The Colorado Avalanche have joined the rest of the NHL in offering a glimpse at where their 2026-27 Hometown Remix uniform is headed, and the clue came wrapped in a little social media puzzle.
On Instagram, the Avalanche’s account posted a word scramble that revealed the theme name at the top: “Hometown Remix.” The scrambled letters underneath - “UFLLY RFSOETD.” - led to the answer: “Fully Frosted.”
The team’s tease leaves plenty to the imagination, but the wording points toward a look that could lean white, with burgundy and blue worked in from Colorado’s traditional palette.
There are also choices to be made on the logo front. Last season, when the Avalanche unveiled their throwback uniform, they went back to the Quebec Nordiques style. Since that look has already been used, the hope is that this next design takes a different route.
One possibility that keeps coming up is the Yeti foot, a logo the Avalanche wore from their inaugural season through the 2014-15 season. Avalanche fans, at least the loudest ones online, seem to keep circling back to the same demand: bring the yeti foot back. It’s the mark many associate with Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Patrick Roy, and plenty of other franchise legends.
A version with a mountain worked into the design would make sense, too. One idea is a burgundy Yeti foot paired with a blue mountain and ice caps up top.
There’s one thing the Avalanche probably don’t want attached to any new look, though: another rough run when they wear it. That was the case with the Nordiques throwbacks last season, when the team finished the series with a losing record. If the Hometown Remix uniform ends up featuring the iconic yeti foot, the hope is that the on-ice results match the nostalgia.
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