Wednesday: Your Presents Include...

It's Christmas day, and I wanted to try something a bit different...

I wanted to use a William Butala esque rating system that I thought would be fun for Christmas. The way that I decided to do this is through hockey team Christmas card/greetings. Well I know that you all are dying to see what type of ratings I do so we should get to it. But first your one reminder...

 Creighton Comp Voting ends this Saturday Dec 28

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Philadelphia Flyers (By Jeremy R.)

Jeremy starts us out with a Flyers sweater that isn't that bad. He kinda fixes the problems that were on the original edge jersey (angled arm stripes, nothing on the hem, ect...). He replaces it with arm piping and pretty much fill in the blank arm stripes that, in this case aren't bad. I think that the captains patch should have an orange outline, and the number on the front shouldn't be there. I also like the collar. On an execution note one of the TV numbers on the back view is missing. I also find the pit stains unnecessary.

I give this one the rating of Philly's rival team, and my personal favorite team, the Penguins. This concept in my opinion isn't as good as their currents, but tries to be (like any concept). The Pens video tries to be like this (awesome) Blackhawks video, but doesn't really do it. Concept Rating 7.5/10

London Sabreswords Christmas Game (By Alan H.)

Our own writer Alan, gives us this nice Christmas game concept for his HCIHL team that I like. :The striping is pretty nice, but I kinda reminds me of this Lithuanian jersey (don't ask why). I'd have to see how the side panels would look in a game, because it's so different, but it works. The logo is great and the jersey is good for one time use. I don't have any problems with it at all.

I give this one the rating of the Virden Oil Capitals, wait who's that? They are a team playing in the MJHL in Virden, Manitoba. Like this concept the video is very festive and it's well done, especially for a junior team. Concept Rating 9/10

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Well that's it for today. Sorry about the late post, but hey I'm sure Santa's late sometimes too. Bye and Happy Holidays!

Monday, Monday. Gotta get down on Monday!

Hello fellow concept fans! Caden here today on Veterans/Remembrance day.

 The Icemen have made a small uniform change which I thought I should mention here,

Before

After

Notice the addition of shoulder yokes. Tell me what you think of the change in the comments!

To the concepts!




London Sabreswords Special Event Alan John Herbert

This is a Specialty Jersey by AJH for his HCIHL team, The London Sabreswords. 

Yay:

The Font

The "Poppy" Colours

The Yoke Striping

Nay:

The Black Arm panels

Creativity Credit:

I like the Poppy right/top corner and the leaf in the "Sabresword". Very creative!

A solid concept that is classy for a specialty jersey! A 9.8/10

Evansville Rivermen Memorial Day Game Caden Patafie

This is a Specialty Jersey I made for my HCIHL team, The Evansville Rivermen

I made this jersey for the Rivs. Sort of self explanatory. Tell me what you think in the comments!

Before I go, I would like to thank all who have served or are serving in the American or Canadian Armed Forces. Keeping the press free so I can "review" jerseys like Buffalo's third.

Thanks for reading! (And if you serve, Thanks for serving!)

Caden

Friday: Post-Halloween Special; Also Some B10

Hello Everybody! Who's still on a sugar high from last night? Not me! I had hockey last night so even if I wanted to go out and get candy for free, I couldn't. I think that my team does that on purpose so we don't rot out our teeth. Anyway, the Express carry the lead over the undefeated Stags into tonight, but I'm sure that they plan on erasing that soon. We will see on Sunday if the Stags will be 5-0 or 4-1.

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London Sabreswords (HCIHL) (Alan John Herbert) 

This is pretty cool. Alan makes a special Halloween Night jersey for his HCIHL team the Sabreswords. I like the modified logo with the Pumpkin instead of the "S". The font truly works with this jersey, although I would have the white outline touch the black number. That is my only complaint. One note: If you want to check out what Alan was going for with this jersey, check it out here. Concept Rating 8/10 (For the fact that the jersey is just a recolor of that Bruins jersey).

Northwestern Wildcats (Jake88/Me)

Ok, I have to explain this before it gets torn apart. The jersey is based on the schools football uniforms. Which have a chest stripe that continues to the arms. I figured doing another chest stripe would be predictable so I did a hem stripe that continues as cuffs. Since that style of look works on the Montreal Canadiens white jersey so I think that it wouldn't look bad here. One more note. Check out the pants, I really wanted to put the number instead of a team logo on the pants, so I figured this would be a time to it. 

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About time for me to end this post so have a good day and bye!

End of a Month

Hi everyone! Jake88 here. It's your favorite day of the week! Not Humpday and certainly Friday, it's MONDAY! The day where you go back to school or work, or both I guess, depending on your age. Today also marks the end of the month of September, marking the first *full* month of HCI, sure we had most of August, but this is the only full month. Also to be noted, is the Jersey of the Month contest, in which the HCI staff will decide on what jersey is worthy. I've been working on some Yakball concepts (two separate links), as they help get my mind off of hockey, and afterward help me create better concepts. If you would like to see some of them, check my personal blog. On to the concepts!


London Sabreswords (By Alan John Herbert)

The HCIHL's own London Sabreswords, are the team used in this concept. The artist featured in this concept is also the team manager. I like how Alan uses his own fonts for this concept, but I don't think that they necessarily go with this concept. I also would make the striping on the white jersey black, to go along with the green jersey. Do I really have a problem with this concept? No, but something, I don't know exactly what it is, isn't grabbing me. Concept Rating 7.7/10

Cross League Classic: Rochester Americans V.S. EC Düsseldorf (Jake88/Me)

For my second Cross League Classic game I feature a DEL team V.S. Rochester. On the Düsseldorf jersey I made a custom collar style that is like a shirt collar. If you'd like, you can download the template for that here, with credit of course. Other than that,I think both jerseys are pretty self-explanatory myself, so I will let you judge how they look.

Have a great week! And until I see you guys on Friday, Good-Bye!

*Edit By Caden*

The September Jersey of the Month winner is...

Jake88's Toronto Marlies Concept Set!!!