Article Archive #33 - Lots of News

This post originally appeared on Hockey Jersey Concepts on September 9th, 2016.

It's over, it's finally over!  Summer is finally gone, and hockey is back once again.  Exhibition games for the World Cup of Hockey began yesterday, and I'm so excited to be able to watch the best hockey players play hockey once again.  I'm also excited to see the World Cup jerseys in action, but I'm not going to talk about that today because there's lots of other news to discuss instead.

Image from @CarolinaTBirds on Twitter

First of all, the FHL introduced the name and logo for their newest franchise, the Carolina Thunderbirds.  The Thunderbirds, who call the city of Winston-Salem home, are named after a previous team from the area who played in various leagues in the 1980's.  As you can see, the logo features a forward facing bird holding a hockey stick above the team's wordmark, however their colour scheme won't actually be black and white (you can vote for the team's colour scheme on their website).  The most exciting thing about this logo is it was designed by Scott Markiewicz, who has sent in many concepts to HJC over the years.  Congratulations Scott!

Screenshot from @CanadiensMTL on Twitter

In other news, the Montreal Canadiens announced their future Laval AHL affiliate (set to begin play in 2017-18), will be called the Rocket de Laval.  The name, which won a fan "name the team" contest, is a tribute to the legendary Canadien Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.  The other two name finalists were the Patriotes and the Rapides.

Image from @Condors on Twitter

Meanwhile the Bakersfield Condors unveiled a new third jersey for next season.  It features the Condors secondary logo on a orange jersey which is nearly identical to the Oilers third jersey, the shape of the collar being the only difference.  I'm not sure why they made the change, but it looks good either way.

Image from @RiverKings on Twitter

The Mississippi Riverkings also unveiled some new jerseys, three to be exact.  The top two jerseys are their new home and roads, while the yellow third is a special jersey for their 25 Season.  I think they all look pretty good, my only complaint is that the white stripe on the black jersey blends into the yellow stripes.

Image from @Voltigeurs_DRU on Twitter

Last but not least, the Drummondville Voltigeurs unveiled new home and road jerseys this week.  The white jerseys uses the Boston Bruins template, while the red jersey is slightly different (the red stripe is a bit thicker, and there's no yoke stripe).  These new jerseys are much less unique than their previous set, but I was never a fan of their old jerseys so I'm still calling this an upgrade.