NHLToSL Format & Standings
Sunday · Aug 15 · 2010 | 9:00 AM PDT
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Final
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
| 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 |
| 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.
