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Wednesday
Nov072007

Connecticut Day

One last post for today. It's Connecticut Day over at the Tournament of Hockey Logos blog. Reason being the state's two AHL franchises are going head to head in the AHL Tournament of Logos today. Head over and vote!

Meanwhile, I figured I'd draw in The Nutmeg State's NHL connection — the Hartford Whalers. Got some concept art, of course.

It's a peek at what the Whalers might've looked like had they made it to the Rbk EDGE era — and hired the same designer as the Calgary Flames. Notice the shield from the state flag on the shoulders.

I do like the designer's choice of thin lines on this jersey. I bet it would look killer on the ice. Too bad we'll never find out.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed Connecticut Day. Perhaps one day soon will be Pennsylvania Day. I've got a ton of Flyers/Penguins artwork.

Sunday
Nov042007

Result: Sabres vs Whalers


SABRES & WHALERS NAMED CHAMPIONS!


Congratulations go out to both the Buffalo Sabres and Hartford Whalers vintage logos! In an unprecedented event, voters at the NHL Tournament of Logos were evenly split on which logo they felt was best. After 3,136 votes, both logos finisehd with 1,568 each.

On a personal note, I'm shocked by the tie. I really didn't expect it. Although it makes sense to me that it happened in a championship round before any other round. I want to thank everyone who voted and participated in this poll.

And just to address the "controversy" — which is becoming a disturbing commonplace among some of you guys (I know, you can never please everybody) — nobody got "robbed." The polls are set to close automatically. Also if you check the original post, there is no longer a scheduled closing time of 11:59 PM as there used to be. I addressed that a while back. So just because the poll didn't close at 11:59 PM your time doesn't mean it didn't automatically close when it was supposed to.

Starting to love controversy, by the way. Maybe I"ll work that into the title of the blog. The Controversial NHL Tournament of Logos! Nice ring, but probably a bit too many syllables. Looking forward to the next tournament. Expect an announcement this afternoon!

Tuesday
Oct302007

Poll: Sabres vs Whalers


vs
Buffalo
SABRES
Hartford
WHALERS


This is the deciding round for the Vintage Logo Tournament. Who's it going to be? Whalers or Sabres? Which is the best vintage logo in the NHL?

Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Tue Oct 30
Poll closing date
Sat Nov 3

07VNTRN | #4 | BUF70vHFD79

Thursday
Oct252007

Poll: Whalers vs Maple Leafs


vs
Hartford
WHALERS
Toronto
MAPLE LEAFS


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Thu Oct 25 @ 1:59 PM
Poll closing date
Mon Oct 29 @ 11:59 PM

07VNTRN | #3B | HFD79vTOR38

Sunday
Oct212007

Result: Flames vs Whalers

Hartford
WHALERS

63% 1,344 votes

Atlanta
FLAMES

37% 792 votes

2,136 total votes

Hartford Whalers
Advancing to face Capitals or Maple Leafs

Atlanta Flames
Eliminated


Poll opening date
Tue Oct 16 @ 4:23 AM
Poll closing date
Sat Oct 20 @ 11:59 PM

07VNTRN | #2B | ATFvHFD79

Saturday
Oct202007

Poll: Hurricanes Franchise Logos


WHALERS
HURRICANES


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Sat Oct 20 @ 9:40 AM
Poll closing date
Wed Oct 24 @ 11:59 PM

07BONRF | RFCAR

Tuesday
Oct162007

Poll: Flames vs Whalers


vs
Atlanta
FLAMES
Hartford
WHALERS


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Tue Oct 16 @ 4:23 AM
Poll closing date
Sat Oct 20 @ 11:59 PM

07VNTRN | #2B | ATFvHFD79

Sunday
Oct142007

Result: Canucks vs Whalers

Hartford
WHALERS

52% 1,608 votes

Vancouver
CANUCKS

48% 1,488 votes

3,096 total votes

Hartford Whalers
Advancing to face Atlanta Flames

Vancouver Canucks
Eliminated


Poll opening date
Tue Oct 9 @ 4:30 AM
Poll closing date
Sat Oct 13 @ 11:59 PM

07VNTRN | #1D | VAN70vHFD79

Friday
Oct122007

Just To Freak You Out X

It's like watching a trainwreck. It's horrible, but there's just something about it that prevents you from looking away. There's all manner of scary stuff out there and now I'm bringing some of it straight to you on another Freak Out Friday. Here goes.

I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't start with this one.

It shouldn't take you more than a second to realize the designer was trying to offer us something different for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Leafs fans, I really want to hear from you on this one.

We've got a brand new logo with a very prominent "M" worthy of perhaps a place like Minnesota — or Montreal! And that leaf! Don't look it in the eye or it will cut you. Deep.

Even the second shade of blue worries me some. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about this, but let's just say it's not great.

Anyway, I'd like to move along now because I can't take looking at this anymore. There's a point when doing this to a team like the Leafs starts to hurt.

Once again, Leafs fans, please comment.

Speaking of prominent letters in place of actual logos, I've got a pair of concepts from each coast.

Cleverly, though, we can't know exactly what these letters stand for as alliteration was employed to mask it. Is the "S" for San Jose or Sharks? And is the "B" for Boston or Bruins? Perhaps, the ultimate question is why dump perfectly good logos for these two teams in favor of members of the alphabet?

Even more disturbing is that "S" keeps reminding me of the Minnesota North Stars. Make it stop.

Each of those were delivered to me with a road sweater design to match. I wouldn't do that to you, though.

Here's what concerns me, though. I've been send a number of logos which have been converted to red and black for no apparent reason. Do any of these work?


It may be that the blood-in-the-water shark is the scariest one. I do see what's going on, though with the Hurricanes colors on the Whalers logo and the old Sabres colors on the new logo — but that doesn't make it any better.

I'm still worried about the killing to follow.

I'll wrap things up today with the thing that might frighten you the most. Did you ever get to feeling like that Rbk EDGE New York Islanders jersey reminded you of something? Perhaps you couldn't quite put your finger on it. But maybe it evoked feelings of being lost. In the ocean.

One reader thought so and sent in this.

If you wanted to know what they were thinking when designing the new Isles uniforms, now you do. Don't you wish you didn't?

So there it is. Another in the Freak Out series is behind us. I'm looking forward to next week. In the meantime, I await your crazy concept art. You can send it to me at nhllogos@gmail.com.

Tuesday
Oct092007

Poll: Canucks vs Whalers


vs
Vancouver
CANUCKS
Hartford
WHALERS


Place your vote and then feel free to leave a comment as to how you came to your decision. Tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!

Poll opening date
Tue Oct 9 @ 4:30 AM
Poll closing date
Sat Oct 13 @ 11:59 PM

07VNTRN | #1D | VAN70vHFD79