Eastern Finalists Revealed
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As promised, it's time for the unveiling of the Top 3 finalist logos for each of the IceHL teams in the Eastern Conference. I'm not revealing the final ratings for any of the logos so as not to taint the voting results. Logos are displayed randomly.
Atlanta Arsenal | ||
Joey Light |
John Wriston |
ogre39666 |
Baltimore Blue Crabs | ||
John Wriston |
Joey Light |
Chris Smith |
Boston Colonials | ||
Eric Poole |
Chris Smith |
Shawn Steadman |
Chicago Hitmen | ||
Six Zero |
Roccot |
Craig C. Wheeler |
Detroit Motorheads | ||
tdog |
Craig C. Wheeler |
Chris Smith |
Hamilton Steelcats | ||
Chris Smith |
Roccot |
Sean Cox Tattoo |
Milwaukee Lagers | ||
Eddie Ray Design |
JFred |
Craig C. Wheeler |
Minnesota Mammoths | ||
LLP |
Tone Loc Productions |
Chris Smith |
Montreal Olympiques | ||
Craig C. Wheeler |
Eddie Ray Design |
Southpaw Design |
North Carolina Nighthawks | ||
Six Zero |
Emilis Acus |
Nick Matarese |
New York Guardians | ||
tdog |
Craig C. Wheeler |
Roccot |
Quebec Armada | ||
Chris Smith |
Jason New Era Usher |
Craig C. Wheeler |
St. Louis Archers | ||
Roccot |
Craig C. Wheeler |
Sigma Kappa |
Tampa Bay Barracudas | ||
Craig C. Wheeler |
Six Zero |
Chris Smith |
Washington Sentinels | ||
Six Zero (1) |
tdog |
Six Zero (2) |
The Western Conference finalists will be revealed tomorrow and voting will then begin this weekend. By the end of August, we will have logos for all 30 IceHL teams. That's when the fun starts — jersey designs! Before I start taking submissions on those, we'll have a poll deciding whether third jerseys should be introduced alongside the home and road sweaters or if they will be created later and only for select teams.
After that, there are a lot of options. We can make the uniforms available to be used in video games such as NHL 09. We can expand the league and add new teams, as has been suggested. Some of you have even put forth the idea of creating the IceHL's development league.
All great ideas, but all for the distant future. As for what's next, voting kicks off Saturday. Team polls will be posted here in random order. When you vote, you will have the artist's complete branding package available to make your decision.
Notes: While voting is taking place during the next few weeks, I'll be setting up an image gallery where you can view all logos submissions created for this project that weren't selected as finalists. Also, please be aware that the Chris Smith who designed many logos for the IceHL project is NOT me. It's just a ubiquitous name we share.