NHL Teams Doing Away With ‘Pride Night’ Jerseys Next Season

Nick Suzuki #14 of the Montreal Canadiens skates the puck as he wears a "Pride Night" jersey during warm-ups prior to the game against the Washington Capitals at Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on April 6, 2023. Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

National Hockey League (NHL) teams will not wear specialty jerseys for pregame warmups during themed nights next season because it has become a “distraction” this past season, a top league official confirmed on Thursday.

During an interview with Sportsnet after concluding a meeting with the league’s board of governors in New York, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said players will no longer wear special warmup jerseys—such as rainbow jerseys on “pride nights.”