Some of the Risks of Not Washing Your Hockey Jerseys

If you’re a hockey nut like I am you probably try to get out there on the rink at least once a week or more. I play roller hockey in the summer and ice hockey in the winter and usually I’m playing one game and one practice each week. With that kind of heavy work out schedule my hockey jerseys and my hockey equipment can get really disgusting sometimes. If you don’t want to develop some serious problems I would recommend washing your hockey jerseys after every game or at least once a week.

You know how bad you smell after you get done playing a two hour game right? I’m sure your girlfriend or spouse knows just how badly you smell, they cringe every time you come back home. Well, that smell will stay baked into the fabrics of your hockey jerseys if you don’t take the proper precautions. Make sure to take the jersey off right after the game and throw it into the laundry to be washed. That should cut down on the horrible stench.

Your body is always covered in thousands or millions of different bacteria. Some of it is harmless but if you don’t shower or wash yourself for a while that stuff is going to evolve into a dangerous situation. The same thing goes for unwashed hockey jerseys. The bacteria in your sweat, if you let it sit there on the jersey for a long time, will grow and multiply and will soon start to irritate your skin whenever you put the jersey on. You’re risking some major bacterial infections if you don’t properly wash your hockey jerseys after each play session.

Hockey is a rough sport and your bound to put some wear and tear on your hockey jersey but that’s especially true if you don’t clean it and fix it up after every game. General wear and tear is okay but without washing your jersey it is going to really put the hurt on the fabrics that make up the shirt and it will be more prone to ripping and holes.

If you fail to wash your jerseys regularly and encounter a problem like a ruined jersey or a skin infection your coach is probably not going to let you play in the next game. To avoid losing out on any loss of game time you should be careful and wash your jerseys. No one likes to sit on the bench and watch their team lose a game so stay in the game with a clean hockey jersey.

We’ve talked about all of the dangers of not washing your jerseys but how do you actually go about washing them? Well, it’s simple really. All you have to do is stick them in the washing machine with the rest of your clothes. Be careful to read the washing instruction label on the jersey’s tag before choosing the machine settings. Hang dry your hockey jersey and keep it away from the dryer. Follow those simple steps and you’ll have a clean jersey to play with every game.

Tom has interesting information on taking care of your discount hockey jerseys and also has advice for properly caring for your signed hockey jerseys.