Monday · Jun 23 · 2008 | 11:24 PM PDT Just wanted to apologize for not having updated this site in over a week. I'm having some technical issues that should be worked out soon. Hopefully I'll have the new poll posted very soon. Thanks for your patience. I'm looking forward to launching Icethetics so this blog can go away.
information // news Sunday · Jun 1 · 2008 | 12:25 PM PDT The London Knights won the OHL Tournament of Logos so it's on to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to complete the trifecta. Once we determine the best of the QMJHL, we'll have the champions from each of the CHL leagues compete for the Memorial Cup of logos, if you will. Below are the 18 logos that will be used in this tournament, which kicks off tomorrow.
There they are. I believe they're all accurate with one minor exception. I need an updated version of the new Montreal Junior logo. If you see any mistakes, let me know and I'll get my graphics updated. Enjoy the QMJHL Tournament of Logos!
08qmjhl // chl // information // news // qmjhl Thursday · Apr 3 · 2008 | 5:12 PM PDT The WHL Tournament of Logos is getting ready to wrap up. This weekend I'll be posting the polls for the last round of voting before the finals when you guys will determine which team has the best logo in the Western Hockey League. After that comes the OHL. Make sure to get your votes in on the two polls that are currently open!
information // news Saturday · Mar 15 · 2008 | 10:18 AM PDT The Manitoba Moose and Stockton Thunder now have their own championship banners posted in the sidebar! Who will be next?
information // moose // news // thunder Friday · Mar 14 · 2008 | 6:01 PM PDT Just keeping you guys up to date on the blog. I've posted the bracket for the WHL tournament as you can see. The awkward number of teams has forced a strange situation on that bracket. It was created completely randomly so there's no bias going on. (Not that there would be anyway as I don't have any interest in these leagues whatsoever.)
So here's the deal. The team at the top of each side gets a bye in the first round. Then you'll notice the logo that wins in the first poll of the second round on each side gets a bye in the third — going straight to the fourth round. So there's a lot of room for quick advancement. Just remember that all we're determining is the BEST logo. Not the second best or the third best...
You'll also notice the schedule is up in the sidebar. It shows you when each poll will open and when it will close. At the moment, the have no links on account of my laziness. That may or may not change.
Finally, if you've been over to NHLToL today, you might've noticed the new logo champion banners I've hung in the sidebar. I'll be doing the same right here for the AHL's Moose and the ECHL's Thunder very soon.
That's all for now. Cougars and Pats tomorrow. Happy voting!
UPDATE (3/15 10:00 AM): I've been thinking about it and I want to try something different. There's this illusion that the way the bracket is set up is unfair because it allows for the possibility of one logo getting two byes in the same tournament. Really it doesn't matter since we're determining the lone best and not a ranking, but just to try something new, I'm moving the third round bye to the bottom of the bracket.
For example, this is how the old bracket looked.
And here is the new bracket.
So now the winner at the bottom of the second round will get an automatic bye to the fourth round. Make sense? If not, oh well. It's really not that complicated and maybe it's unnecessary, but my thought is it might avoid us seeing the same logos in the tournament more often than is reasonable.
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