Stadium Series Predictions

2016 Stadium Series:

A couple weeks ago I posted my prediction for next year's Winter Classic jerseys, today I'm doing the same for the Stadium Series.  I think the jerseys will once again be modern, and follow a template that is used for all four teams.  I also kept the the giant sleeve numbers and giant pant logos from this years uniforms.  I decided against white pants, instead using white gloves for the road teams.  Also gone are the chrome or carbon fiber logo, but that's mostly just wishful thinking.  The sleeve stripes are angled so that when the arms are down at an angle the stripes will look more vertical to match the stripes on the torso.

Also, I've added a square yolk variation of my new template to the templates page.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Penguins Guest Concept and a Wild Concept

Pittsburgh Penguins, by Jared:

This is Jared's first concept on SG-94 and it's also the first hand drawn concept on this blog.  This concept is meant for the 2017-18 season.  The jersey features a gold shoulder yoke with the players name in the shoulder yoke like the Hurricanes current road jersey, as well as black and gold stripes along the hem and cuffs.  It also uses the Penguins' 1992-2002 primary logo as the main logo.  The execution might not be as good as we're used to seeing, but that will improve with more practice.  My advice to Jared is to just take your time and be patient while making concepts, if you rush too much the execution will suffer.
Grade:  B (I'm just grading the idea for this concept, not the execution).

Minnesota Wild:

Believe it or not this concept is actually inspired by the Boston Bruins 1948-51 white jersey.  I was watching a video clip of those jerseys in action and at first I didn't notice the yellow, so the jerseys appeared to be monochrome.  I soon noticed the yellow, but it gave me an idea for a concept based on what the striping pattern would look like if it was monochrome.  I didn't know what team I should make the concept for, but I eventually decided on the Wild (even though I like their current jerseys).

Have a good day!

Central Division De-Edge Vintage Jerseys

I'm back with part two of the vintage jersey program for my De-Edge series, this time for the Central Division.  Also, as you can see, the vintage header at the top of the page is now onto my shield logo.

Chicago Blackhawks Vintage Set:

The Blackhawks wore these jerseys won they won the Stanley Cup in 1961.

Colorado Avalanche Vintage Set:

These are the classic Avalanche jerseys, but specifically from 1999-2007 (darker shade of burgundy).  They won the Cup in 2001 wearing this set.

Dallas Stars Vintage Set:

The Stars wore these jerseys 1995-99.  The Stars won the Stanley Cup in 1999 when these were their home and road jerseys (although they did wear their third when they won the Cup).

Minnesota Wild Vintage Set:

These are the Wild's original jerseys.

Nashville Predators Vintage Set:

I also went with the Predator's original jerseys.

St. Louis Blues Vintage Set:

The Blues wore these jerseys from 1968-73.  The went to the Stanley Cup final three times during that time.

Winnipeg Jets Vintage Set:

This may surprise some people, but I went with the Jets current jerseys.  I wasn't going to throwback to the original Jets since they are a different franchise, so my only other option was Atlanta Thrashers jerseys.

Once again you can let me know if you think my choices are good or bad.  Thanks for visiting!

Wild De-Edge Third

Minnesota Wild Third:

When I posted the home and road Wild jerseys WinnipegJets96 suggested I make a red version as a third jersey.  While this isn't exactly a red version of the primary jerseys, it is inspired by those jerseys (I thought three jerseys using the same striping pattern would be too much consistency for the Wild).  There is a new helmet and the number font is different than the home and road, but the pants and gloves are the same.

Full Set:

Here is the full set.

Have a good day!

Wild Review and a Guest Concept

Photo from wild.nhl.com

The Wild unveiled their new road jersey this past Sunday (actually they leaked it on Saturday), and I'm a big fan of the new look.  I was also a big fan of their previous road jersey, so I was nervous the new jersey would be a downgrade, but it wasn't.  I was most nervous that they might remove their awesome bear-head logo from the front of the sweater, so I was very glad to see it was still there.  The new striping pattern also looks good, and it fits in with their third jersey.  One thing that seemed a bit unpopular was the red numbers, but I actually like them, they make the jerseys more interesting and it fits with their logo nicely.  I'm not going to call this an improvement over their last jersey, but their old jersey had been around for a while so I am glad they made this change.

SG-94 Concept, by Jake88:

Jake88 sent in this awesome concept for the blog.  I love the striping pattern used here, it works great with the logo in my opinion.  I also like how the logo is on a green background on both jerseys, because I think this logo looks best on that colour background.  I have no complaints about this concept at all.

Minnesota Wild De-Edge

Minnesota Wild:

The Wild have some good looking uniforms right now, but none of them match each other.  So for this concept I basically combined all three of their current jerseys.  And if you are a fan of their inconsistent striping, you'll notice that the striping is slightly different between the two jerseys.

Thanks for reading.

My Thoughts: Month of May

Well, it's been almost a month since I last posted an opinion post, so I thought it would be a good time to do another one.

Also there is a new poll up on the side of the page.  I'm trying to judge if there would be any interest in a Google+ page for this blog.


Third Jerseys in Playoffs

Three teams used third jerseys in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs (Minnesota, San Jose, and Toronto), and I'm not a fan of that.  I believe that only home and road jerseys should be worn on the playoffs.  If teams feel their third jersey is better than their home jersey, then they should make it their home jersey at the start of the season.  I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.


