NHL ASGToL Format & Standings

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Last update: 10 November 2010 | Next update: 18 November 2010

Standings

Group A

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	2012 Ottawa	73	81	69	223
	2	2004 Minnesota	73	72	62	207
	3	2001 Colorado	63	72	38	173
	4	2009 Montreal	75	49	61	185
	5	1991 Chicago	64	51	31	146
	6	2007 Dallas	36	51	39	126
	7	1998 Vancouver	27	49	49	125
	8	1997 San Jose	37	28	51	116
	9	1980 Generic	27	28	55	110
	10	1993 Montreal	25	19	45	89

Group B

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	2000 Toronto	75	85	81	241
	2	2008 Atlanta	70	50	66	186
	3	2002 Los Angeles	59	46	64	169
	4	1994 New York City	63	50	48	161
	5	1992 Philadelphia	41	62	56	159
	6	1990 Pittsburgh	58	48	36	142
	7	2011 Raleigh	25	54	52	131
	8	1999 Tampa Bay	37	52	34	123
	9	1996 Boston	42	38	19	99
	10	2003 South Florida	30	15	44	89

Final Standings

Tie-breakers: To break a tie in the standings, the edge will go to: 1. Head-to-head winner, 2. Best high score, 3. Best low score.

Notes: Standings updated every Monday after all polls close. Tables are sortable by header. Top 4 from each group advance to playoffs.

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To keep the next mini-tournament at a reasonable size, we're sticking to All-Star Game logos that go back the past two decades, when the league really paid attention to branding each one individually. In addition, we'll include the generic logo found on every bit of All-Star marketing material through the 1980s. And of course, the tourney will feature the recently-released logos for the yet to be played 2011 and 2012 games.

This gives us a grand total of 20 logos, which have been divided into two groups which are random up to a point. Each group has an equal number of logos from the 80s/90s, 00s and 10s. Higher resolution versions of each logo will be available when voting begins. The voting format is outlined below.

Format

Eligible Logos 20; NHL All-Star Game logos used between 1990 and 2012, along with the generic 1980s mark, will give us an even number of logos for this tournament.

Preliminary Round Just as in previous mini-tournemnts, the preliminary round, in a round-robin format, will last three weeks with each logo facing three others from its own division. Opponents are randomly determined week by week. As with all tournaments, logos accumulate points in the standings based on percentage points won in the polls. (Example: A logo that earns 62% of the vote in a poll collects 62 points in the standings that week.)

Quarterfinals As usual, the Top 4 logos from each group will advance to the first round of playoffs. Group A's #1 seed will play Group B's #4 seed, Group A #2 faces Group B #3 and so on. The logo with more votes in each poll wins and advances to the next round.

Semifinals The winners of the Quarterfinal polls advance to the Semifinals and face the opponent designated in the bracket. The logos with more votes in their respective polls win and advance.

Championship Final The winners of the Semifinal polls advance to the Championship Final. The logo with more votes at the end of the poll wins the tournament and universal bragging rights.

AJHLToL Standings & Format

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Final

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Our next mini-tournament is a little different in that it features a rather obscure Junior A league — the Alberta Junior Hockey League. While it may not be obscure to scouts or Albertans, it is to the rest of the world, obviously.

My goal in launching this tournament is to take advantage of the AJHL's obscurity. One of the drawbacks to our previous tournaments is that voters were already very familiar with every logo going in. Most already had their minds made up before they even looked at the polls. The AJHLToL removes that element.

Voters get to look at these logos with fresh eyes and, unless you're from Alberta, you have no emotional attachment to any of the teams that might skew your selection. Instead, we get a tournament that cuts right down to the basics: Which logo is better?

The AJHL has 16 teams spread across two divisions — North and South — in the province of Alberta. Because this is technically a mini-tournament, there will be three weeks of round-robin voting. Each logo will face three others from within its own division, determined at random. The full format is explained below.

