Saturday: No "Bull" from me!

Hello everyone, Alan here for another wonderful Saturday here at Hockey Concept Ideas. Today we got only 2 concepts, Witch one will be my "Writers Pick?" But first I got a rant I need to get off my chest, let’s get on ranting shall we.

San Fran getting “Bulled” out.

Reports tells the ECHL’s San Francisco Bulls is in a pickle, the team lost $2 million both this year and last year! It’s a no shock to me because look at it this way. They are in San Fran home of the 49ers (until they move to their new stadium in Santa Clara), they’re playing in an arena that is in a bad condition that needed list of upgrades, and lastly they just can’t draw at all. Unless the Golden State Warriors NBA team lets them play in their arena, or if they find some new owners that can buy the team and move them to somewhere better then in San Fran. If not this team could fold after this season or even sooner! It’s sad to see a team that could have a long term success in a big market, but it didn’t happen for this team sadly enough.

I feel much better now, so let’s get to some concepts

Arizona Coyotes Concept [by K14]

 Up points: I like the stripes on the arms is well placed, and well colored smartly. Standard block numbers gets an thumbs up from me on that one. Using the paw logo as shoulder patch is O.K. Darker shade red with sand, black, and green really give it a fitting color set for this team.

Down points: The logo is alright, but doesn't fit the team at all, using the Hartford Wolf Pack head as the coyote is alright but using it for an NHL team is not an easy task. it was a good idea but the color choices seem not working with me. On the road the sand color use as trims on stripes and numbers look like it's blending with white. The lack of hem stripes makes these jerseys empty. There's black on the home but the only black I see is on the logo.

My Suggestion: Add hem stripes with the same treatment as you did with the arms, change the sand color on the coyotes head with dark red color you got there, and lastly on the road switch the sand color with black to make it more eye popping.

Calgary Flames Concept [by K14]

Up points: Classy look with double stripes on both on arms and hem. The logo is always classic and good. the colors always a eye popper in a good way!

Down points: The flaming horse logo was a good idea, but with black on it looks empty to me. The front numbers is unnecessarily need to be add.

 My Suggestion: Remove the front numbers. The shoulder patch on the home jersey switch the white and yellow, and on the road switch the white and red to give that little touch to it without adding black to my opinion.

After much thought I say the Flames concept gets a "Writers Pick" nomination from me.

Before I go, I got another random video. This one is a small clip of a kid staking around the Red Wings rink holding up the game and former TSN, and now current FOX Sport 1 broadcaster Jay Onrait is not happy about it.

Well that's today, come by here tomorrow as  Justin gives you the rest of the weekend or beginning of a week depends on witch way you look at it. Until then, later. 

Monday: Back to School (Ugh)

Funny how my last few posts fell on Christmas, and New Years day, and then I have to post on such a bad day as this. We have a new competition coming so keep tabs on that. Now I know that I'm getting kindKa boring, so lets get to our two concepts! Oh wait, the HCIHL scores.

Hamilton Stags 242.2 - Evansville Rivermen 231.6
Skopje Lisici (Foxes) 215 - London (ON) Sabreswords 162.1
Louisville Lynx - 161.6 Altoona Express 94.4

Now we can move on!

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Phoenix Coyotes 3rd Jersey (Alan H.)

Alan, our Saturday writer and GM of the HCIHL team stationed in London, Ontario, gives us a pretty good concept that I barely have any complaints on. First, you gotta love that Aztec esque striping, and the colors only make it better. The logo works, but really could be interchangeable with the leaping Coyote. The number font may look better with an outline, but looks good as is. One pet peeve I've always had with concepts with striping like this is that it isn't on the socks, in my opinion it looks kinda out of place with the rest on the jersey so I'd put it on there. The equipment would look much better in black (except for the helmet). Concept Rating 8.1/10

 



Heritage Classic 2016 (Justin S.)

