There's A Sorm Coming!

Hey guys! I have a quick post for you with two more ECHL concepts. I also wanted to get this post up now due to Hurricane Sandy bearing down on us here in New England and if it's gonna be anything like last years tropical storm and Halloween snow storm I may not have power for a while.

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Here are the concepts!

These jerseys are based from the uniforms used in the ECHL All-Star Game when it was in Ontario, CA, which is the same template as the Phoenix Coyotes' alternate jersey.

This year, the second incarnation of the Solar Bears are celebrating their first season since winning the last IHL Championship twelve years ago. The solar bears have very unique uniforms and color scheme and I tried to keep the same elements intact. I did however give them matching pants since they use plain black that doesn't match at all.
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As everyone has heard by now, the New York Islanders announced that they are going to set up shop at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2015 when their lease in Uniondale, NY is up. Although the move is still a few years away, they said there will be no changes to logos and uniforms.


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So that is allfor today's post. Maybe I'll try to get some pics of Hurricane Sandy's aftermath in my area and share them in one of the next posts. No promises.

Back to the ECHL

Hey guys! After thinking of a team to do a concept for it occurred to me that I had forgotten about my ECHL redesign (even with the huge banner at the top of the page). So I got a couple done to get a quick post done. Let's get to them!
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First off, this is the second time I have used the "Buffa-slug" template in my redesign. With the same color scheme! I think it works for the Jackals and the Wings.

This past off-season, the Wranglers unveiled new logos to coincide with their tenth anniversary. A couple weeks of ago they took the ice in very basic red and white uniforms and the only trace of black was in their crest, shoulder and anniversary logos. Although black uniforms are starting to be over done in sports, I knew for a fact that their uniforms would look a hell of a lot lot better with black.
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That's it for today. Just a quick thought. Isn't it weird that ECHL doesn't stand for anything anymore? It used to mean East Coast Hockey League but since they now have teams as far west as California, they changed it to just ECHL. So here's discussion question, If you had the chance to rename the ECHL, what would you rename it?

Quick Update

Hey guys! Sorry that I didnt get a post up this week. Just havent been in the concept making mood due to some things going on. I hope to have at least one done soon to update the blog. Hope everyone is coping well with the lack of NHL hockey!
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Also, if you have any suggestions as to what teams you want me to do concepts for just leave them in the comments section. I'm always open to suggestions!

-Scott

A Sunday Post

So the start of the NHL season was supposed to be this weekend. I hope everyone is finding ways to get their hockey fix or found other things to do to supplement the extra time. For me, I have the Connecticut Whale. I went to their home/season opener on Friday against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Whale had a strong first period but epically broke down in the second period giving up five goals. The highlights of the game were Kris Newbury had two goals, Rangers playoff hero from last season, Chris Kreider notched his first regular season pro point and recently signed NHL vet and former Ranger/Lightning/Senator, Matt Gilroy notched a point.

Anyway, it's been another slow week for me with hammering out concepts but I have a cuple to share with you today. So let's get to them.

 Originally, this Whalers concept was planned to be my entry into HJC's Whalers redesign comp. But I had a hard time making a matching home jersey look good. So this is now a theoretical alternate.

For this senators concept, I tried to give them a traditional looking set while giving a nod to their original jerseys and also a nod to the original Ottawa Senators. **I do realize that I had spelled "Ottawa" wrong**


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That's it for today. not sure when another post will be up but keep checking back and always feel free to leave your feedback on any of these or past concepts!

Black & Blue

Another week into the lockout and now the first two weeks of the NHL season have been cancelled. Luckily the lockout doesn't affect the AHL. The Rangers' "Blueshirts United" blog is streaming the CT Whale- Adirondak Phantoms game at 5:00pm eastern today so I'm gonna jump right into today's concepts which include the colors blue and black and two more from my ECHL redesign. Enjoy!

This is a direct transfer of what the Gladiators wear now to the Reebok EDGE system.

The Steelheads current uniforms are very unique. But, are very difficult to pull off in the EDGE system. So I thought a simple template would work with the color scheme. What do you guys think?

This concept was going to be my entry to the Blades' jersey contest that is currently being held. But, I don't think it's original enough to win. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated on this concept or for a new one.

To finish off the post, this IceHogs concept is based off a special event jersey they wore a cuple of years ago. I saw a similar modified logo for Rockford on HJC a while back but I can't remember who did it.

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Thanks for taking time to read today's post, Enjoy!