Sunday: The crazy week begins

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to. Well if you all didn't send your entry to the Blue Jays contest, I'm sorry it's too late to send it because we are now on the voting round right now, just click on the Blue Jays Comp for info. But that doesn't mean you have to stop sending your concepts in just send them to hockeyconceptideas@gmail.com.

Here are the last batch of of the Blue Jays entries

Ricky M.

Alan H.

 Creighton Comp Voting ends this Saturday Dec 28

Last night I went to Wheatley for an hockey game it was fun to watch an Jr.C league game, the Sharks won the game, and may I say they have the best locker room that opens before they hit the ice.

With that out of the way, on to the concepts

Los Angeles Kings concept [by Matthew M.]

Up points: Nice idea of bringing back the purple, and gold back. The logo is well tweaked to the mix of classic and modern. It maybe the same template as the team's current white uniform, but with different collar on both of these jersey gives it more better look.

Down points: Nothing much say any bad about this one.
My Suggestion: The only thing is add purple trim around the logo on the gold jersey, that's all. 

Indy Fuel concept [by Caden P.]

 Up points: Good idea on using the checker stripes to give it a little fitting theme to the team. Using red as the team's main color followed by yellow and black.
Down points: The numbers on the back, and the small numbers on the front is standard block, while the TV numbers is SF Piezolectric, it doesn't really fit the jersey. The yellow collar looks O.K. on the dark jersey, but yellow collar on the white looks plain to me.
My Suggestion: Fix the fonts on the numbers, so they can be on the same page, the only thing that you can get away with two different fonts is nameplates. Add trim(s) to the collars to give some life to it. Lastly add the team's secondary logo on the shoulder.

Florida Panthers concept [by Matthew M.]

Up points: The design on the jerseys are well made. using the navy blue trim on the numbers for both home and road is an good move. Lastly red as the team's main color fit this team in a good way!
Down points: The front logo looks good, but it's only work on an alternate jersey to me. The road looks like it has less red on it to me.
My Suggestion: Put the full body panther with the broken hockey stick on these jerseys. On the road switch the navy blue and red stripes and it'll be complete.


Wheatley Sharks OHA Great Lakes Jr C Jerseys Concept [by me]

This is the Wheatly Sharks OHA Great Lakes Jr C Jerseys Concept. It’s pretty much a recolored Worcester Sharks concept just to fit the teams theme, their main crest is their own just add outer lines around the crest, the colors I gave them is navy blue, royal blue, red, and silver, and of course like most of junior C teams have a Canadian Flag on their yokes. This is what the team currently wearing right now.


Belleville Bulls OHL concept [by me]

This Concept I kept it simple made only 3 stripes on the hem, the wrist cuffs, socks, and V-neck those 3 stripes represent decades, over 30 years that this club been around, the main crest is their old crest they use since the beginning and they still use them for both their dark, and 3rd while their white jersey they got that cartoon bull, back to the concept the main crest is indeed the old bull just add trim around the crest and "Boom!" my Belleville Bulls concept.

Well that's today post. What do you think of my  Wheatley Sharks and/or my Belleville Bulls concept?

Until then Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkahs, Happy Kwanza, Happy Decemberween, Happy whatever Holiday you're celebrate.  I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Saturday: 3 way dance

Hello I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Blue Jays Comp entries due "TONIGHT!"

By Jake88

Last week was head to head of Stadium Series concepts. Today I decide to raise the bar up with "3 way dance!" That's right! I got 3 alternate concepts here to see which one is the best! Let's get going shall we.

Carolina Hurricanes alternate concept [by Dylan W.]

Up points: Nice style on the hem stripe. The logos is an good choice to use. Two stripes on the collar is thumbs up from me.

Down points: The arm stripes doesn't have the same treatment as the hem. Good choice of number fonts, but on the back two 4s is too close together to my mind.

My Suggestion: Give the arm stripes the same treatment as the hem stripe, and space out the back numbers a little bit apart.

Dallas Stars alternate concept [by Jake88]

Up points: Using the state logo on the front is a good move. Adding trim on the numbers is an good idea.

Down points: The jersey is good, but it has that minor vibe to it. The only silver I see is on the logo and not anywhere else. The trims on the numbers looks like it blend together that is hard to see.

My Suggestion: Add some silver to the jersey to give it more life to it. Change the black, and green trim on the numbers to green and silver. 

Chicago Blackhawks alternate concept [by Jeremy R.]

 Up Points: This looks classy and nice. Love the arm stripes. The yokes stripes maybe weird, but well placed. Numbers and nameplates are classic and well untouchable.

Down points: The hem looks too plain to me without any black stripes to it. No ID to know who made this, and could potentially be stolen by someone else.

My Suggestion: Give the hem the same treatment as the arm stripes. Add your ID with it, ether your name, your nickname, etc.

