GETTING MY FASHIONISTA ON AT THE NEW NHL STORE.

If you happen to be a hockey fan like the Sports Diva is, or if you have no idea who the 32 teams are that make up the National Hockey League, but you think some of the logos are kind of cool, then the new NHL Store is for you.

The old NHL Store was located at 1185 6th Avenue (That’s Avenue of The Americas for those of you who aren’t Native New Yorkers),on 48th Street.

It was called “The NHL Store Powered by Reebok” because at that time, Reebok made most of the hockey stuff worn by players and fans alike.

This year, a new NHL Store opened just for Team Sports Apparel Fashionistas like myself who also like, no love, hockey.

It’s called, what else, the NHL Store, a Fanatics Experience.

The Fanatics Company makes clothes for every sports fan.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a man, woman, or child, Fanatics has something for you no matter what the sport or the team is.

The store is located on 31st Street and 9th Avenue right behind the Moynihan Train station and Madison Square Garden.

Right next door to the store are the New York offices of the National Hockey League.

Sorry hockey fans, you can’t go into the office and tell Commissioner Gary Bettman just what you think about him and the job he’s doing as commissioner, even though that’s something a lot of us hockey fans would LOVE to do.

Unlike the store on 48th street, this store has two floors and if you walk up the stairs, you’ll notice that the words written on them are actual hockey terms that your favorite announcer uses to describe all the hockey action and it doesn’t matter if you’re listening to the Flames in Calgary or the Panthers in Sunrise, Florida, hockey terms are the same everywhere.

This store has everything that you could ask for, but still I didn’t see any hockey posters for sale.

(Like my wall at home needs anymore hockey or football posters on them.)

Unlike the old store, not only can you get your jersey with the name of your favorite player on it, you can have a t shirt with the name of your favorite player on it as well.

You want a hat with your favorite team logo on it, this store has lots of different styles of hats from all 32 teams on them.

They also sell other nicknacks, such as backpacks, key chains, socks and water bottles with not only the team logo on it but also with the NHL logo, aka “The Shield” on it.

(My friend brought six of those.)

This store isn’t really that expensive at all.

The hockey jerseys are another story, though.

$185 is the most the Sports Diva will pay for a hockey jersey, no matter what team it is.

(I have three favorite hockey teams, New York Rangers, Vegas Golden Knights and Boston Bruins, but I have favorite players who play for other teams, so I’ll buy those jerseys as well. I have three hockey jerseys, btw.)

When hockey jerseys start at $200 and that’s without tax, which some of them are, that’s when the Sports Diva draws the line.

I love my jerseys, but even this fashionista doesn’t love hockey jerseys like that.

Did I end up buying something from the NHL Store?

Oh you can bet your hockey team on it that I did.

Part of the shopping at the store. Another two bags are coming

The entrance to the old NHL Store on 48th Street

Part of the entrance of the new NHL Store. Unlike the old store, they highlight players that most hockey fans don’t get to see that often.

Hats, hats and more hats plus pillows with your favorite team logo on it.

The stairs with all the hockey terms a fan could ever want

The Sports Diva needs a new hockey jersey, but which one since all five of these players are my favorite players?

SOME PICTURES FROM THE NHL AWARDS

This is one of the main reasons that I come to Las Vegas in June.

No, who am I kidding?

This is THE only reason I come to Vegas in 100 plus temperatures Fahrenheit in June to see the NHL honor the best players for the whole season.

The Sports Diva isnt the only one who marks this date on her calendar every year.

Other hockey fans make their own 30 Plus Teams Tour of Las Vegas to do this and you don’t have to dress up.

Those Minnesota Wild and Las Vegas Golden Knights jerseys that you’re wearing are just fine.

Represent your hockey team, especially if they have a player nominated for best goaltender , best defenseman, best coach or even for their dedication to hockey.

(That dedication to hockey award is real not just a made up name. It’s called the Masterton Trophy and it was named for Bill Masterton , who unfortunately , lost his life while playing hockey for the Minnesota team . )

I normally get pictures with the players who were nominated , but not this time .

