Texas Tech hockey embraces school tradition with jersey design

From NHL.com

By Christopher Detwiler

 

Yes, those are tortilla jerseys.

The Texas Tech University club hockey team unveiled its new jersey design for the season on Wednesday and it is pretty unique, to say the least.

The fun jerseys draw inspiration from the school’s tradition of throwing tortillas on the field during football games. The tradition got national attention during the 2019 NCAA men’s basketball championship game when Texas Tech fans brought their tortillas to the arena and tossed them onto the court.

How the tradition got its start is up for debate, but it’s undoubtedly one of the most interesting and quirky traditions in college sports.

Now the hockey team is getting in on the fun too.

(Originally published at https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/texas-tech-club-hockey-tortilla-jerseys)