0085: Revising '90s Vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks are starring on the back half of this Retro Weekend. That's mainly because today is my wife's birthday and she likes the Canucks and Cory Schneider. And this is the only way I'll ever get her to look at the site. As luck would have it, Jared Pozzobon has just the ticket. So happy birthday to her! To the rest of you, how do you like this modernization of a very 1990s Canucks jersey?

0084: New York Americans

It's a Retro Weekend so Micah Loyed is digging up the past with his New York Americans concept, which is absolutely superb, in my view. I'm especially enjoying the secondary logo. But overall, I like the simplistic look. More NHL teams could stand to look this good.

0083: Blending Buffalo's Brands

Ross Taylor continues to surprise week after week with his Freak Out Friday series. Just when you thought there are no more teams left to do, he finds another. This time it's the Buffalo Sabres, who've endured more than their share of identity issues over the last 42 years. But with this set, Ross is ignoring the Buffaslug years. Pretending that era never happened.

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One of Ross's earliest creations was also his most popular. Readers had a lot of love for his Colorado Rockalanche concept (a mix between the Avs and Rockies) back in March, so he decided to put the full uniforms on display.

Update on Tuesday · May 15 · 2012 | 11:01 AM PDT by Chris

Ross read your comments and made some changes, most notably with the addition of some yellow striping.

0082: Sealing Up California Week

I know what you were thinking. California Week lasts four days but there are only three NHL teams in California. Means we have to double-up on somebody right? Wrong! As you can see, Bryan Dyck has a modernized Oakland Seals uniform concept. There's not enough contrast in his primary logo so it's hard to make out on the white jersey, but that's my only issue with this set. Otherwise, I kind of like it.

0081: The Sharks Without White

Happy birthday to Icethetics! The blog turns five years old today and we're celebrating the San Jose Sharks as part of California Week here on the Concepts page. Kris Lutes is trying a couple jerseys without using any white. The two sweaters are pretty close to the team's existing uniforms but the white has been replaced with grey. Unfortunately, the name bar on the teal jersey is nearly illegible, but the grey jersey looks great.

Update on Wednesday · May 9 · 2012 | 5:41 PM PDT by Chris

Kris just emailed in with the update we were talking about that makes the name on the dark jersey easier to read. It's just one minor change but he asked me to include it in this post.

0080: Southern California Green

California Week rolls on with another shot of green in Anaheim. Kevin Dion proposes a rather dark jersey that swaps the Ducks' orange for a rarer hue. Of course that classic Disney logo is back on the front. What do you think of the overall feel of this one?

0079: Concept Redemption

It's California Week on the Icethetics Concepts page! Over the next few days I'll be sharing concepts for our favorite Golden State hockey teams. We start with the Los Angeles Kings and Matt McElroy's story, which I'll let him tell.

So like 2 years ago I submitted my first concept to Icethetics. It was featured on Jan. 8, 2010 and I was super pleased with myself because it was the first time I got my work on the site.

But after reading the comments about how like gross it was and how it should be buried deep in a hole, I was so embarrassed that I committed a lot of free time to getting to a point where I could stand my ground on the site. I have had a bunch of my other [work posted] since then, but [recently] I was looking through my computer and found the old Kings concept and decided I'd revisit it.

This is what I came up with — a new crown that I feel mixes the old Forum blue and gold with the newer silver and purple fairly well. Living in L.A. I know how popular the purple jerseys are but as a fan of the Kings' current uniforms, I didn't really want to change it all that much so I recolored the jersey to be an update of the old Kings jerseys fitting in the new striping.

Yep, two years ago, I wrote that Matt's Kings concept should be buried deep. I still stand by that comment, but he's won me over with this design. I'm a big fan, especially of the shield logo. What about you guys?

Update on Monday · May 14 · 2012 | 11:50 AM PDT by Chris

After reading some of your comments, Matt made a few revisions to his Kings concept.