The AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals are commemorating their 50th season with a logo that gets at the true meaning behind their nickname. While decades worth of logos have featured various characters in admirals caps, suggesting the nickname derives from some sort of high-ranking naval officer, this new logo features a refrigerator.
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Milwaukee Admirals to wear sugar skull jerseys
The AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals will commemorate the Day of the Dead with jerseys that feature the iconic sugar skulls associated with the Mexican holiday. The striped pattern on the jersey evokes traditional Zapotec Mexican rug designs. Sugar skulls, or calaveras, are decorated by families and loved ones as part of
Palm Springs AHL Trademarks Two More Names
Palm Springs, the future top-level affiliate of the Seattle NHL franchise, has trademarked two additional team names this week. According to Clark Rasmussen of DetroitHockey.Net, the two names trademarked were Palm Springs Hawks and Palm Springs Eagles. Both were filed the same day their report about the trademarking of Palm
Trademark Filing Suggests Palm Springs Firebirds to be Seattle AHL Affiliate
The National Hockey League’s incoming Seattle franchise revealed in June that their American Hockey League affiliate would play in Palm Springs, CA, and today we have the first hints of a name for that team: The Palm Springs Firebirds. As I reported at DetroitHockey.Net this morning, lawyers working on behalf
AHL Unveils 2020 All-Star Logo
The American Hockey League today unveiled the logo for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic, to be played in Ontario, California and hosted by the Ontario Reign. Borrowing its overall shield shape from the Reign’s NHL affiliate, the Los Angeles Kings, the logo also makes use of the main colour scheme
AHL Shows off Colourful New 2019 All-Star Jerseys
The American Hockey League, like the National Hockey League, uses the four-team tournament format for their annual All-Star Game. Unlike the NHL, the AHL is continuing to give each of those four teams their own unique, colourful jersey (although not with the individual team logo on the chest… hey, nobody’s
AHL: San Jose Barracuda Change Logo and Uniforms
The San Jose Barracuda, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Sharks unveiled a tweak to their logo and uniform set for the upcoming 2018-19 season. What was previously the alternate logo has been promoted to their primary, basically the club is replacing the corporate logo for Barracuda Networks
2018 Star Wars Themed Baseball and Hockey Uniforms
May the date be with you today as a simple speech impediment for some has turned into a celebration for others. Star Wars Day is here! Here’s a fun fact: of the twelve Star Wars theatrical releases, nine of them were released in the month of May… none of them
IceHogs pay homage to Rockford Peaches
The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, will pay homage to their city’s famous sporting past during their annual Pink in the Rink game this season. January 26, the IceHogs will wear jerseys that emulate the Rockford Peaches, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team from Rockford, Illinois,
Hershey Bears unveil Outdoor Classic jersey
The AHL’s Hershey Bears, 11-time Calder Cup champions, will take to the ice for the 2018 Capital BlueCross Outdoor Classic in a specialty jersey that hearkens back to the early days of the team’s 80-year history. The diagonal HERSHEY on the front of the jersey echoes that of the Bears’ 1969 championship
Utica Gets 2018 AHL All-Star Game, Unveils Logo
Once again the City of Utica and Upstate New York will be playing host to the top minor league hockey players on the planet. Oh, and they also unveiled the logo. The Utica Comets (AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks) were announced as the host of the “2018 AHL All-Star
Binghamton Devils Show Off New Look for First Season
The American Hockey League’s Binghamton Devils unveiled their new logos and uniforms at an event held at Floyd L. Maines Memorial Arena earlier today in Binghamton, N.Y. While the uniforms resemble the new Adidas uniforms their NHL parents in New Jersey will sport, the logos are anything but. Avoiding the