Standings

Final standings

North Division

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	Sherwood Park Crusaders	76	48	70	194
	2	Lloydminster Bobcats	50	66	58	174
	3	Bonnyville Pontiacs	60	52	49	161
	4	Spruce Grove Saints	50	52	51	153
	5	St. Albert Steel	60	48	42	150
	6	Grande Prairie Storm	40	34	58	132
	7	Drayton Valley Thunder	40	61	30	131
	8	Fort McMurray Oil Barons	24	39	42	105

South Division

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	Calgary Mustangs	72	75	81	228
	2	Camrose Kodiaks	60	57	60	177
	3	Olds Grizzlys	52	70	52	174
	4	Drumheller Dragons	65	60	48	173
	5	Okotoks Oilers	28	43	66	137
	6	Calgary Canucks	48	25	40	113
	7	Canmore Eagles	40	40	19	99
	8	Brooks Bandits	35	30	34	99

Tie-breakers: To break a tie in the standings, the edge will go to: 1. Head-to-head winner, 2. Best high score, 3. Best low score.

Notes: Standings updated every Monday after all polls close. Tables are sortable by header. Top 4 from each group advance to playoffs.

Format

Eligible Logos 16; The primary logos set for use by the AJHL's 16 teams in the 2010-11 season will be used in this tournament.

Preliminary Round The preliminary round, in a round-robin format, will last three weeks with each logo facing three others from its own division. Opponents are randomly determined. As with all logo tournaments, logos accumulate points in the standings with percentage points in the polls. A logo that collects 62% of the vote in a poll earns 62 points in the standings that week.

Quarterfinals As with all of our tournaments, the Top 4 logos from each group will advance to the first round of playoffs. Group A's #1 seed will play Group B's #4 seed, Group A #2 faces Group B #3 and so on. The logo with more votes in each poll wins and advances to the next round.

Semifinals The winners of the Quarterfinal polls advance to the Semifinals. The logos with more votes in their respective polls win and advance.

Championship Final The winners of the Semifinal polls advance to the Championship Final. The logo with more votes at the end of the poll wins the tournament and universal bragging rights.

NHLToSL Format & Standings

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Final

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The time has arrived to launch our next major logo tournament here at Icethetics. By a vote of the readers, it has been determined that NHLToSL will be our next theme.

You can read that S in the acronym as secondary or shoulder logos. Since the term "secondary logo" can be a little hard to nail down exactly, a more appropriate description might be "shoulder logos." The logos employed in this tournament are all those found on the shoulders of the home, road and alternate NHL jerseys.

Only 20 teams actually wear a shoulder patch on at least one of their sweaters. Each of these teams will present its best secondary logo in this new tournament, for you to vote on. Below are the two groups the teams have been randomly divided into as well as the details of the tournament's format.

Standings

Final Standings

Group A

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Wk4	Pts.
	1	San Jose Sharks	59	56	69	73	257
	2	Los Angeles Kings	67	68	64	55	254
	3	Colorado Avalanche	41	54	70	68	233
	4	Columbus Blue Jackets	63	46	46	68	223
	5	St. Louis Blues	68	44	54	45	211
	6	Atlanta Thrashers	47	63	30	56	196
	7	Dallas Stars	37	32	62	44	175
	8	Florida Panthers	53	52	31	32	168
	9	Tampa Bay Lightning	32	48	36	27	143
	10	New York Islanders	33	37	38	32	140

Group B

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Wk4	Pts.
	1	Washington Capitals	69	74	63	81	287
	2	Vancouver Canucks	68	67	65	62	262
	3	Chicago Blackhawks	65	69	72	38	244
	4	Boston Bruins	68	53	47	57	225
	5	Phoenix Coyotes	52	33	53	56	194
	6	Buffalo Sabres	35	47	37	61	180
	7	Ottawa Senators	31	63	28	44	166
	8	Nashville Predators	32	31	58	39	160
	9	Carolina Hurricanes	48	26	35	43	152
	10	Minnesota Wild	32	37	42	19	130

Tie-breakers: To break a tie in the standings, the edge will go to: 1. Head-to-head winner, 2. Best high score, 3. Best low score.

Notes: Standings updated every Monday after all polls close. Tables are sortable by header. Top 4 from each group advance to playoffs.

Format

Eligible Logos 45; The logos featured as patches worn on the shoulders of any NHL home, road or alternate jersey will be considered in this tournament. Only full-time logos in use during the 2009-10 season are eligible. Limited use logos (such as those with anniversary or commemorative themes) will not be included. Since some logos are featured on multiple jerseys, all color options will be included during the preliminary rounds of competition. I recognize that once again this tournament will include some primary logos and that's bound to be controversial, but that's the way it is.

The Basics Although 45 logos will be in play at the start of the tournament, only 20 teams are involved. No team will be allowed to advance more than one logo past the two preliminary voting rounds.

