NHL Unveils Classic Logos!
Tuesday · Jun 22 · 2010 | 10:09 AM PDT
The NHL released its 2010-11 schedule today and, in a graphic posted to NHL.com (above), also unveiled some new event logos for the season. You can see the Ovechkin and Crosby staring deep into each other's eyes with only the 2011 Winter Classic logo between them on the top right. And bottom left, it's Mike Cammalleri facing off against Jarome Iginla on either side of the new 2011 Heritage Classic mark.
Also included in this graphic are the NHL Premiere logos for the games taking place in Helsinki, Prague and Stockholm to open the season. They're nothing more than carryovers from previous European Premiere events. You may also note that one block of the image features only a Carolina Hurricanes jersey, implying that the 2011 NHL All-Star Game logo isn't yet ready for public consumption.
But that's not the only thing I wanted to mention this afternoon. Friday is the NHL Entry Draft, but it's also a day for parties and jersey and logo unveilings.
Islanders to unveil new road jersey
Isles unveiling new sweaterThe New York Islanders will officially unveil their new road sweaters at a draft day party on Friday at 5:30 PM Eastern.
An ad appearing on their website (right) serves as a pre-order form for fans not wanting to wait for theirs. Season ticket holders get 15% off.
I don't think it's any secret that this new jersey will be a white version of their royal blue third jersey — which is expected to become the new home uniform this year.
All will be revealed Friday night. But wait, do you see that in the draft party ad? Is that a logo for the 2010 New York Islanders Draft Party? Join me in the next story...
Draft Party logos? Really?
Islanders 2010 draft party logoYes, it seems at least three teams have kept their graphic artists busy at season's end, designing official draft party logos.
As seen above, the Islanders are all about it. Maybe its intent is to carry over the excitement from last year's draft when they had the first overall pick and everyone went crazy over John Tavares. They're down to 5th this year. All I'm saying is I'm just not sure people are going to be buying their 2010 Draft Party t-shirts in droves or anything.
Rangers and Oilers draft party logosBut as I said, the Isles weren't alone in this. Both the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers are also promoting their draft parties with special logos.
The Rangers came up with something very open and simple. The Oilers pretty much based theirs off of the NHL Entry Draft logo — at least the text part of it.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it and none of these teams made the playoffs, so it's not like the designers have had anything else to worry about since April, but I just found it a little strange.
Other teams hosting draft parties include the Blue Jackets, Predators, Thrashers, Sabres, Blues, Hurricanes, and Coyotes. And of course the Kings are hosting the biggest draft party of the year — the draft itself.
Anyway, that's not all that's going down on Friday...
Greenville to unveil newest ECHL team
The ECHL's newest member, based in Greenville, S.C. finally reveal all on Friday when they unveil the team's name, colors and logo!
The team accepted name submissions from fans but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. This team, formerly the Johnstown Chiefs, was relocated to South Carolina this summer and will begin play in the ECHL's 19-team 2010-11 season. They'll take on my Florida Everblades in their home opener on Oct. 21.
You can of course count on Icethetics for full coverage of the unveilings both on Long Island and in Greenville. So check back for all that late on Friday.
Reader Comments (11)
the logo for the winter classic is pretty nice. the heritage classic logo is beautiful though.
I love the bridge in the Winter Classic logo!
@Jeff I don't blame the NHL for the Winter Classic logo not living up to the Heritage logo. It's hard to think of anything that beautiful associated with Pittsburgh.
any word on the flyers new jerseys? White ones? Awesome heritage logo
Hey Chris, I'm a Carolina Hurricanes fan, and I went to the game where they announced the all star game. There was a legit-looking all-star logo all over the jumbotron throughout the game...i forgot details, but it looked like they had a logo prepared, but that one game is all that was seen of it
oh c'mon, DC, just because you have a bunch of iconic landmarks don't knock Pittsburgh. Having lived in both, aside from the strip between the Washington Monument and the Capital Building, Pittsburgh is actually much cleaner, and homelessness is much less apparent. Now I don't want to get into a debate about city quality, that's not why i post, Pittsburgh is a Rust-Belt Industrial City that is clinging onto that gritty past and is proud of it. The bridge is nice, I didn't expect that. considering Pittsburgh is 2nd in the world in the number of bridges (behind only Venice, Italy, which has a lot of foot bridges), and has every type of bridge except movable (no need for a drawbridge), it's fitting. my one surprise is that it isn't in the shape of a keystone. Otherwise, nice logos
I really don't see why the Islanders are changing their jerseys. They had, in my opinion, some of the best jerseys since RBK Edge redesigned them.
Everyone seems to think the Flames are going to wear Tigers' uniforms but that doesn't make any sense to me. The uniform logo and colours are totally wrong for the Flames. Think about it: How does a black and gold jersey with a tiger head on the front work with the Flames' branding? How does it possibly get used beyond one game?
I think it's far more likely that the Flames wear WHL Stampeders' jerseys. The Western Hockey League team at least wore red and white and I believe one of their earlier logos was a bull head or a horseshoe without the word "Stampeders" on it. The uniforms are at least iconic of Calgary and they could be used for more than one game without confusing people.
The other option would be the Calgary Canadians. They were one of the first organized teams with a following and they actually did win Alberta's first memorial cup. Uniform wise they I know I have seen a jersey that had a "Calgary" script on it which looked pretty nice.
I love the Heritage Classic logo.
Wonder if there's anything to the light blue in the Winter Classic logo; i.e. any hint that the Pens will wear some adaptation of their gorgeous third.
@g-man I'm thinking that the blue in the classic logo is more of a reference to the rivers under the bridge, and i hope to god that the blue jerseys are finally buried and done for good. Blue was a good change, but it has long overstayed it's welcome, when it comes down to it blue just is not Pittsburgh. I'm personally thinking that they will go with a gold jersey, which will look great with Heinz Field's gold seats
In the bottom right, the sabres "Slug Logo" is still there...any word?