94-95 St. Louis Blues Jersey Question

[JJM4]

Referring to nhluniforms.com, during the lockout shortened season of 94-95, the Blues introduced their new home and road Spiderman jerseys as their primary uniforms.

I don't think there was any preseason games in all likelihood that season with the lockout.

I found a picture of a player (Casey) who signed in the summer of 1994 with the Blues so this signing was for the 94-95 season onward. In this picture he can be seen wearing the 93-94 older Blues uniform. The pic also looks like it would be earlier in the 94-95 season since he's wearing his black Bruins pads and mask.

So I guess my question is after the Blues made the switch to the new Spiderman primaries, did they occasionally play in the older style sweaters during the 94-95 season? Hoping maybe a Blues fan would know.  Or maybe there was a short preseason in which the older style unis were used?

Edited December 21, 2018 by JJM4

[cjerina]

Per dropyourgloves.com, there were preseason games in 1994:

 

http://dropyourgloves.com/Fights/TeamSeason.aspx?League=1&Season=1995&Team=7

[JJM4]

Thanks, that's weird they played the preseason then shut down for the lockout.  I'd imagine that's when the Blues would have worn the older style unis though.

 

[mfitz804]

4 minutes ago, JJM4 said:

Thanks, that's weird they played the preseason then shut down for the lockout.  I'd imagine that's when the Blues would have worn the older style unis though.

Most likely. I also note that it used to be typical around that time to see the hockey cards of rookies or new players to a team with pictures that were taken during the preseason. That was the first opportunity to get a picture of the guy playing for his new team. 

Which, as a kid, I always appreciated over an awful card with a picture from a press conference.