Sorry, they won’t be the Flint Stones, not the Tropics either. They won’t even be taking the loveable name Whalers with them from Plymouth. Flint, your new OHL team will be called the Flint Firebirds. Nice dig, Rob Lizotte. https://t.co/XFxhSFRl3u — Adam Biggers (@AdamBiggers81) March 16, 2015 Thanks to a
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The Great 2015 Minor League Hockey Market Shuffle
Well. That was something. A flurry of hockey franchise swaps were announced yesterday involving four cities across two leagues, and when the dust was all settled Winnipeg ended up with another team and the tiny town of Belleville, Ontario was losing their junior team of over 30 years in a complete blindside. Yesterday’s
Plymouth Whalers Announce Relocation to Flint, Mi
The Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League today announced that the team will be sold and has plans to relocate across the state of Michigan to Flint for the 2015-16 season. The team will be sold by Peter Karmanos Jr to Rolf Nilsen. Karmanos, who is also the owner of
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
Junior Team to Wear WHA Throwback Jerseys
The Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League will be honouring a long forgotten professional team which used to call the city home. This weekend the Giants will wear the yellow and red uniforms of the World Hockey Association’s Vancouver Blazers, who played during the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons, inheriting their
CHL Officials Wearing Moustache Decals on Helmets
A group of more than 150 mustachioed hockey officials has been one of the top 10 Canadian fundraisers in the Movember campaign to fight prostate cancer, raising more than $171,000 over the last four years. This year, the MOfficials are at it again, and the Canadian Hockey League will promote their
NHL15 New Uniforms Available Today
EA Sports has officially released all the new third jerseys previously unavailable for the PS4 and XBox One versions of their NHL15 video game. To avoid having new uniforms leaked early by the game (which used to happen, like, constantly) games now are manufactured and shipped to customers without any
Jr Hockey: Rebels and IceDogs Unveil New Uniforms
Two members of the Major Junior ‘A’ Canadian Hockey League unveiled new uniforms over the past day, the Western League Red Deer Rebels and Ontario’s Niagara Ice Dogs. Red Deer showed off new alternate uniforms (photo at top of this post) just a day after they were awarded the hosting rights to
Sea Dogs Celebrate 10 Years in QMJHL
The Saint John Sea Dogs yesterday unveiled their 10th anniversary logo to celebrate their upcoming 10th season as members of the Canadian junior league, the QMJHL. From the official press release: The logo features a grey “X” outlined in black. The current Sea Dogs’ logo makes up the upper left
Is an Offensive Logo Okay on a Throwback Jersey?
The Moose Jaw Warriors were hit with a bit of a backlash this past week after they unveiled their plans to wear a throwback uniform for the 2014-15 season, their 30th in the junior Western Hockey League. The uniform features a logo used by the club during the 1980s, a
Guelph Storm Wearing Ti-Cats Jerseys on Sunday
While the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been temporarily relocated to Guelph, Ontario during the construction of their new stadium they’ve also been constructing a Eastern Conference championship season in the Canadian Football League. So, in recognition of what will likely be the only professional sports team from Guelph to ever make
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