The Winner: All three are really matched both ups, and downs. But in the end Jeremy's Blackhawks alternate concept takes the victory today, despite no ID with the concept, but it's an very good concept no doubt about it.

Well that's today's post, tonight I'm off to Wheatley, Ontario to watch some Jr C game between the home team the Wheatley Sharks taking on the Wallaceburg Lakers, It'll be fun for me, and maybe hopefully they sell any game worn jerseys there for me to buy to add to my jerseys collection.

Until then I'm Alan, I'll get elbow to my head, so you don't have to.

Friday: Deja Who?

For one thing, we know all of these artists as writers of the blog at some point in time. Another thing we know is that Jake88's concept was from a series he did a few months ago.

Creighton Comp entries due S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y night!

Tampereen Ilves

Submitted by: Jake88

This particular one I remember, but not whether it was one I reviewed at HJC. I think it was the day after one of them, but I'm not 100% certain. I like this idea, but I'm not exactly sure how the logo is supposed to look like a lynx . . . but it's passable I guess, definitely not on Jake88. As many of you may have figured out by now, I love when he is able to fill out his glove template in multi-color. Everything, and I mean everything matches. The only thing that I might do revolves around the pants and helmet switch the color of one of those items to black and I'll be okay. You can even do the helmet for one uniform and the pants for the other.

Edmonton Oilers

Submitted by: Caden Patafie

To be honest, I'm intrigued with this. While I don't like the lack of an accent color (on the logo for sure), I do like that the logo includes the traditional Oilers word-mark inside the oil drop. The font itself is okay, but I don't know if the Blues/Predators template is what I'd use for this. Definitely add at least one accent color like a white or even the copper and/or red from the Bettman era stripe days.The piping helps a lot here, but only because of the other placement of orange in the jersey. You can keep this template if it can be made look at least decent with a minimum of one accent color, then I'm cool with it. Otherwise, ditch it for maybe Philly's template.

Washington Capitals

Submitted by: Justin Sulpico

This says traditional black and gold Caps all over it. This uniform was only ever produced in black. The black was introduced as an alternate for 1997/98 and got promoted to full time road set in 2000/01 and switches to home for 2005/06 with the post-lockout era beginning. The idea and the execution are spot on. These have been slightly changed to Justin's liking compared to the jersey the black version of this replaced. I like the black numbers better than the white from the actual one, but as much as I like the hem striping and its spacing, I think that the white between the black and gold should be removed thus making the hem slightly shorter.

Creighton Comp entries due S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y night!

In the mean-time, I was in Philadelphia this past week for the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship. There I went to the Phillies team store - the only one of the three open. The last three days have recapped my trip and yesterday goes more in depth on the uniform apparel at the shop. But more importantly and in other news, Teemu Selanne is back on the score sheet! His first goal in I think 25 or so games. I leave you with this lovely holiday reminder from Sabres p-x-p man Rick Jeanneret: "'Tis the season, fa-la-la-la-la-la-LaFontaine!"

-Ricky

Thursday: How much Fuel to get to Europe?

Hey HCI readers! Caden here from Wheeling WV. Yes I know your saying "Wait! Isn't Caden from Evansville?" Well I am, But I traveled with the Icemen (ECHL) as an assistant to the Equipment Manager and then I will meet up with my family and we will drive south to my grandmother's for Christmas. Being away from home won't stop me from bringing you today's concept selection. If you ever want to have your concepts featured on HCI, Email them to hockeyconceptideas@gmail.com. We post every concept sent in!* So, Here we go!

Blue Jays Comp entries due Saturday!

TPS Turku [Jake88]

Jake88 is back to his "euromaster" ways, which I like. Even though its so easy to make better uniforms than European teams, since 90% of them suck!

What I like: I like the monochromatic colo(u)r scheme. It really fits the team. The Caps template looks modern, which I like. The piping in this case, actually isn't bad! 

What I don't like: The logo. I know it's the teams current logo recolored but it looks like a basketball logo. The TV numbers (For new readers who might not know, The arm numbers are sometimes called TV numbers since they originated for TV use) seem a bit to large. The pants/sock stripes seem weird with 3 stripes. The number font seems to classic for such a modern jersey. I would use this

What I would do: Make the pants/sock stripes one solid bar (If the jersey wasn't monocrome it would be better with 3), shrink the TV numbers by about 8%. Small change but it would make a big difference. I would also change the font to something more modern to fit the modern feel of the jersey.

Turkomazing idea! A couple changes would really help. A 7.9/10

Indy Fuel [Matt McElroy]

McElroy's Fuel Contest entry tied with mine for 2nd, and uses the checkered flag pattern much more subtly. 

What I Like: The subtle use of the checkered pattern looks good here. If only I had thought of that! The font works well. I even don't mind the mis-matching colo(u)rs for the number/NOB on the red jersey. The black pants look spectacular with the 2 stripes.