You had to have a bracelet to do what’s called the Red Carpet this year.

Thank you to those fans who bring all that stuff to be autographed by the players and then you sell them!

Because of y’all , the Sports Diva and other hockey fans can’t get up close and personal with our favorite and definately not so favorite hockey players at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

At least tickets were inexpensive enough to attend the awards ceremony , something that I hadn’t done in 2 years.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so get your money’s worth by checking out some of the action from the NHL Awards .

MORE PICTURES FROM MY 30 PLUS TEAMS TOUR OF LAS VEGAS PART TWO

Not only was I there for the shopping, dayclub parties and nightclub parties, but the main reason that I go to Las Vegas every June, the NHL Awards and meeting up with old hockey buds and always meeting new hockey buds.

Enjoy the pictures

START SPREADING THE NEWS- NEW YORK , NEW YORK- THE NHL STORE

Recently ,  I visited two sports stores in New York  City  while  doing my own  30  Plus  Teams  Tour . 

I did go to the NBA  Store, (Sportsandtravelblog.wordpress/2017/10/16 – start  -spreading  –  the  –  news-new-york  –  new-york  -the – NBA  -store)but being the team sports apparel  fashionista that I  am, I  also went to the NHL  Store.

The store isn’t  that far from the NBA  Store.

It’s  located  on 47th Street  and Avenue  of the  Americas ,  better known  to  New Yorkers  as 6th  Avenue.

If you happen to be in New York  City  and want to  visit  the  store, you can take the subway  and get off at  the Rockefeller  Center  train stop, which is 4 7 – 50th streets . 

Get off and take the stairs  that lead to  the  47th street  side.

Once you’ve  done that walk to  your right hand side  and the store is at the top of the stairs.

You can’t  miss it because of all the team stuff from all 31 teams, not to mention the giant Lego hockey player dressed in the team uniform  of one of the teams.

Since this is New York City ,  the Lego  hockey player is wearing a New York  Rangers  uniform . 

When you walk into the store ,  not only do you see one of the biggest table hockey games that you have ever seen, but a giant motorcycle  with the NHL  logo on it.

(This is New York City ,  after all. EVERYTHING  is larger than life here.)

You can play the game ,  but riding the motorcycle ,  don’t  even  think  about  it .

A picture next to it will have to  do . 

The sales people  here are helpful  and  friendly ,  plus they really do know their hockey.

Even though the store is in New York  City ,  the sales people  aren’t  wearing  hockey shirts and jerseys from the three local teams ,  they’re  wearing hockey apparel from the teams that THEY like.

If you look above you, not only do you see pictures  of  current  and  former  players, but there’s  a  television  studio  as well.

The NHL  Network  not only does shows from here but sometimes  they have player appearances in the store.

The store has everything  for the hockey  lover in you and it doesn’t  matter  if  you’re  a man, woman  or child.

No toddler stuff like in the NBA  Store though.

Don’t  be surprised  if while you’re  shopping, the NHL  commissioner  just happens to stop by as well as some of your favorite  players to not only get interviewed ,  but to actually  shop.

Trust me on this ,  they do if their teams just happen to be playing in the New York  /New Jersey  area.

As for the commissioner dropping  by, there’s  a reason . 

The headquarters  of the  NHL  are right next door.

With as much as this store has, on the  day that I  visited ,  it wasn’t  as crowded  as the NBA  Store is.

That might be  because  hockey isn’t  as popular  in the United  States  or the rest of  the  world  like the NBA is.

What  the NHL  Store  has that the NBA  Store  doesn’t  have is a Starbucks . 

After you finish  grabbing  all the  hockey  stuff that you can fit in that black and grey shopping  bag with “The Shield” on it, walk to the  back of the store and get  your Pumpkin  Spice  Latte fix on.

If you want to  get  more hockey swag for yourself  or that  hockey nut back home, get yourself  down to the  NHL  Store  on 47th  Street  and  Avenue  of  the  Americas .