Five More Contest-Winning Jersey Designs See Light of Day in CHL

Five more winning designs from the Canadian Hockey League’s Jersey Design Contest saw the light of day over the weekend, including designs for teams in all three CHL leagues.

Now in its fourth year, the contest was open to kids under 16 and accepted entries until the end of October. The contest is sponsored by Real Canadian Superstore, and game-worn, kid-designed jerseys will be auctioned off to support President’s Choice Children’s Charity.

A total of 31 teams across the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League are participating in this year’s contest. The WHL’s Edmonton Oil Kings and Kamloops Blazers were the first to debut their jerseys in early January, while five other teams in the WHL and QMJHL debuted their designs in late January and early February. Five more teams brought their winning designs to life at the start of February, and six teams across the OHL and QMJHL debuted their winning jerseys in mid-February.

Here are the latest contest-winning designs to hit the ice:

PRINCE ALBERT RAIDERS (WHL)

The Raiders flipped over to the dark side in their contest-winning jersey when they took on the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday, February 28. The black base of the jersey featured one-colour neon green logos and striping all over; the only hint of white was a script logo on the right shoulder. The waist and socks had two neon green stripes, the top one a bit narrower than the bottom one, while each sleeve had one green stripe around the forearm.

*Courtesy **Prince Albert Raiders** / Facebook*

MONCTON WILDCATS (QMJHL)

The Wildcats’ winning jersey design — which they wore on Saturday, March 1, against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada — paid tribute to Magnetic Hill, a local landmark in Moncton. The royal blue base featured a navy blue silhouette of the Moncton skyline around the waist and yellow shoulders. Each sleeve had a magnet on either side of the number and several yellow thunderbolts down the forearm.

*Courtesy **Moncton Wildcats** / Facebook*

BRANTFORD BULLDOGS (OHL)

The Bulldogs broke out one of the more restrained contest-winning designs on Saturday, March 1, when they hosted the Peterborough Petes. The waist, socks and sleeves of the black jersey featured a wide grey stripe flanked by two narrower yellow stripes, with a bit of black in between. The sleeve stripes angled upward slightly. The collar was solid yellow, as were the names and numbers on the back and sleeves.

*Courtesy **Canadian Hockey League** / Facebook*

REGINA PATS (OHL)

The Pats’ contest-winning design — which they wore on Saturday, March 1, versus the Lethbridge Hurricanes — put a new spin on the team’s military identity. The jerseys featured a blue, red and white camouflage pattern all over, save for white shoulders and a white panel at the waist. On the front of the jersey, “PPCLI” was written in a red stencil font with navy blue outlines, and the regimental badge of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (after whom the team are named) sat on the left shoulders. Unlike the graphic below posted on social media by the CHL, the numbers on the sleeves and back were set in a white block font rather than a stencil font.

OTTAWA 67’s (OHL)

The 67’s paid tribute to their mascot, Riley the Raccoon, with their contest-winning jersey design, which they wore on Sunday, February 2, against the Windsor Spitfires. On both the front and back, Riley peeked out from around the waist. The shoulders were red, and there was black, grey and red striping around each forearm. Around the 67’s logo on the front and above each arm stripe was a jagged pattern similar to that found in the team’s primary logo used from 1998 to 2012.