Remember the Whalers
/If only we could have them back, right? What great branding Hartford had. Dallas Kirkpatrick gives the Whalers a try today.
If only we could have them back, right? What great branding Hartford had. Dallas Kirkpatrick gives the Whalers a try today.
Ever since the Tampa Bay Lightning rebranded itself in 2011, every hockey fan everywhere has drawn understandable comparisons to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Dallas Kirkpatrick shows us just what the Bolts would have to do to fix that problem. And it's beautiful.
If the Quebec Nordiques had never relocated to Denver, they might still be wearing these uniforms today. Dallas Kirkpatrick based them on jerseys unveiled in 1995 right before the franchise became the Colorado Avalanche.
If the Jets made this concept by Dallas Kirkpatrick their new home uniform tomorrow, I can't imagine there'd be a single soul on Earth who would complain. Outstanding.
Dallas Kirkpatrick has something special for us today. He writes:
I've been working on a project for a while now, recreating WHA jerseys. I decided to create 14 sets in total. My idea is that this might be what the jerseys looked like if the league were rebooted today — and I've purposely left out Quebec, Hartford, Edmonton, and Winnipeg as I've already done multiple concepts for these teams
I used all original logos (or variations thereof), and have stayed pretty close to the original color schemes in most cases. While I want to be creative, I wanted them all to be believable and based on something from the past. A few of these designs have bold or outlandish design traits that probably wouldn't be used in real life, but hey, it's the WHA.