l ash ▁against ▁the ▁less ▁popular ▁designs , ▁the ▁sub lim ation ▁process ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁fewer ▁teams ▁in ▁subsequent ▁seasons , ▁as ▁newer ▁third s ▁either ▁re arr anged ▁the ▁colors ▁of ▁an ▁existing ▁j er sey , ▁or ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁different ▁construction ▁methods ▁to ▁create ▁new ▁designs . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Heritage ▁Classic ▁out door ▁game , ▁the ▁N HL ▁introduced ▁the ▁V int age ▁j er sey ▁program , ▁allowing ▁a ▁select ▁number ▁of ▁teams ▁to ▁wear ▁throw back ▁designs ▁for ▁a ▁limited ▁number ▁of ▁games , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁their ▁existing ▁uniform s . ▁These ▁uniform s ▁were ▁designated ▁with ▁a ▁special ▁V - logo ▁patch . ▁Seven ▁teams ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁program , ▁and ▁included ▁both ▁home ▁and ▁road ▁versions ▁of ▁throw back ▁designs . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁Bru ins , ▁Kings , ▁Can uck s , ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁R angers ▁each ▁had ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁five ▁j er se ys ▁in ▁their ▁rotation ▁for ▁that ▁season . ▁The ▁program ▁was ▁susp ended ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 – 0 5 ▁N HL ▁lock out , ▁although ▁the ▁V ancouver ▁Can uck s ▁and ▁Montreal ▁Canad iens ▁would ▁wear ▁their ▁v int age ▁j er se ys ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁games ▁each ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 – 0 6 ▁season , ▁and ▁the ▁Can uck s ▁and ▁Bru ins ▁would ▁wear ▁their ▁dark ▁throw back s ▁as ▁third