The ECHL’s Ontario Reign are moving on up to the American Hockey League next season where they will be the top affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings… and with that they will have a new logo. Borrowing heavily off of the logo originally used by the Kings from 1988-1998, the
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Lehigh Valley Phantoms Add Orange Alternate
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, American Hockey League affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, unveiled a new orange alternate uniform yesterday. The uniforms follow a season where fans were encouraged to wear orange during Friday home games, the promotion was referred to as an “Orange Out”. The idea now being that the
Best, Worst New Logos of 2014: SportsLogos.Net Readers’ Choice Awards
As we get set to enter the year of hover boards, self-lacing sneakers, and a Chicago Cubs World Series Championship we must first look back on the current year… 2014, which was my 18th running SportsLogos.Net. Overall 2014 was a rather uneventful year when it came to major re-brandings in the big
WBS Penguins Unveil Retro-Style Third Jersey
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the only hockey team with both a hyphen and a slash in their name, unveiled their new retro-style alternate jerseys earlier today. From the official release: The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins unveiled their alternate sweater for the 2014-15 season on Monday morning at the Toyota SportsPlex in Wilkes-Barre. The
American Hockey League Re-Aligns for 2014-15
With two franchise re-locations over the off-season the American Hockey League has announced a re-alignment for the upcoming 2014-15 season. An overview of the alignment: Five clubs find themselves in new divisions, no team switched conferences despite one relocating across the continent. Here’s the run-down of the changes: Abbotsford Heat have
AHL Team Brings Back “Burger King” Jerseys Tonight
The Manchester Monarchs, American Hockey League affiliate to the Los Angeles Kings are holding their annual “LA Kings Night” tonight and they’ll do so while wearing one of the most infamous uniforms in NHL history… the “Burger King” jersey. It’s almost 18 years to the day when the Kings took
Toronto Marlies Unveil Retro Jersey for Outdoor Game
The American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies today unveiled their special uniform to be worn for their outdoor game in Detroit next month. As is usually the case for these outdoor games, the jersey is very retro-inspired, based mostly off of the uniforms worn by the Toronto Marlboros teams of the
Photos of How War Veterans Honoured in Sports This Weekend
Today is Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day depending on where you live. Despite the difference in name one thing we all do on this day is take time to remember the sacrifices made by those who fought for our freedom and still do to this day. In sports this past
IceCaps New Alternate Started As Fan Concept
The St. John’s IceCaps, AHL farm team of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets, unveiled their new alternate uniform prior to their game yesterday evening. The IceCaps immediately took to the ice wearing the new look and will do so again today. The new jersey is predominantly blue, like the IceCaps existing
Portland Pirates Unveil Pink in the Rink Jersey
The Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League today have unveiled their “Pink in the Rink” jersey for Breast Cancer awareness. The 2013-14 version of the jersey features a Montreal Canadiens 2013 AHL All-Star Game jersey style pink and black horizontal stripe across the chest and arms, two pink ribbons run
Remembering Lokomotiv Two Years Later
Two years ago this morning many of us woke up to the stunning news that the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team out of the Kontinental Hockey League was involved in a plane crash, amongst the 45 players, coaches, trainers, and airline staff on board only 1 survived – a flight engineer.
Manchester Monarchs holding LA Kings Jersey Vote
The Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, are holding a vote to decide which Kings jersey their club will wear for a game in January 2014. Starting this past season, the Monarchs annually pay respects to their top-level club in Los Angeles by wearing a