Saturday: Late Post

Hey guys, Jake88 here. We had a bit of confusion on who was doing what post , so I am posting today. I just made a Montana State Yakball concept that will be on my blog tomorrow, along with another Yakball concept, if you want to keep tabs on that check Jake88JerseyConcepts. On to the quickly written description of my Colgate comp. entry!

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Colgate University Autism Awareness Game Jersey (Jake88/Me)

This, obviously, was my entry to HJC's Colgate comp. First thing I did was add a puzzle pattern to the logo. I also put it in the stripes too. I wanted yoke striping, as I think it's a definite thing a College team would do. I just replaced the pattern with a single puzzle piece for Autism Speaks. I thought about adding light blue to the jersey but decided against it. I hope it wins, but there were better entries in my opinion.

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HCIHL standings shortly before time of the press are as follows.

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Shortly written post, done. Bye, and hope to see you next post!

Friday

Hey Readers! It's Caden!!!

The pageviews are crashing! Keep coming back each day for new jerseys! I shared my HCIHL predictions Yesterday, and hopefully Justin and Jake can share theirs! Not much going on in the jersey world so, Lets get to the concepts!



Soviet Union Matt McElroy #AllMcElroyAllTheTime

This is Matt McElroy's 2nd concept on HCI, and its a good one! This was for the USSR comp on Hockey Jersey Concepts. The White Jersey is okay, but I really LOVE the black one! The Sublimated(?) stripes and the bold contrast on the logo. Everything just goes together perfectly! I'm not really a fan of the socks though. I'm not sure why you picked that style. It dosen't match the jersey. Even a plain Dimond would look neat! The "CCCP" on the shoulder is a nice touch! The "Kaptin K" looks like an "H" and you might want to fix that.

Concept Rating 9.8/10




Skopje LS Foxes Rickey M.

This is my review of the Skopje LS Foxes HCIHL jerseys, designed by Ricky M. from BNG. I like the logo, and that's it! I don't like the striping or number/NOB font! the colors are ok, but not great. The logo is really cool and makes up for the rest of the design. The 3rd Jersey is Out of the Box and AWESOME! For A 3rd, Its a cool design for a Russian team!

Jersey Rating 7.5/10






The Evansville Icemen Training Camp (which I work at as a stickboy) corresponds with my Fall Break so I spend the whole day at the rink! I like doing that but I'm not able to make many concepts of my own.

Thanks for Reading!


Reader Rating: 10/10!!!

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!

Gotta get down on hump day (Wednesday)

Hello, blog-reading folk. Hope you enjoyed the first night of NHL regular season competition. Justin here once again to update the blog with your hockey jersey fix. Let's get it started.

Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Stadium Series (Caden)

Here, Caden does the jerseys for the upcoming outdoor game at Soldier Field. First, i'll focus on the Hawks jersey. It's an update of their 2009 Winter Classic jerseys. I like the colour scheme, but it would've looked better with the logo with the coloured indian head. The black-and-white version of the logo makes it look plain. Aside from lack of sleeve numbers and wrong Reebok logo, I like it. 8.001/10

The first thing I noticed right off the bat with the Penguins jersey is that it's a CCM old-school style jersey. Use the Edge template for it. The yellow makes the penguin logo look off-centre. I don't mind having no white jersey in the game. I suggest outlining the yellow part of the logo to make the triangle pop out a bit more. Aside from lack of sleeve numbers and wrong Reebok logo, It's OK. A little bit more execution, and it can be a great concept. 7.99999993/10



Atlanta Thrashers (Justin, me)

I took the last Thrashers home jerseys, made it symmetrical and slapped the "T" logo on the shoulders. Nothing much.

That's it for today, guys. Thursday's post is coming up, when else?!? Thursday!

-Justin

Tuesday

AWW YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! The NHL Opening Faceoff is tonight! I have been looking forward to this since the Chicago Blackhawks hoisted the Stanley Cup! I have NHL gamecenter on my iPad so when I can't leave the screen I ask my mother for a towel, iPeed!  #cornyclassics! To Narnia! err, the concepts!


Hockey Concept Ideas Caden P. (Moi!)

I made this jersey for the blog! I know blogs don't need jerseys but I got the idea off Ricky M and Buffalo Nickel Graphics! Tell me what you think in the comments!


Colgate U Autism Speaks Game Caden P. (Again, Moi!)

I made this for the HJC comp for Colgate U's Autism Game. If my jersey wins the contest, I get a replica of the jersey with my choice of number, and they will use the jerseys in there annual Autism Speaks Game! Its not a voting competition. The teams coach will pick the winning jersey. Still tell me what you think in the comments though!


Also, Now that HCI has a permanate logo, The winner of the super jersey contest will have an entire post dedicated to there work! I can talk about there blog, there jerseys, string cheese. Whatever they want!