New challenger approaching! The Portland Winterhawks, a major-junior team in the Western Hockey League appears to be ready to throw their hat into the NHL ring, if a series of interesting domain name registrations can be trusted. Via domain detective Clark Rasmussen of DetroitHockey.Net, the Winterhawks registered numerous new domain
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Prince George Cougars Unveil 25th Season Logo
The Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars have unveiled the logo they’ll be using to celebrate their 25th anniversary year which will take place during the 2018-19 season. Featuring the Cougars current primary logo, the logo includes a red “25” trimmed in gold and silver in the background as well
Jerseys Used In Wedding Proposal
A hockey jersey wedding proposal? Now why didn’t *I* think of that? At the Calgary Hitmen (Western Hockey League) game last night, one fan proposed to his girlfriend using a unique method. During a “Newlywed Game” style promotion, which the Hitmen called the “Couple’s Challenge”, during a stoppage in play
Red Deer Rebels Unveil Second Alternate Jersey
The Red Deer Rebels yesterday added a second alternate uniform to their set, this in addition to their regular home, road, and alternate gives them four uniforms to wear throughout the season. It seems excessive doesn’t it? But when you hear the reason behind it, it really makes a lot
Regina to Host 100th Memorial Cup, Logo Unveiled
The City of Regina, Saskatchewan and the WHL’s Regina Pats was announced today as the host of the 100th Canadian Hockey League Memorial Cup to be held in May 2018. Regina beat out competing bids from Ontario’s Hamilton Bulldogs and Oshawa Generals. I grew up in Oshawa so… ugh. Often described
Saskatoon Blades Unveil Star Wars Uniform
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… teams didn’t do Star Wars jerseys every couple of weeks. Hard to remember those days but there was once a time. The Saskatoon Blades of the junior Western Hockey League are the latest to join this club with the unveiling
Kamloops Blazers Unveil New Uniform
Slipping this one in just before the buzzer, the Kamloops Blazers have unveiled their new home and road uniforms in time for their 2015-16 Western Hockey League season opener this weekend. The new look are a vast improvement over what the team wore last year (see graphic at bottom of
Tri-City Americans Unveil New Uniforms
The Western Hockey League’s Tri-City Americans have unveiled an updated uniform via a post on their official website yesterday evening. Call it a victory for fans of great uniform design, the terrible thick stripes which once ran up either side of the front of the uniform are thankfully gone and have been
Kamloops Blazers Tweak Logo, Unveil New Alternate
The Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers announced today that they are making a slight tweak to their primary logo. Most noticeable is the removal of the city name from the logo resulting in a much cleaner mark and putting more emphasis on the “B”-Flame icon. There’s also a new silver
WHL Prince George Cougars Unveil New Logo
The Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars unveiled their new logo earlier today, the logo is the same one we posted a black-and-white version of two weeks ago. A cougar head is the main focal point of the logo, the cougar is created out of the negative space in a
New Logo for the Prince George Cougars?
The owners of the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars have a new trademarked logo featuring a cougar graphic we’ve yet to see before. Filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office in April 2015 (application number 1722295), the logo shows a “C” with a cougar head formed in the negative space 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