Monday: A Vey Uninspired MLK Day

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day from HCI! Right now I probably couldn't complete a hockey jersey concept if my life depended on it so, I've decided to write this post. Yay. Here are your weekly HCIHL scores.

Evansville Rivermen 175.9 - Altoona Express 106
Skopje Lisici 224.8 - Hamilton Stags 144.1
London Sabreswords 195.2 - Louisville Lynx 159.2

On to the concepts!

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Hartford Whalers (By Dallas K.)

 Hartford's a franchise that defiantly should come back. So Dallas takes on the challenge of giving them jerseys. Lets dive in!

I don't like how... plain the striping is. A lot of teams already use patterns that are very similar to it. Maybe angling the striping and adding some white in the blue jersey's striping and silver in the white, would make it more unique. The only other issue I can't get past is the lack of (a large) outline on the logo on the blue jersey. I feel if you put a larger outline on it it would be a lot more visible. Concept Rating 7.5/10 Good but with some changes it could be great.

Charlottetown Islanders   (By Robb C.)

Robb's work is very impressive for being so "young" of a designer. The striping is very well done. I wish something more was done with the collar (extra outline, ect...). I don't find the piping yoke very necessary on the black jersey, and I think that there should be used more in the striping on the white. I'd have to see how the pants looked in real life before I make a decision on if I like them or not. I also think that I more "special" font should be used, one that matches the logo. Concept Rating 7.9/10 Like Dallas' Good but with some changes it could be great.

 

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So that's all for today.

Bye and keep reading the blog for more and more good concepts!

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Still Look Good!

Hey guys! Hope everyone watched the Ducks get a franchise record 54 shots on goal while wearing the franchise's first uniforms! To tell the truth, being a 13 year old and a Pens fan, I never got to see the Mighty Ducks uniforms in action, until last night, and can I say, THEY LOOK SPECTACULAR! The CCM designers that first thought them up must have been thinking "they (the jerseys) look amazing on Edge too; why did Reebok scrap them"? And other than the 90's logo, Reebok should have brought them into Edge. Also we can buy the jerseys at Shop.nhl.com, but not on the Edge template. Seriously, why would Reebok sell the jerseys on the CCM template rather than their own. Also to note, for some reason there is no 20th anniversary patch or any customization. 

In the HCIHL, the Altoona Express beat Skopje Lisici by a score of, 179.8 to 156.4. The Rivermen topped the Louisville Lynx 108.8 to 68.9, and lastly the Hamilton Stags scored 155.1 points to beat the London Sabreswords 155.1 to 144.1. Remember to keep up with the HCIHL here. On to the concepts!

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Charlottetown Islanders (Justin Sulpico)

To start off with this concept, I like the connection with the NHL's Islanders. The font, being the same as the Islanders, and the template too. I'm not sure if I like the gold font, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. Of course there are execution errors, but whoever the HJC writer who reviewed this found them and told Justin them, so I won't mention them. I know that you didn't design the logo, but just my one problem with it since it came out, is that it uses an almost Arial like font in the top part of it. Concept Rating 7.8/10 (Execution errors, without execution errors a 8.5/10)

Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks (Justin Sulpico)

Sorry Justin, I CAN'T STAND THE OREGON STYLE WINGS! Those don't belong on a football jersey, much less a hockey jersey! I'd just add a shoulder patch myself. I like the stiping, but maybe to make the color balancing better, I'd make the cuffs on the white jersey black, and the wings (there has to be any) on the black jersey bronze or green. Concept Rating 7.4/10

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Bye guys, and I will see you soon!