Chicago Blackhawks alternate jersey leaks: It's everything fans have been asking for

The Chicago Blackhawks organization will celebrate its centennial season this year. During the offseason, the team revealed their official Centennial jersey, which received mixed reactions from the fanbase.

After all these years, a design has been requested by fans, and in the summer, the return of that jersey was addressed by Blackhawks President Jamie Faulkner in an interview on the CHGO Sports Podcast.

Now, that same design leaked online, suggesting we could see the Blackhawks wear it sooner than we thought.

Many fans' hopes were crushed to see the Black Alternate design return when the Centennial jersey was announced, but it appears it could come back.

Indeed, the Black jersey leaked online.

Check it out:

Faulkner confirmed it would be back sometime, but the question remained as to when it would happen.

Watch when she said it wouldn't be this season:

After the mixed reactions provoked by the Centennial jersey, the organization could have changed its mind about the Black jersey.

Only time will tell if we'll see the jersey this year, but one thing is certain: the Hawks will sell a lot of them when they decide to make it happen.

After all, many teams celebrating their centennial seasons have released more than one special design for the occasion.

At some point, players can also impact the decision, as we saw with the Vancouver Canucks a few years ago, when they started to wear their black uniform full-time for home games, as requested by players:

Updates will follow.