Second time writer Justin gives us an O.K. 2016 Heritage Classic concept. We now know that Winnipeg will be in a outdoor game of some type, but not against who. The Jets one looks perfect, only a lace up collar would make it better. The Canucks one is good too, I just might get rid of the phantom yoke. The real problem that I have with this concept, is that jerseys aren't classic enough. Think of all the classic jerseys that they wear for the Classics, but I don't think these will fit in. Concept Rating 7.1/10

 

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So how did like todays post? Remember, we can have 3-4 concept days if you send your concepts in, so don't waste your time, DO IT NOW! Well that's all for today, bye and thanks for reading!

Friday: Phoenix Revisited (Oh Goodness Me, Not That!)

A hearty high-ho to you this Friday! We've had a lot of outdoor jerseys unveiled within the past week or so and the Vancouver ones in particular are very appealing. I'm practically disappointed that Jake88 was literally spot on with his rendition of the Ducks Stadium Series uniform. It's for one reason: chrome. While I do like the chrome logo itself, it doesn't belong on a jersey. Remove the chrome and I'm 90% happy. But in my line of vision I see bright skies ahead in the use of two alternates for the Ducks.

INDY FUEL COMP ENTRIES DUE SATURDAY

INDY FUEL COMP ENTRIES DUE SATURDAY

And now, I am going to add my own personal touch to the Friday posts here on out. I will be introducing the Ricky Points system probably for next weeks post (they're kind of like brownie points) and have nothing to do with grading a concept. I'd share how it works, but I'm debating if they should have some sort of value or if it should be like Whose Line is It Anyway? "where the points don't matter" at all.

AK Bars Kazan

Submitted by: Jake88

 Typical Kazan name. FC Rubin Kazan of the Russian Premier League sounds way too similar. However, there also aren't too much different from the current uniforms, which uses a red-and-black era Sabres cut with some additional design. I also see that Alexander Burmistrov actually wears number 69 with them, but that means nothing in a concept. This is similar only in terms of color orientation. Speaking of color, it's well distributed. This is almost a complete Atlanta Thrashers template, it appears to be a mix of two different templates, but I could be mistaken. I'm glad that multicolored pants aren't an option here, otherwise we might end up with something for Australian football's Fremantle Dockers before they went purple haze looking. I would like to see a red version of this set so I can compare it to the green, but I think the green would be my preference since the red one is only in my imagination right now.

Bili Tygri Liberec

Submitted by: Jake88

Well the good start here is that there is striping across the crest. I'm (generally speaking) a fan of that. I don't mind it splitting at the numbers, but if you do that, I would prefer it to be flat and boxy - conformed to the numbers - as opposed to round and matching the crest logo. With double outlines on numbers the same thing, they generally work for me, this is no exception. This number style (with outline) reminds me of Tampa Bay/modern-day affiliate Syracuse Crunch except without the silver. It's distinctive enough that I don't think anyone might make a connection unless someone pointed it out as I just did.

Phoenix Coyotes

Me-Ricky Mazella

If it was done properly, I wanted to see a purple Coyotes sweater. While the 'Yotes haven't had this rather art deco branding for a decade now, I took the logos that I liked and stuck 'em onto a jersey. I'd imagine that it probably looks horrible to many if not all of you out there. The pattern of a hem stripe probably hurts it but I wanted to incorporate some sort of desert-ish pattern into the uniform. It would look better with the current branding, I reckon. I recolored the above alternates and (in the spirit of the "acid trip" jersey that everyone hate that I don't mind) I faded a random design that I used for the background with all the necessary colors.      Sooo . . . does this look like an alternate, the Coyotes would have produced with this branding? That sort of was the goal anyway. Obviously this template has never existed, but just like the state lottery, "hey, you never know."

That rounds out another edition of HCI Fridays, and remember that Ricky points will be awarded starting next week. Please, please, please, please send in concepts - it's what keeps you and me going! Share the wealth, what comes around goes around, and who doesn't like good recognition now and again? Another great weekend is in store for you!

-Ricky

Monday: Without School is so Much Better!

Yep! Monday is so much better! So you're probably wondering why I don't have school today, right? Well living in the "mountains" of Pennsylvania has some advantages. With all the hillbilly hunters that live around here, and Monday the first day of deer season, we get a day off. Well for all of you that don't have a day off on Monday I can try to make your day better with some concepts.

