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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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
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
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
Regina Pats to Debut New Alternate Uniform Tonight
The Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats will début their new red alternate uniform in their game tonight against the Vancouver Giants. This new uniform pays tribute to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, otherwise known as the “Pats”, the namesake of the hockey club. In 2014 the PPCLI will be
SSM Greyhounds New, Classic, Red Wings Look Unveiled
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League unveiled their new team uniforms at a fan and press event in the Soo this past weekend. Despite the name of the team, grey has been removed from the colour scheme. It had been a part of every look the
Quebec Remparts Unveil New Uniforms, Colours
The Quebec Remparts, a Major Junior A Hockey club in the QMJHL branch of the Canadian Hockey League, unveiled both their new team uniforms and slightly altered team colours at an event earlier today. For the colour scheme, it remains mostly the same as the previous red, black, and heritage
Logos Unveiled for New Brampton Basketball, Hockey Clubs
The city of Brampton, Ontario had both their new CeHL and their new NBL-C team unveil their inaugural team logos over the weekend. Yes, it’ll be an interesting fall for sports fans in Brampton as they quickly go from being excited about their two new clubs to reading a footnote