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
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New AHL Club Stockton Heat Unveil Name, Logo, Uniforms
The Calgary Flames are returning the “Heat” nickname to the American Hockey League. Just a season removed from relocating the AHL’s Abbotsford Heat to Glens Falls, NY where they were re-named the Adirondack Flames, the Flames are shuffling their top farm club once again, and I sure am gonna miss their Atlanta throwback logo.
Return of the Gulls! San Diego AHL Club Leaks Name, Logo
The Gulls are returning to San Diego. Expected to be unveiled later today, the Anaheim Ducks new AHL farm club will be known as the San Diego Gulls when they suit up this fall. This via the official SanDiegoAHL.com website who apparently accidentally made the name change and logo live before
Retro Reigns in New Ontario AHL Logo
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
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
The Rockford IceHogs: Comfortable in their Own (Hog) Skin
The Rockford IceHogs, American Hockey League affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, know what people say about them, but they’re comfortable with who they are, and they know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. “A lot of people, they go, ‘IceHogs, that’s kind of a stupid name,’” said Mike Peck, the team’s
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
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