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
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Leak: Edmonton Oilers New Uniform for 2020
The Edmonton Oilers new third jersey for the upcoming 2019-20 NHL season has leaked via a sponsored link on Google. This courtesy CBC Calgary “radio guy” Dave Waddell. The leak shows a navy blue and orange Oilers jersey with no white to be found anywhere on the design. We see
North Dakota Fighting Hawks Unveil New Hockey Jerseys
The University of North Dakota unveiled new hockey jerseys on Monday evening, and — aside from a change in suppliers and a few tweaks for consistency’s sake — they aren’t all that different from the Fighting Hawks’ last set. North Dakota began a seven-year department-wide deal with adidas last summer,
ECHL Thunder Celebrate Five Seasons in Adirondack
The Adirondack Thunder are ready to celebrate five seasons of life in the ECHL. Adirondack is currently affiliated with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Earlier today, the upstate New York hockey team unveiled their fifth anniversary season logo — the logo shows the club’s logo within a circle, the team
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
2019 NHL Draft Caps by Fanatics
The 2019 NHL Draft gets underway tonight and will continue into tomorrow at Rogers Arena, home of the Vancouver Canucks. This year’s NHL Draft caps, like last year, are branded by Fanatics, have a very straight-to-the-point design — perhaps welcomed by many of us looking for an alternative to what
Vancouver Canucks Unveil Four New Uniforms
The Vancouver Canucks this afternoon confirmed our recent report and unveiled their new uniform set for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Four jerseys were part of the reveal, with the upcoming 50th anniversary season for the Canucks there was a tinge of team history in each of the looks. First up
Graphic: Stanley Cup Championship Uniforms 1918-2019
Five years ago we created a graphic which received a fair amount of attention depicting the uniform worn for each Stanley Cup-clinching victory since the dawn of the NHL era (1918). In that post, we compiled a whole host of (what I consider to be) interesting and very uniform-nerdy stats
Leaked: Canucks New Uniforms for 2019-20
The Vancouver Canucks will be making a few tweaks to their home and road uniforms for the upcoming 2019-20 season; tonight we’ve got our first look at those changes thanks to a leaked photo posted to Reddit. Via what appears to be a spec graphic for a banner, the image
Graphic: Stanley Cup Socks 1918-2019
The 2019 Stanley Cup Final between the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins begins tonight out of the TD Garden in Boston, so we’re looking back at Stanley Cup Finals over the years. Today I’m updating a graphic I first made back in 2017 showing the different sock designs worn
Seattle NHL Team Polls Fans on Potential Names, Colours
Seattle’s new NHL hockey club is more than two years away from playing their first game; their expansion season isn’t set to begin until fall 2021. With no logo, uniform, colours, or even a name, the organization has been working hard trying to find that perfect fit for the U.S.
Sabres Celebrate 50 Years With New Logos
The Buffalo Sabres are getting set to commemorate 50 years in the National Hockey League. Today the Sabres kicked off their 50th anniversary season with the introduction of two new logos marking the milestone year, a primary and alternate anniversary logo. “We did a lot of research,” executive vice president