Winter Classic Prediction

2016 Winter Classic:

For the 2016 NHL Winter Classic I'm predicting that the Bruins will wear a yellow fauxback jersey, while the Canadiens will wear a white throwback jersey.  The striping for the Bruins jersey is inspired by the socks they wore from 1939-67, and the Canadiens jersey is from 1941-44.

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Yellow Bruins

Boston Bruins Third:

Just a quick post today to show this yellow third jersey I made to go along with the Bruins concept I posted on Tuesday.

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Retro Bruins Again

Boston Bruins:

It seems like whenever I'm stuck for ideas for concepts I make a retro looking Bruins concept.  After my first NHL Redesign I made this concept, and today's concept is my first concept since my De-Edge series.  The striping is inspired by numerous jerseys the Bruins wore in the first four decades, most notably this jersey from 1934-36 and this black jersey from 1955-57.  I used the Bruins current fonts, and the logo is a combination of their current logo and their 1949-95 logo (as you can see below).

Logo:

The logo is the same logo I used for the Bruins in my De-Edge series (along with most other Bruins concepts I've made), but with an added yellow outline.  With that outline I don't need to recolour the logo for different colour backgrounds (just like their current logo).

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Atlantic Division De-Edge Vintage Jerseys

Here are the vintage jerseys for the final eight team's in my De-Edge series.

Boston Bruins Vintage Set:

The Bruins won two Stanley Cups (including Bobby Orr's famous flying in the air goal), while wearing these jerseys.

Buffalo Sabres Vintage Set:

These are the Sabres original jerseys.

Detroit Red Wings Vintage Set:

The Red Wings wore this set from 1948-61, and during that time they won four Cups (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955).

Florida Panthers Vintage Set:

These are the original uniforms for the Panthers.  They also went to the Stanley Cup final wearing these in 1996.

Montreal Canadiens Vintage Set:

This set is from 1966-70.  During that time the Canadiens won three Cups (1966, 1968, 1969).

Ottawa Senators Vintage Set:

Ottawa wore this set from 1997-99.

Tampa Bay Lightning Vintage Set:

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004 wearing these jerseys.

Toronto Maple Leafs Vintage Set:

This set dates back to 1962-63, a year when the Leafs won the Cup.

My De-Edge series is now finished.  All the jerseys can be found on the NHL De-Edge series page, which you can get to by clicking the image on the right side of the page, or by clicking this link right here.

So what's next for this blog?  There will still be concepts by me, they just won't be part of a series.  I will also still be posting any concepts that are sent in to me, and I will probably being doing more jersey review posts (like the Stadium Series jerseys, Olympic jerseys, etc).  Also starting tomorrow I will have a Christmas design applied to the blog, and then in the new year I might update the blog's design a bit.

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Bruins De-Edge Third

Boston Bruins Third:

This is basically a yellow version of the home and road jerseys, but the "B" escapes from the spokes.  I did this because I wanted the Bruins to have a yellow jersey, but I wanted to keep the traditional Bruins look.  To fit in with the rest of this series, this would actually be a light coloured jersey (hence the yellow helmet), and it would be worn against other team's home jerseys (similar to Toronto's white third jersey from a few years ago).  Pants and gloves are the same as the primary jerseys (and really the socks are the same as the home jersey), but there is a new helmet.

Full Set:

Here is a look at the full set.

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Boston Bruins De-Edge

I'm back with another De-Edge concept, this time for the Boston Bruins.

Boston Buins:

I'm going for a more retro look for the Bruins, since they are an original six team.  The logo is similar to their Bobby Orr "era" logo, but the B has serifs (I used the same logo for my NHL Redesign concept).  Also the sleeve and hem stripes are changed up to match the shoulder yokes.

Fashion Jersey Idea

Hello everyone.  I believe this is the first time I have made concepts meant as fashion jerseys, instead of actual game jersey concepts.  The idea here is to take a team's current jersey, and switch out the base colour for another colour.  The new colour isn't a colour that was already on the jersey, but it is related to the team (or city) somehow.

Boston Bruins:

Their current home jersey with the brown from their Winter Classic jersey used as the base colour.

Buffalo Sabres:

Home jersey with the 1970-96 shade of blue used.

Columbus Blue Jackets:

Their home jersey with the "Steel blue" from their third jersey.

Minnesota Wild:

Their road jersey (actually it's more similar to their first green jersey), with the North Stars shade of kelly green.

If you can think of any other teams this would work for let me know.  Thanks for visiting.

My Least Favourite jerseys

For my phase 2 post on HJC I talked about my top five favourite jerseys in the NHL right now.  I thought I'd post here on SG-94 about my least favourite jerseys in the NHL right now.  This time though I'm posting a Top Ten list (I have lots to complain about).  I also have one rule, that I can only have one least favourite jersey per-team.  Remember that these are just my opinions, so feel free to disagree with me.  Also, all the images in this post are from Icethetics, and the titles of each jersey are links to their page on The (unofficial) NHL Uniform Database.

10: Boston Bruins Third

(Image from Icethetics)

I dislike the Bruins third jersey for a few reasons.  First of all, they used black socks for the first in franchise history.  Not only does it ruin tradition, I also think it just looks bad.  The sleeve striping appears lazy to me (just copied from their home jersey), and the lack of hem-stripes look bad on this jersey.  My final complaint is the logo, which I think looks much better as shoulder-patch.  The bruins colour-scheme still looks great though, which helps this jersey a bit.

