Saturday: All a board!

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Another Saturday HCI post by yours truly, sadly I got nothing to rant about so let's get to some concepts shall we.

Blackhawks vs. Penguins Stadium Series Concept [by Ware]

 Up points: The stripes on both jerseys are excellent, the logos are classy, and nice. Nothing else much to say about, nice set!

Down points: On the Pens the chest stripes didn't go all the way back around, and no white trim around the numbers. The only thing on the Blackhawks is the number on the back of the jersey.

Suggestion: On the Pens, add white trim around the numbers so that the chest stripes can go all the way around. On the Hawks make the numbers on the back white and it's all good.

Altoona Express [by Jake88]

 Up points: The design is spot on, the fonts on both numbers, and nameplates is an good choice. The logo is original and good, mostly the logo on the alternate is very good.
Down points: On the road looks too plain to my taste with just gold pipings.
Suggestion: Add black or maroon piping on the road. Make the alternate logo the main logo for both home, and road.

Well that's today post, hopefully you all have a good weekend like I will, before I go, I got a random hockey video from the good old YouTube! Hope you all enjoy it. It's an footage from the 2010 Winter Olympics Gold metal game between Canada, and USA with Sid's "Golden Goal" in 5 different telecast. Until then, I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

 

WED. 102 and counting

Yo! Caden here. My food drive was a huge success! We collected 1,313 pounds of food for the Tri-State Food Bank and had a undisclosed amount of monetary donations. Anyway. It went great! Before the concepts I'm going to give you guys the "1/3 of the season is over playoff predictions" bracket. If you guys want to submit a bracket it will be put on a post as soon as possible. You can check HCIHL scores here

Let's get to some concepts!

TEAM RUSSIA Dylan Wonka

So, Wonka brings us a concept on HCI which is a nice refresh from their actual set. He keeps the shoulder "wings" but they are sublimated. He also has some pattern near the bottom of the arms/hem that is sublimated. Everything is really nice, fresh BUT. I don't like the font. A block font wouldn't work, neither would a pointy one like the Sabreswords jerseys. This one looks a little weird. I'm not sure what it is. One more thing. You might want to lose the "necklace" around the collar, and just make it blue.

Mahilov! A 9.001/10!

(Russian Translation)

Так, Вонка приносит нам концепцию HCI, которая является хорошим обновления от их фактического набора. Он держит плечо "Крыльям", но они сублимированные. Он также имеет некоторые картины вблизи нижней части руки / кромка что сублимируется. Все действительно хорошая, свежая, но. Мне не нравится шрифт.Блок шрифта не хочет трудиться, тот будет одним заостренным как Sabreswords майки. Это выглядит слишком. Если вы понимаете, что я имею в виду. слишком современно. И еще один момент. Вы можете потерять «ожерелье» вокруг воротника, а просто сделать его синим.

Mahilov!9.001/10!

ALTOONA EXPRESS 3RD Jake88

Jake88 gives us a 3rd jersey for the Altoona Express of the "World Famous" HCIHL

Yay,

The extended yoke

The logo

The Calgary 3rdish hem stripe

Nay,

The font

The piping

The wavy arm stripes

Overall,

I like the concept. Too bad the 3rd jersey program will be discontinued for next season. The logo works well.

You can't get tied to the tracks with this jersey! A 8/10

Thanks for reading! What do you think of my HCIHL playoff predictions? Tell me in the comments. I love having conversations sparked amongst our readers in the comments!

Writing the Post a Day Early

Since it would seem that Caden is isn't here to write the post I have decided to step in. Not sure what to write about, I mean really, how long has it been since any jersey news has come out, or anything like it. As the Altoona Express manager, I have high hopes for the games tonight, even though we are currently losing to the Evansville Rivermen 28.4 to 7.7, I think we can turn that around. At least I can say I'm not the Skopje Foxes (Lisici in Macedonian), they are losing 37 to -0.1 against the Hamilton Stags "superteam". Sorry Ricky! Any way I hope I can watch my Pens beat New Jersey in their first game of the season, and get my favorite Pens player Jussi Jokinen some points for fantasy and for Pittsburgh (in real life). Also my "superplayer" Steven Stamkos can zap (Lightning pun) the crap (rhyme) out of Boston! On to the concepts!