What I don't like: The white jersey's striping could use some black. I also don't care for red helmets for any team. Even if they match the jersey. There's a reason why Montréal wears blue! The yellow numbers on the white jersey.

What I would do: Change the red helmet to black. You might want to throw a logo sticker on there as well. Make the bottoms of the jersey/arms black on the white jersey so it inverts the red one. Make the numbers on the white jersey black instead of yellow and add a yellow outline.

A nice jersey. The pit crew needs to make a couple improvements before the green flag can wave. A 8.3/10

Evansville Rivermen [Matt McElroy]

Matt MC's 2nd concept of the day not only gives the Rivermen a different jersey design. But a new logo as well.

What I like: The fact that you made your own logo. Making logos is my weak point. That's a nice, sweet, simple logo. The lack of white jersey. My personal opinion is the more color, the better it looks on the ice and on TV. Not with all occasions. But most. I like the double outline on the blue jersey numbers. It looks classy to add to a modern jersey. Nice touch. I do wish I could see what the shoulder patch was in a full size picture. It looks pretty cool. 

What I don't like: The white pants stripe. White isn't featured prominently on much of the design, but its front and center on the pants. Both the crest and shoulder logo seem a bit too big, and I don't like that it's only on one shoulder.

What I would do: Change the pants stripe to yellow, and make the logos a bit smaller. I would add the shoulder patch on the other shoulder as well.

Perfect Idea! A couple barges (barges are famous in Evansville for being a nusince to boaters) need to  move. A 8.5/10

Did you like my simple way of reviewing jerseys today? Was I fair with my reviews? Is there a different rating system you want me to try instead of the typical Out/10 way? Are you a new HCI reader? Are you intrested in getting a HCIHL team for next season? Just leave a comment! We love to hear comments from the readers about how we can improve!

Until next Tuesday (Christmas eve), this is Caden saying, Peace out!

Wednesday: Nothing Special

Welcome to a regular HCI post! No College Classic stuff, no HCIHL scores, and no contest winners to announce. Sounds fun right? But you can be the next contest winner by submitting an entry into the Creighton Bluejays comp.! Now that's fun!

Also I suggest you check out the new HCIHL website. You can click here, or to get to it easier click on the HCIHL tab. We've been posting a lot of news lately so I suggest you read some of it. But enough about that, on to the concepts!

 Creighton Bluejays Comp. Entries Due Saturday 

By Caden P.

By Justin S.

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Dallas Stars 3rd (By Jeremy R.) 

Jeremy starts us out with an "unmarked concept", but seriously putting your name on your concept is really important. Everyday *thousands of concepts are stolen other concept artists.

*Number may be exaggerated just a little... 

Anyway, I can't say I truly like the concept that much. I see where Jeremy is coming from, with the arm striping from the white jersey, and hem from the green. But I really don't like the rest. The green numbers would be impossible to see from a distance, same with the name. Make those white, with a green outline. Also I don't prefer the green pit stains or piping. The way I'd fix this is put the hem striping as the arm striping, take out the piping/pit stains, and fix the number situation. As an execution errors go,the T.V. numbers are too small, and the black in the logo is different from the black on the jersey. Concept Rating 6.4/10 Not bad, just not for me.

Buffalo Sabres  (By Matt Mc.)

Matt provides us with a nice Sabres concept that doesn't fall out of favor with me. The striping is new and interesting, but the white part doesn't show up well on the yellow jersey, I'd find a way to fix that. The number font doesn't really fit the rest of the jersey if you ask me, but isn't horrible. The square yoke, though something Reebok would do, isn't something I prefer, rounded would fit. Though Matt's whole series he's been using dark helmets for white jerseys, which I don't mind here, but I thought I'd point it out. Concept Rating 8.2/10 Make those small changes and a 9/10 is in your future.

Pittsburgh Penguins Matching Stadium Series Jersey (By Brian B.)

Brian gives us a jersey to match the one the Pens just came out with. It fixes all the Stadium Series problems such as the chrome logo, weird TV numbers, and elongated back numbers. I didn't include the hem in there because I personally don't mind the hem, and I think that you should have it here too. either that or curve the stripe to get it to follow the hem like the Stadium Series jerseys. The only other problem that I have here is the collar insert, they keep it gold for a reason (in reference to Pittsburgh's golden triangle [also seen in the logo]). Concept Rating 8.5/10 I'd love to see my Pens wear both of those jerseys full time (minus the Chrome logo, ect...), but with those small fixes, I'd have one in my closet pretty fast!

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Did you like to today's 3 concepts? Do you wish there was four? You can make four happen by sending a concept in! It's quick and easy! So get to your email provider right now and send your concept to HockeyConceptIdeas@gmail.com. I won't let you read anymore of this post because I know how important it is to send in those concepts, so bye and come back soon!