Friday
Mar232012
0034: The Colorado Rockalanche
Ross Taylor is tossing NHL history into a blender for a three-week series here on the Icethetics Concepts page. Last week, it was Minnesota and a mix between the North Stars and Wild. Today he sets his sights on Colorado with the Rockalanche — a combination of the Rockies, who played from 1976 to 1982 before becoming the Devils, and, of course, the Avalanche.
Sure, it's strange, but my goal with this series of posts is to demonstrate that the Freak Out Friday label doesn't have to be a bad thing. There are some very talented artists with some very interesting ideas. I hope we continue to see more of them.
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Reader Comments (38)
Actually better than their actual logos, jerseys. Nicely done.
Love it put those on the Avs right now
The think I love the most is the C and A. AWESOME.
Justin - Detroit's played in two after next year. St. Louis, Minnesota, Colorado, New Jersey, Ottawa, Vancouver, Columbus, NY Islanders, and Winnipeg are all potential hosts (based on climate) that have never played in a Winter/Heritage Classic game, not to mention the other teams that deserve a road game (Dallas at Minnesota, Nashville at St. Louis, etc) that have never played in one.
This jersey looks fantastic, and I hope that the Avs do get a chance to use something like this for a Winter Classic game (maybe Quebec at Colorado in a few years if Quebec gets a team?).
This is when I wish Icethetics could legally sell concepts. I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. I've seen a lot of good concepts on this website, but this one might just be the best one. I can't think of a better one off the top of my head.
This would be an amazing third jersey. Better than the one they have now for sure.
I'd like the see the Avs use the old Rockies "C" for their captains jersey. Kind of like the Flames uses the old Atlanta "A" for their assistants. Nice job here!
This. Is. Awesome!
this is actually amazing
Even as a Wings fan I would buy one of these for the collection
The old Rockies uniforms and logos were among the best the NHL had in the 1970s and early 1980s. Nice to see a way to revive them. I doubt the Avs would do this, but maybe they could bring back an old Rockies retro one day.
Love this.
As many have said this is excellent and honestly one of the best concepts I've seen on here. Would love to see it on the ice as the avs 3rd and would def buy it...Great job!