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Altoona Express (HCIHL) (Matt McElroy)

Oh my Gosh! My fantasy team made better! In the logos, not really the jerseys though. This concept has so much potential, but sadly doesn't deliver the way the manager would like to see. I'm going to try to grade this like I never saw the ones I made, just based on my likings of a jersey. Ok the logo, despite being at least 100,000 times better than mine, could use some work. I'd try working with a different shape other than a circle, maybe, like you said use a Keystone? Or a square to make it look like it's coming out of a tunnel. Try playing with those, and if you already did, I guess the circle works. One more thing about the logo, I don't like how the font it on an almost opposite angle than the train. My suggestion for that would be to straighten it out. On to the jerseys. I like the shade of gold that I used better than the shade used here, mine I believe is more metallic and fits in more with the train theme. I have to say I really don't like the jerseys that much, either. I meant for the Express to be a modern team with classic elements, but the side panels and cut of hem striping are some of the things I dislike the most. Instead of the side panels I'd just replace them with full striping and no side panels. One other thing that got on my nerves when I saw this concept is that on the white jersey that the number outline (just the outline) should be reversed so the gold is on the inside and the black on the outside. Logo Rating 8/10 (still miles better than anything that I could come up with) Jersey Rating 6/10


I am actually, for the first time in a while feeling inspired enough to make a hockey jersey, and I will use that for the Colgate competition, but the Yakball inspiration is still soaring above that. I've competed one team's branding that I am proud of (Yeah Matt, I'm practicing, just not with hockey!). I am starting on my second team branding that I will have to put on hold due to the Colgate comp. Ok thanks for reading and maybe Caden will write tomorrow.    


*EDIT BY CADEN*
At time of press, these are the HCIHL scores. Enjoy!

My HCIHL standing predictions for the 13/14 season (unbiased) are,

*1: Hamilton Stags
*2: Evansville Rivermen
*3: Louisville Lynx
*4 Skopje LS Foxes
 5: London SabreSwords
 6: Altoona Express (Sorry Jake!)

You can check the live scores HERE!

Sunday

Hey guys, for the second consecutive day Jake88 is here. I won COTW on HJC so I am very happy! We have two concepts today one by me, and the other by Caden. Keep sending in your concepts, as we haven't had many as of late. Not much in the hockey world, going on, except the Province Bruins new jerseys, Icethetics has us covered for that. My review on those is that the Yellow home is sweet, but the colored namebar is not. That should stay in Philly, ok. I also am not a fan of the whiteless alt, for that exact reason white should be included somewhere on the jersey and not just the logos. I do like the yellow neckline though, it's like the old LA Kings Alt. On to the concepts!

St. Louis Blues (Caden)

 Caden took my advice on his original St. Louis concept and came up with this. I will give this extra points for using my Easton helmet template, but like it say's on my blog a credit would be nice. Now I think that the yellow away is almost perfect, I would just put the tv numbers lower. The same critique applies for the blue jersey. Also for both jerseys the reebok logo should be the wordmark, and there shouldn't be a reebok logo on the hem of the jersey. The Alt. looks very good, but with stripes like that a classic look is implied. What I mean with that is that the wordmark though it looks good should be in a more classic, or block font. You can download a block font here. Same critique applies for the numbers. Also the hem on the back of the jersey is the same as the front which it shouldn't be. Concept Rating 8.5/10

Altoona Express HCIHL Concept

Ok along with the onslaught of pictures I give you the finished* Altoona Express!
*Unless I get I really good idea.

Have a good rest of your day! And don't be afraid to give me that idea, tell me in the comments.

Saturday

I know it really doesn't matter, but it's been one week since I posted my first HCI post. Also HCI now has a Twitter for the HCIHL, my concept for the league is in todays post. Here's the logo designed by me.

I made this really fast and here it is. Of course the star and leaf is for Canada and the US. If you want a team email us.

Altoona Express HCIHL cocnept (Jake88[me])

I included the logo I made for this fictional team. The colors are from the Altoona Curve baseball team, and the Express name is from Altoona's history of trains. Any C&C in the comments is welcome.

2014 Stadium Series (NYR V.S. NJ)(Caden)

Caden gives us the New York Rangers V.S. New Jersey for the Stadium Series second game. I think the "Weird Al Yankovic" name is right with the side panels and Rangers logo instead of the diagonal wordmark. Again I would use a block font instead of the Arial-like font you have. Concept Rating  7.3/10

As always thanks for reading!