommend checking out the recordings found on the Twitter accounts of Graeme Nichols, Rising Sens, and Kevin Lee. All three were at the event tonight, and all three captured the alternate jersey video from different angles. With that video being confirmed as legitimate, let's dig into this new red alternate jersey that the Senators will wear!

The gold accents return which harken back to the 2007 black alternate jersey which also featured more gold. Having the Senators use more gold as an accent colour was never an issue with me, and I welcome its return. As long as they don't lose their minds and introduce a gold uniform, the gold accent colour is a good contrast in breaking up the black and red sections of the jersey. Overall, this use of the gold works well for creating those contrasts. My only complaint is that the jersey itself doesn't seem to have the gold outlining the entire black shoulder yoke when it should.

If you were watching the videos closely, you may have noticed a new centurion helmet crest design. The added details on this updated logo give the crest more depth when viewed from further back, adding a rather unique element to this alternate jersey. My hope is the home and road jerseys follow this lead and adopt the improved crest, but we'll have to see how the Senators handle this upgrade. The side view of the Roman in the logo doesn't really allow for a lot of variation or detail to be added, but this small detail is an improvement that works well compared to the standard logo.

Overall, the jersey works well based on the teasers despite not seeing a full on-ice version yet. It seems the Senators are going to see red in the 2025-26 season with this new alternate uniform, and the brief glimpse that we got at the Season Ticket Summit tonight should have fans excited for the new jersey. Whether or not that excitement will help with signings will be seen once free agency opens, but the Seantors appear to be banking on the idea of "look good, play good"!

Does that lead to more playoff success than this year's brief appearance? Jerseys normally don't play a role in that, but perhaps the team will go on a winning streak while wearing the new red jerseys. Having that confidence that winning will happen while wearing red won't hurt when it comes to winning a playoff series!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!