              INDY FUEL COMP ENTRIES DUE SATURDAY

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Phoenix Coyotes 4th Jersey (By Steve M.)

Lets start out with some positives, and there are a lot. The font definitely, surprisingly the lack of outline doesn't look bad and it fits with the jersey. The striping also looks great, and so does the light yoke. A light yoke normally doesn't work, but it looks great here! The a logos are certainly work here. Now here are the bad parts. I don't really like the white in the logo, I'd make that black or sand. The black collar sticks out to me, maybe make it a lace up or put a sand outline on it. Concept Rating 8.2/10

San Jose Sharks 3rd Jersey (Ricky M.)

This is Ricky's impression of how the Sharks should do their third jersey. I would love to see San Jose in an orange (or grey) jersey and this concept demonstrates a in which it really shouldn't be done. Sorry Ricky, I can't say I'm the biggest fan of this concept. I would like it say that there are some good parts of this concept though. I like the striping on the bottom of the jersey, and the logo usage is fine. If you dropped the extended yoke the arm striping would be fine too. The unfavorable parts include the numbers (I can't say the drop shadow works) and the name font looks crowded with all the outlines. Speaking of numbers, the TV numbers are gigantic! The lace up collar would be good, but the outlines should be switched according to the rest of the striping. Keep the normal yoke, and outline it the way the extended yoke and I think the concept will look a lot better. Not horrible, but with some fixes it could be much better. Concept Rating 6.5/10

Sarnia Sting (By Alan John Herbert)

HCI's weekend writer Alan brings us a concept out of his OHL redesign. Putting the honeycomb design on the Sting has been a popular thing to do among concept artists. Touching on the positive parts, the honeycomb works here, and so does the font. Sarnia's normal logos are fine, and I don't have any problems with the equipment. The angler striping would work but, I don't like how the striping wouldn't connect when the player would stand up. I would make it connect ala Mighty Ducks. The other down point is the socks, I think that if you put the honeycomb on them it would be better. Concept Rating 8.5/10

                                                                                                                                                                   

So do you agree with my ratings? Was I too tough on my critiques? Us writers love to know how our ratings could be better. On that note, bye and have a nice day!

Thursday, Jake88 special (Written by Caden)

Today is Jake88 day!!! We have 3 of his jerseys featured today! The Evansville Icemen have a Blue/White Exhibition game 80 miles away in Owensboro tomorrow, so I'm super busy! Being a stickboy and all! I've been given a big honor as a jersey designer but I can't tell you what it is quite yet! I will fill you with developments when I can!




Bridgeport Sound Tigers Jake88

Jake88 made this awesome jersey for the Sound Tigers using an old Islanders template. It's perfect! there is absolutely nothing I would change about it! The striping is perfect! the colo(U)r distribution! Everything's just amazing! this would be an EPIC 3rd for Bridgeport and it's an EASY

Concept Rating 10/10!!!

San Jose Shark(nado)s Jake88

Jake88 brings us a Sharks "fix" and he fixed it! this concept is 1000 times better than what they have and if I owned a NHL team, he would be my head jersey designer! Him and Matt McElroy! I think there is too much orange and I'm not a fan of the names in the yoke! too Nikeish! Except for that a solid concept and I will give a

Concept Rating 9/10

Phoenix Coyotes Jake88

From Great, to Hate! Sorry Jake but I'm not a fan. I really don't like the striping and the way you used sand and black. I've always been a fan of the 2 color jerseys. The logo isn't my favorite either. The jersey would look better with a squared off yoke. The Execution is OFF THE CHARTS though so I will give this jersey

Concept Rating 7.5/10

If you saw my letter to the readers that I wrote yesterday, Cool! if not Go back and read it! When the HCI staff votes on a schedule I or Jake or Justin will let you guys know!!!


Just because I thought this was cool, Pageview breakdown! Also I don't have it count mine or Jake's pageveiws in the stats.

Country	Pageviews
United States	2455
Canada	375
Indonesia	95
Serbia	42
Russia	25
Sweden	19
China	17
Germany	9
Denmark	7
United Kingdom	7

Thanks for reading!!!

Caden Patafie!