Earlier this month, the Hurricanes launched their first ever Black Excellence Jersey which was revealed prior to the first home game in February, in celebration of Black History Month. It was a design where they partnered with North Carolina-born artist Mike Jones and the jersey was so popular that it sold out within 30 minutes of it first being available, despite the eye-popping price for it being a truly authentic jersey.
It’s something a lot of other NHL teams had been doing prior to this season, back when the teams would then wear this specially-designed jersey on the ice for warmups.