The Best and Worst Hockey Jerseys Ever Worn by the 4 Nations Face-Off Teams

It’s been nearly a decade since hockey fans have feasted on a proper best-on-best international showdown. The debut 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, which began this week, is finally serving it up—albeit with a slightly smaller field than we’re used to seeing. Elite talent from the US, Canada, Sweden, and Finland are repping their countries on ice for the first time since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, a tuneup of sorts before NHL players make their triumphant return to the Olympic stage at Milano Cortina 2026. And through just two games thus far, the on-ice combinations have already been juicy, with superstars like Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby sharing a line for Canada, and Auston Matthews donning the C for Team USA.

This year, NHL fans supporting their star players in different colors got good news: The national team jerseys are looking as clean as a freshly Zambonied sheet. That hasn’t always been the case. Because as easy as it is to get right—the colors are right there on the flag, right, how hard can it be?—it’s also easy to get it wrong. There have been a few years where designers fully fanned on the shot, and the people who ended up with the results probably haven’t pulled ’em from the drawer in a while.

Team USA’s 4 Nations sweater already has that classic feel. There’s a sharp USA front and center, a star on each shoulder that nods to the 1980 Miracle on Ice team’s look, and 13 stripes across the back repping the 13 founding colonies. Team Canada’s kit is similarly retro, with an arched “Canada” that throws to the nation’s first Olympic gold in 1920, and debossed maple vines on the sleeves.

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Finland has returned again to the iconic Suomi—Finnish for Finland—on the front above its national crest. They also embossed a lily of the valley pattern, the country’s national flower, on the sleeves and neckline. Sweden didn’t change all that much and arguably came in with the weakest offering, continuing with the familiar triple crown design, but opting for a deeper navy that skews the whole thing closer to a Michigan Wolverines uniform than a Tre Kronor classic.

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Overall, it’s a solid showing—not the best of all time, but certainly not the worst. If the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off jerseys deserve a B+ grade, here are some from other international tournaments past that would’ve gotten an A+, plus a few that probably should’ve flunked.