Preliminary Rounds Since some teams have as many as three secondary logo options, two preliminary rounds of voting will eliminate all but one from each team. The first will determine color options. Several teams use the same logo on two different background colors. The second round will pit a team's winning home/road shoulder logo against its alternate jersey counterpart. If any of these rules are confusing, don't worry about them. Just vote when the polls go up.

The Round-Robin By Round 3, each of the 20 teams involved in this tournament will have all but one logo eliminated. Each remaining logo will now face four opponents within its own group, amassing points awarded by percentage of vote won. Four was selected as it fits conveniently between the too-long 5-week NHLToL and the too-short 3-week Third Jersey Crest mini-tournament. Hopefully this will be the happy medium we've been looking for. Each poll will be open for one week, giving us four weeks of round-robin voting.

Quarterfinals Just like the two previous logo tournaments, the Top 4 logos from each group will advance to the first round of playoffs. Group A's #1 seed will play Group B's #4 seed, Group A #2 faces Group B #3 and so on. The logo with more votes in each poll wins and advances to the next round.

Semifinals The winners of the Quarterfinal polls advance to the Semifinals. The logos with more votes in their respective polls win and advance.

Championship Final The winners of the Semifinal polls advance to the Championship Final. The logo with more votes at the end of the poll wins the tournament and universal bragging rights.

Third Jersey Crests Tournament

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Final

Mini-Tournament Standings

Final Standings

Group A

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	San Jose Sharks	71	89	88	248
	2	St. Louis Blues	90	72	72	234
	3	Buffalo Sabres	67	76	78	221
	4	Vancouver Canucks	60	86	71	217
	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	33	75	64	172
	6	New York Islanders	40	85	36	161
	7	Atlanta Thrashers	45	15	54	114
	8	Boston Bruins	55	24	28	107
	9	Nashville Predators	45	28	22	95
	10	Florida Panthers	29	25	29	83
	11	Dallas Stars	55	14	12	81
	12	Colorado Avalanche	10	11	46	67

Group B

	Rk	Team	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Pts.
	1	Philadelphia Flyers	84	53	84	221
	2	Minnesota Wild	50	60	87	197
	3	Chicago Blackhawks	68	58	60	186
	4	Edmonton Oilers	84	47	54	185
	5	Los Angeles Kings	63	59	40	162
	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	42	62	154
	7	Carolina Hurricanes	37	40	46	123
	8	Phoenix Coyotes	32	41	38	111
	9	Ottawa Senators	16	53	13	82
	10	Tampa Bay Lightning	16	47	16	79

Tie-breakers: To break a tie in the standings, the edge will go to: 1. Head-to-head winner, 2. Best high score, 3. Best low score.

Notes: Standings updated every Monday after all polls close. Tables are fully sortable. Click on the header of any column to apply sort.

Mini-Tournament Format

Eligible Logos 22; The logos featured in this tournament are the crests of NHL third jerseys currently in use (2009-10 season). Graphic backgrounds are colored to match the front of the jersey itself. No sweater numbers will be used in the graphics even if they appear on the front of the jersey.

The Basics To ensure that there are no byes during the mini-tournament, the 22 logos are divided up randomly into two groups of even numbers. This means that Group A has 12 logos while Group B has 10. There is a total of four weeks of voting.

Preliminary Round Each logo faces three random opponents in three weeks of polls. At the end of each poll, both logos are awarded points equal to their percentage of the vote (rounded to nearest whole number). A total of 100 points will be awarded in each poll. Teams are ranked within their group by points, from highest to lowest.

Quarterfinals By popular request, the Top 4 logos from each group will advance to the playoff round, just like a standard tournament. Group A's #1 seed will play Group B's #4 seed and so on as indicated in the bracket above.

Semifinals The winners of the Quarterfinal polls advance to the Semifinals. The logos with more votes in their respective polls win.

Championship Final The winners of the Semifinal polls advance to the Championship Final. The logo with more votes at the end of the poll wins.

The All-New NHLToL!

Icethetics returns to its roots on Monday!

I've been leaving cryptic clues all week, so what do they mean? Glad you asked. We're revisiting what made this site so great in the first place. If you want a history lesson about Icethetics' origins, check the About page.

If you just want the basics, Icethetics was born in 2007 as the NHL Tournament of Logos — a website in which readers like you would cast votes to determine the best logos in the NHL, and other leagues. Starting on March 8, the ToLs are back and better than ever!

