Is this a leak? The Toronto Maple Leafs’ official Twitter account today tweeted out a graphic promoting the 2016 NHL Rookie Tournament in which they’ll be participating this autumn, just prior to the 2016-17 regular season. Four team logos are featured in the logo being used to promote the event, the Leafs,
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Purple Reigns in Minnesota: Twins, Wild Pay Tribute to Their Prince
Purple reigns today in Minnesota. Prince Rogers Nelson, an extremely popular musician better known to those of us left here on Planet Earth as simply “Prince”, died earlier today at his recording studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota. To show their respects to their fallen hometown star, the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and baseball’s
2016 NHL Playoffs Printable Circle Bracket
Last night, the NHL Playoffs dropped the puck, and as always, it was time to put together a circle bracket graphic. Here’s our updated look at this season’s participants in the chase for the Cup. Click the image for the full-resolution size. This year, I decided to add a new wrinkle to the circle
St Louis Blues Wearing Cardinals Baby Blue Tonight
Cardinals on Ice! The St Louis Blues will don these powder blue St Louis Cardinals jerseys, complete with front jersey number and even a Cards “STL” cap style insignia on each arm, prior to their game tonight against the Colorado Avalanche. The jerseys will be worn to mark the beginning of the
2016 World Cup of Hockey Uniforms Unveiled
The National Hockey League today unveiled the new uniforms for the eight teams which will be competing in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, to be held this September in Toronto. Six countries and two combination clubs make up the class of the next edition of the World Cup, the
First Look at 2016 World Cup of Hockey Logos
Thanks to a Tweet from the Canadian based Sportsnet television network, we’ve got an early look at the logos which will be used for each of the countries and teams in the upcoming 2016 World Cup of Hockey. It’s a combination of old school designs (Finland, Czech Republic), modern day designs (Russia,
2016 World Cup of Hockey Jersey Teasers, Full Reveal March 2nd
The National Hockey League gave us a glimpse of what “jersey life” may be like once Adidas takes over their uniform contract in 2017. A series of Tweets today from the league showed teaser images of three new uniforms for the upcoming 2016 World Cup of Hockey – Team Canada,
Panthers Celebrate Jagr Birthday With Franken-Jersey Cake
Jaromir Jagr is 44 years old today, when he played his first game in the NHL 43% of the teams in the league today had yet to play their first game. Around 35% of the players in the league today weren’t even born. Did we mention he’s still playing pretty
Red Wings Will Honour JLA With Patch in 2017
The Detroit Red Wings unveiled the commemorative logo for their final season in Joe Louis Arena on Thursday. The logo is mostly rectangular, with an arch over the top and the Red Wings’ logo breaking the line of the bottom. The background is red with white text and a grey
Maple Leafs New Logo Takes Traditional Turn For Centennial
The Toronto Maple Leafs are finally embracing a unified traditional look. Timed perfectly to debut with the team’s 100th season, the Maple Leafs will be going all in on a heritage look to their identity; this after years of dancing with the idea via throwbacks worn as alternate uniforms, shoulder patches paying tribute to
The History of the NHL All-Star Game Uniform
In honour of the National Hockey League’s All-Star Game tonight, let’s take a look back at the history of the uniforms worn during the past NHL All-Star Games, from the Ace Bailey Benefit Game way back in 1934 through to the four-division mini tournament of 2016. The first all-star game was a
Leafs Tease New Logo, Announce Unveiling Date
Well, I suppose it’s official now! Confirming a story we first broke last month, the Toronto Maple Leafs have announced they will be unveiling their new logo during episode five of their “The Leaf: Blueprint” video series this coming Tuesday at 9:30pm ET. They also gave us a little tease of the new