Best ECHL Logo: Stockton Thunder!

THUNDER NAMED CHAMPION!

Congratulations go out to the Stockton Thunder logo for being named by the voters here at ToHL as the best in the ECHL! So in case you were ever wondering which ECHL logo was the best, now you know!

The Thunder finished the final poll with a whopping 61% of the more than 800 votes. Thanks go out to everyone who cast a vote. Thunder fans, enjoy your bragging rights!

I apologize for the delay in getting this posted, but the other site, NHLToL, has been occupying most of my free time. Despite that, it's not over here at this site. We'll be determining the best logo in another minor hockey league soon. I'll have a poll up allowing you guys to decide which league you're most interested in. In the meantime, feel free to make your suggestions in the comments of this post.

ECHL Tourney Starts Monday!

Just wanted to congratulate the Moose on their win one more time. But just because we're finished with the AHL, by no means are we finished with this blog. We've still got dozens of minor leagues to cover. And as promised, the ECHL will be next!

Beginning Monday you'll be able to start casting votes toward determining the ECHL's best logo. The new bracket can now be found in the sidebar, so I'll take this moment to briefly explain it. As always, the combinations were determined completely at random (thanks, Random.org).

Like the AHL tournament, since we have an odd number teams, we'll have to do a preliminary round. As far as differences, since there are 16 teams in one conference and 9 in the other, I had to randomize each side of the bracket just to even things out. Also worth noting is the fact that the first logo from each side to advance to the third round will get an automatic bye to the fourth round. That's just the way it had to be.

If you've got any questions about the bracket, feel free to leave them in the comments area or email me.

So, look for the first poll to be posted tomorrow at some point. It'll be the Columbia Inferno and Cincinnati Cyclones.

Logo Pools For First Tournament

Wow, after just one day and over 500 votes, it seems like you all, rather overwhelmingly, would like to see the AHL tournament go first. Still, just to let you all know what you're voting on, I'm posting the logo pools for both the AHL and ECHL.

AHL

There sure are a lot of red logos up there. But those 29 make up the AHL pool. So vote AHL if you want to vote on these logos first!

ECHL

At least this set is a little more varied in terms of color. These are the 25 logos that make up the ECHL pool. So vote ECHL if you want to vote on these logos first!

We'll get to other leagues in the future including, but not limited to the CHL, OHL, QMJHL, WHL, BCHL, EIHL, IHL, and USHL — just to name a few. It'll be more difficult for me to gather logos for lesser-known leagues to make graphics, so any help you guys might be able to offer would be enormously appreciated. You can email links or images to me at nhllogos@gmail.com.

UPDATE (10/2 3:06 PM): Made some updates to these pools. On the AHL side, I updated the logos for Bridgeport, Lake Erie, Manchester and Manitoba. (I know some of you have told me the wordmark is no longer part of the logo for the Moose, but that's what they use on the web site. I'd be happy to change it, but I'll need a good graphic source. I haven't found an image large enough to make a graphic out of yet. If you can help with that, email me.)

For the ECHL, I added the Gwinnett Gladiators logo which somehow got overlooked when I was transferring files.

Once again, let me know if there's anything else I need to change to get prepared for the new tournament. Thanks everybody!

UPDATE (10/7 10:11 AM): Just updated a few more logos in these two pools. Got rid of the wordmark in the Manitoba logo for the AHL and added better graphics for Elmira, Idaho, Mississippi and Pensacola of the ECHL. Enjoy!