NHL Hometown Remix: Every 2026-27 Special Edition Jersey, Tracked and Graded as All 32 Are Revealed

The NHL and Fanatics announced on Wednesday that all 32 teams will wear a special edition jersey in 2026-27 under a program called Hometown Remix. It is the first league-wide uniform program Fanatics has run since taking over as the NHL's on-ice outfitter in 2024, and it is the first league-wide program of any kind since adidas closed out Reverse Retro.

No designs have been shown yet. This page is where we will grade all 32 as they land.

via the NHL and Fanatics

The program logo is the only thing anyone has actually seen: block capitals for HOMETOWN, a green graffiti script for REMIX, and an arrow. It is a music-and-street-culture reference rather than a hockey one, which tells you something about the direction before a single sweater exists.

What Hometown Remix Actually Is

Here is everything the league has confirmed, and it is worth being precise because a lot of the early coverage is filling gaps with guesses.

• All 32 teams get one special edition jersey.
• Designed and developed by Fanatics, the NHL's authentic on-ice uniform outfitter since 2024.
• The brief is to celebrate the fans, the city, and the local culture of each team.
• It is not jerseys alone. The collection includes authentic and replica sweaters plus a broader apparel and headwear range.
• More information follows shortly after the season begins on September 29, 2026.

What the NHL has not said, despite what you may read elsewhere: how many games each team wears the jersey, whether every team debuts on the same night, and what any of them look like. Nobody has seen a design.

Why This Is a Bigger Deal Than a Normal Alternate

Two things make this worth paying attention to.

It is Fanatics' first real test. The takeover from adidas in 2024 was not popular. Complaints about fit, weight, and detail followed the first season of Fanatics sweaters around the league, and a 32-team creative program is the most public possible answer to that criticism. This is the company saying it can design, not just manufacture.

The brief is the hard one. "Celebrate the local culture" is the same instruction behind NBA City Edition and MLB City Connect, and those programs have produced both the best and the worst uniforms of the last decade. When it works you get something a fan base adopts permanently. When it fails you get a set of design clichés stapled to a sweater, a city reduced to one landmark and one slogan.

Hockey has an advantage the other leagues do not, though. The sweater is a stronger canvas than a jersey. Stripes, yokes, and laces give a designer real structure to work with, and the best NHL alternates tend to be the ones that use that structure rather than fight it. Reverse Retro worked when it borrowed a real historical set and swapped the colors. It failed when it invented something from nothing.

What Came Before

The comparison everyone will reach for is Reverse Retro, adidas's two league-wide runs. The concept was to take a real uniform from a team's past, or from the city's wider hockey history, and flip the color scheme. The second edition in 2023-24 was the last league-wide program before this one, and it produced some genuinely strange results alongside some of the most popular alternates the league has had.

The lesson from both editions is consistent. Programs anchored in something real outperform programs anchored in a concept. Hometown Remix is a concept brief, which makes it higher risk and higher ceiling than Reverse Retro was.

When Do the Hometown Remix Jerseys Come Out?

The NHL says more information comes shortly after the season begins on September 29, 2026. Both Reverse Retro editions were unveiled league-wide in the fall, so a similar rollout is the reasonable expectation: a single league-wide reveal rather than 32 separate team announcements spread across months.

We will update this page the moment anything is shown.

Every Hometown Remix Jersey, Graded

Nothing has been revealed. As designs drop we will add each team here with a ColorWay grade, the same way we handle every league-wide program.

The Bottom Line

A 32-team program is the biggest uniform story on the NHL calendar and this one carries an extra layer, because it is the first time Fanatics has been asked to design rather than manufacture. The brief has produced both the best and the worst alternates in other leagues. The sweater is a better canvas than most, and hockey fans are less forgiving than most. We will know at the end of September.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NHL Hometown Remix program? A 2026-27 special edition uniform, apparel, and headwear program covering all 32 NHL teams, designed and developed by Fanatics. Each team's jersey is meant to celebrate its fans, its city, and its local culture.

When will the Hometown Remix jerseys be revealed? The NHL says more information will follow shortly after the 2026-27 season begins on September 29, 2026. No designs have been shown as of the August 19 announcement.

Which teams are getting a Hometown Remix jersey? All 32.

Who designed the Hometown Remix jerseys? Fanatics, which has been the NHL's authentic on-ice uniform outfitter since 2024. This is its first league-wide creative program for the league.

Is Hometown Remix the same as Reverse Retro? No. Reverse Retro was an adidas program that took real uniforms from a team's history and flipped the color scheme. Hometown Remix is a Fanatics program built around city and local culture rather than a team's own archive.

How many games will teams wear the Hometown Remix jersey? The NHL has not said.

Hometown Remix logo via the NHL and Fanatics. ColorWay Sports is an independent design site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Hockey League or Fanatics.