Prince Albert Raiders Rebrand

Back on May 16, the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL unveiled a new logo and new jerseys.  Green was made the primary colour, which I'm a huge fan of.  The logo (seen above), is a mix of a sword, the initials "PA", and the team name Raiders, all on top of a shield.  It might not be the best logo ever, but it is certainly a good logo for a CHL team.  I'm also a big fan of the new jerseys, their unique, unlike a lot of CHL teams that copy NHL team's templates.


Saskatoon Blades Memorial Cup Jersey

Photo from whl.ca

Sticking with the WHL, the Saskatoon Blades wore special commemorative jerseys for their first game of the Memorial Cup.  This is continuing a recent tradition, I believe since around 2008, where the host team of the Memorial Cup wears a special memorial jersey for their first game.  I love that the CHL does this, it is a great way to honour the people who serve our country.  The jersey design is pretty good too, nice and simple.


Peoria Rivermen New Look for SPHL

Photo from Peoria Rivermen's Official Facebook Page

And last but not least, the Peoria Rivermen were reincarnated in the SPHL after the Vancouver Canucks announced the AHL's version of the team would no longer exist.  After the league switch, the Rivermen unveiled new logo and jerseys (seen above).  I love the new look, it's way better than what they were wearing in the AHL.  The logo gets rid of that cartoony person, and the jerseys trade a standard template mess for a unique yet classy striping pattern.  The updated colour scheme is also an improvement.  I'm very impressed with the SPHL version of the Rivermen so far.


Hopefully I'm not boring everyone with these opinion articles, because there will probably be another one after the Stars unveil their new look.  And if these aren't you cup of tea, I should have more concepts soon.  Thanks for visiting.

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.

Wild Contest Entry

Minnesota Wild:

This is my entry for HJC's Minnesota Wild Redesign competition.  The striping is a more traditional take on the Wild's original jerseys.  The logos are the same as what were used for their first ten years of existence.

Wild Admirals

The voting for SG-94's logo is still going on (side-bar).  The voting ends friday at 11:59pm pacific time.

Minnesota Wild:  A couple of weeks ago Icethetics posted a link about a possible new away jersey for the Minnesota Wild.  I thought I would take a stab at what that would look like.

Milwaukee Admirals, by Alan:  The home and road jerseys look great, good use of the full body logo.  I don't like the third jersey, which is based on the Quebec Nordiques jerseys.  I don't really know why I don't like it, I just don't.  Also it appears that two different shades of black were used.

Wild Canadien Predators

As promised here are the next three teams in the NHL Redesign.  I'm almost done all the concepts for this series, with just a few teams left to complete.


Minnesota Wild:  In my opinion the Wild had the perfect set from 2003-07, so all I did was edgify those jerseys.  I know it's a boring concept but I think it's the best option.

Montreal Canadiens:  The home and roads are based off of their 1977-97 jerseys.  For the third jersey I used blue as the primary colour, with striping inspired by the home (without the chest-stripe).  You'll notice the logo in the arm-bands, which is inspired by their 1924-25 jersey.

Nashville Predators: I made minor changes to the home and roads, mostly removing the piping.  I then added a blue third jersey, which features a sublimated checkered-pattern in the striping.

Up next are the New York teams; the Devils, Islanders, and Rangers.

We Need More GREEN!!!

As you can probably tell from the colours on this blog, I like the colour green.  So you can see how I would be disappointed that there's only one green jersey in the NHL. It's not even a primary jersey, it's a third jersey.  That's only 15 games out of 1,230 NHL games in a season, that's only 0.012%.  That's terrible!!!

So today's post I am trying to fix that.  This post is the first of my occasional opinion posts (labelled My Thoughts), where I express my point of view on hockey jerseys and logos.

*Note:  The concepts in today's posts are only there as a visual aid, they aren't necessarily what I'd do.


The first team I think needs more green is the Dallas Stars.  Not only would it make them look much better, it would make sense historically.  They wore green for ten years in Dallas (1997-2007), and an additional 24 years in Minnesota (1967-1991).  Good news is that Dallas could be making a big change in 2013-2014, hopefully it's more green.

Dallas' current home jersey coloured green (with logos switched too).

Another team that could use a green home jersey is the Minnesota Wild.  In my opinion, their best home jersey was their 2000-2007 green jersey.  I like their red jersey too, I just think it's better as a third jersey.

Minnesota's 2000-2007 green jersey edgified.

The Vancouver Canucks are a third team that could use more green.  I know they haven't ever had a green jersey, but imagine how good a green third jersey could look.  I think it would look much better than their current third jersey, which I don't like.

An old concept, inspired by the Vancouver Millionaires.

We all know that the New Jersey Devils wear a throwback jersey on St. Patricks day, my question is why don't the Maple Leafs?  They were literally called the St. Pats before they were renamed the Maple Leafs.  It would also be another team wearing green, even if it's only for one game.

A 1919-20, 1921-22 St. Pats throwback jersey.

This last idea is a bit out there, but I have seen it suggested before.  It's the Anaheim Ducks wearing green and orange.  These colours are supposed to be more duck-like.  Hey I'll listen to any idea if it means more green.

Re-coloured version of their current third jersey.

What does everyone else think.  Am I correct or completely nuts?  Did I miss any teams?  Let me know.