Take note you're on a new page. This is NOT the Icethetics blog. This is the new Vote! page where you'll come for all your tournament/voting-relating needs. Currently it's the default page when you visit icethetics.info but that will change back to the blog after this weekend.

With these new tournaments, there will be shorter schedules and tons of polls to vote on at the same time. No more one-and-done polls that eliminate great logos too soon from competition. The best of the best will stand out. So here's how the all-new NHL Tournament of Logos will work:

The Basics

I won't deny that the Olympics gave me some inspiration on how to best present this competition. Instead of all 30 primary NHL logos being randomly thrown into a rigid bracket, a round-robin preliminary round will commence the tournament.

All 30 teams will be divided up into 6 groups of 5, based on conference. The Eastern and Western Conferences will each have 3 randomly generated groups of 5 logos (not the same as NHL divisions). From there "play" will begin in the preliminary round.

Preliminary Round

Each team will face every other team in its own division once, for a total of 4 matches per team, over the course of 5 weeks. A match will be a head-to-head poll featuring two teams. Users will vote for one at their own discretion. At the end of each match, both teams are awarded points equal to their percentage of the vote (rounded). A total of 100 points will be awarded in each match. In all cases, every poll will be open for 7 days.

For example, if Logo A receives 55% of the vote while Logo B receives 45%, Logo A would be awarded 55 points and Logo B awarded 45 points in the standings, and so on with each match. Teams are ranked within their conference by points, from highest to lowest, with the group leaders placed as No. 1, 2 and 3 (similar to NHL playoff seeding).

Wildcard Week

Following five weeks of divisional action, Wildcard Week will allow each team the opportunity to bring back points from the other conference. In other words, every Eastern Conference team will face a random Western Conference team for one final poll before the Quarterfinals. Points will be awarded the same as in previous polls but the key here is teams get to bring in points from outside their group.

Quarterfinals

After each team has completed 5 polls, the top 4 seeds from each conference will advance to the Quarterfinals. The teams with the most points in each division will be seeded No. 1, 2 and 3 based on points within their conference. The 4th seed will be the team remaining with the highest number of points.

The bracket will then be set up as follows: Eastern Conference Seed #1 (E1) will face Western Conference Seed #4 (W4), E3 vs W2, W1 vs E4 and W3 vs E2. Teams will not be re-seeded at the end of the Quarterfinals.

Semifinals

The 4 winning teams from each Quarterfinal will advance to the Semifinals. The winner of E1vW4 will face E3vW2 while the winner of W1vE4 will face W3vE2. The winners of these two matches will take part in the Final.

The Final

Obviously, the winners of the Semifinals will meet for one final poll to determine the true logo champion. The bracket has been set up in such a way that would allow the Final to be made up of two Western teams, two Eastern teams, or one from each conference.

Repeat Polls

It is possible that two logos that met in the Preliminary and Wildcard rounds could meet again in later rounds, however it is highly unlikely as early opponents were selected at random. In the event of a duplicate match, the poll will go on as normal. A repeat of the same result may be likely but is not definite.

Why Change the Format?

I changed the format from previous tournaments for a few reasons. First of all, it provides a ranking of sorts as each logo has the opportunity to garner more points than the others. Also it separates these new tournaments from ones we've done in the past, hopefully providing a more accurate result. (Yes, we're starting with the NHL but there will be more!) And finally, because you guys can't get enough logo voting.

In addition, this weekly format is easier on me, in terms of maintenance. Instead of being forced to make daily updates, I'm only needed once a week, leaving more time to keep up with other aspects of the site, such as the blog, concepts page and jersey galleries (which have been on temporary hold while I get the tournaments re-launched).

Questions?

If you still have more questions regarding the new format of the tournament, drop by on Saturday for a live chat. I'll answer all your questions and I'll also be revealing the breakdown of the six groups! I know you're dying to find out.

Update on Saturday · Mar 6 · 2010 | 1:48 PM PST by Chris

Enjoyed a great live chat with everyone this morning! I was surprised at the turnout and glad to see so many of you excited about the return of logo tournaments. As promised, during the discussion I revealed the six groups. Below are the logos we'll be using for the NHL Tournament of Logos 2010.

Eastern Conference - Group A

Eastern Conference - Group B

Eastern Conference - Group C

Western Conference - Group D

Western Conference - Group E

Western Conference - Group F