9: Anaheim Ducks Third

(Image from Icethetics)

Most people are a fan the Ducks third jersey, but I think it's an eyesore.  The large orange area at the top of the socks are my least favourite part, it stands out way too much.  I also think all the orange piping is unnecessary and just clutters up the jersey up.  I am a fan of the logos though, which saves this jersey from being lower down on this list.

8: Ottawa Senators Road

(Image from Icethetics)

I'm not a fan of over-used templates, and this jersey template is one of the worst.  It's used by the Senators and Penguins (and formerly the Lightning).  I think the Penguins use this template slightly better, which is why I chose the Senators for this list.  Another thing I don't like about this jersey is the ugly font used for the numbers.  The side-profile logo would also be nice to see on a Senators jersey, instead of the front-facing logo on this jersey.

7: Calgary Flames Road

(Image from Icethetics)

During the Reebok Edge takeover in 2007, the flames went from having one of my favourite jersey sets to one of my least favourite.  I don't mind the side-panels, but I don't like the piping, the flag shoulder-patches, or the trim at the hem.  The jersey is just too busy, if it were simplified it might not be on this list.  Also the side panels on the home jersey match the pants better, which is why the road jersey makes this list instead of the home.

6: Florida Panthers Home

(Image from Icethetics)

I was very excited when I heard that the Panthers were returning to red for the colour of their home jersey.  But when it was revealed I was very disappointed.  The jersey has major contrast problems, due to the lack of white.  Also the striping is kind of boring, since it was just copied from their previous jersey.  The logos are still nice though, and the use of more red is good.

5: Tampa Bay Lightning Third

(Image from Icethetics)

The Lightning have three of my least favourite jerseys right now.  I had to pick just one, and the "Bolts" word-mark is what causes this jersey to make the list.  In my opinion, using a nickname as a logo is very amateurish and should never happen in the NHL.  The piping also makes this jersey look bad.  The actual striping is good though, which is why this jersey isn't even lower down on this list.

4: Pittsburgh Penguins Third

(Image from Icethetics)

One trend I really hate is the use of vintage white, including on the Penguins third jersey here at number four on the list.  I also don't like the trend of faux-back jerseys for the Winter Classic, which I think this jersey helped become a trend.  One other thing, the stripes on this jersey seem a bit too large, in my opinion.  This jersey also replaced a nice throwback jersey, which is another reason I might dislike it.

3: Columbus Blue Jackets Third

(Image from Icethetics)

This jersey would be so much better with normal white.  As it is, the modern elements used on this jersey (unique number font, use of silver), and the vintage white just don't mix.  Speaking of the number font, I don't think the super-boxy numbers work.  They're just too square.  The use of their regular logo on the helmet is also an odd choice.

2: Colorado Avalanche Home

(Image from Icethetics)

Another team that went from having great jerseys to terrible jerseys during the Reebok Edge takeover.  Now they are wearing a basic "colour by numbers" template.  The shoulder-yoke, similar to the Panthers jersey, has major contrast problems.  I also dislike the use of black equipment, since black is used so little anywhere else.

1: New York Islanders Third

(Image from Icethetics)

In my opinion, this is not only the worst jersey right now, but also hands-down the worst jersey of all-time.  First of all, the Black-For-Black-Sack (or BFBS) is stupid and looks ugly.  Then replacing white with grey makes the jersey look dark and muddy.  On top of that, the Islanders just stole the striping from the Ducks third jersey.  And then what did they use for a logo?  That's right, a boring script on top of the player's number.  They also thought it would be a good idea to use lace-up collars with such a modern jersey template.  Another thing, they just used the blue helmets from their home jersey, which looks out of place and weird.  Finally, the diamond pattern formed with the pants (which I'll admit is creative), looks kind of odd.  All those things are why this jersey is at number one on this list, and also why I would consider it the worst jersey off all time.

What do you think?  Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.

Retro Bruins Concept

Now that the NHL Redesign is done, I won't be able to post as often.  Expect only 1-2 posts a week.

Boston Bruins:  I made this retro bruins concept by combining different features of their past jerseys.  It probably wouldn't work due to it's lack of names on the back, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

Ikea Concept, by Ricky:  I have never seen an Ikea concept before this one.  I wonder who they would play against?  I'm not a big fan of the actual concept, the boxes around the name, number, and logo seem to ruin the flow of the jersey.  Also the outside stripes would be horizontal most of the time, due to the arms being bent, but the inner three stripes would be vertical.  I think it would be better if they were all vertical.  If you fixed those issues, I think you would have a good jersey.

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First Post - Start of the NHL Redesign

Welcome to the first post of SG-94, a blog all about sports jerseys and logos.  This blog will be mostly used for posting my hockey concepts, as well as my thoughts on hockey logos and jerseys.  Visit the About SG-94 page to find out more.

Now on to the concepts.  For the past few months I've been doing a NHL Redesign on CCSLC.  I'll be catching up to that series, and then continuing it both here and there.  I'll be posting other concepts here as well.  First up is Anaheim, Boston, and Buffalo.

Anaheim Ducks:  The home and road keep the current template, but have the logos from their current third jersey. The new third jersey features the old Mighty-Ducks logo, and has lots of orange.

Boston Bruins:  The home and road are inspired by the Orr-era jerseys.  The logo is very similar to the Orr-era logo but has serifs. Yellow is the base colour for the third jersey, which features the serif-B without the spokes as the primary logo.

Buffalo Sabres:  Their vintage colours are used for all the jersey. The third jersey is white, with sleeves inspired by the home jersey, and  the Buffalo script as the crest (but now with numbers under the word-mark).

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