Updates

Just wanted to let you all know I am paying attention to this blog despite its present lack of updates. I've been getting graphics ready for it and just waiting for next week when the first tournament will begin. Seems you guys really want the AHL to be first.

Anyway, if you're interested, take a look at the post below and read up on the updates I've made and let me know if any further corrections are necessary. We should be all set to start next Monday.

Also, if you've got minor league concept art, you know where to send it. Drop me a line at nhllogos@gmail.com. As it happens, I have Manitoba Moose artwork to post this week.

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!

Welcome To The Spinoff

Yes, I'm going to call it the spinoff for a little while. Welcome to the Tournament of Hockey Logos blog.

The NHL Tournament of Logos became so popular in such a short span of time that I figured why not continue the phenomenon for other leagues. This site will allow visitors to vote on the best logos the minor leagues have to offer. And if it extends beyond that, so be it.

Don't expect there to be as many posts on a day-to-day basis as NHLToL as I'm not as well-versed on other leagues. That being said, feel free to contribute as much as you like. You can send in concept art or new Rbk EDGE jersey photos for me to post. Same email address: nhllogos@gmail.com.

So I look forward to hearing from you guys as to what you'd be interested in seeing here at ToHL beyond the logo voting. If you have other leagues to suggest, I'd love to hear about it.

For now, place your vote in the sidebar as to the first league you'd like to vote on. Your choices right now are AHL and ECHL. We'll eventually get to as many as we can, but I've got to know which league you guys want to start with. So vote now!

The first tournament will begin on Monday, October 15.

Be sure to drop in tomorrow to see what the logo pools will look like for each league!