Final IceHL World jerseys unveiled!

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The IceHL's summer 2014 design contests officially end today with the unveiling of winning jersey designs from the final four brackets. Let's take a look!

Representing the Crete Minotaurs is this gorgeous and subtle set of jerseys from the talented Nick Burton. Nick currently holds the honor of being the most frequently featured artist on the Icethetics Concepts page. But believe it or not, this is his first ever winning IceHL jersey.

Simple yet superb, the Geneva Mountaineers get their uniforms from Christian Legault. This is Christian's second IceHL contest victory after creating the new look of the Quebec Armada earlier this summer.

Dylan Alexander also picks up his second win of the summer with this pair of sweaters for the Gold Coast Rush. You may recall Dylan previously created the Moscow Cosmonauts jerseys.

And finally, it's the Cinderella story that keeps on giving. Matt McElroy continues to make his distinctive mark on the IceHL as he becomes the first artist to design the winning logos and uniforms for, not one, but two franchises with the fan-voted look for the Royal London H.C. He accomplished the same feat last summer with the Philadelphia Aces.

Given his amazing contributions to the league, I was pleased to offer Matt the job of GM of the Crete Minotaurs, which he happily accepted — though I think he might've preferred London seeing as how the team's branding turned out! You can follow the Matt and the Minotaurs on Twitter at @IceHLMinotaurs.

Congratulations to everyone who entered artwork for all of the design contests held this summer. It takes guts to submit yourself to the judgement of a community like Icethetics.

We'll be back next summer in some form to do it all over again!

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Final Round

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It's time for the final round in the Crete Minotaurs jersey bracket! Congrats to Christian Legault and Nick Burton on making it all the way!

This poll closes Saturday night. Happy voting!

All winning jersey designs will be revealed on Sept. 12!

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Round 4

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The polls continue! We've reach the final four of the Crete Minotaurs jersey bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault, Taylor Roy, Nick Burton, and Colin Magee on advancing! See the remaining entries then vote below.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Thursday night. Happy voting!

Check back Friday for the final poll!

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Round 3

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The jersey polls continue! We're already up to Round 3 of the Crete Minotaurs jersey bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault, Kevin Simone, Taylor Roy, Nick Burton, Craig Fritz and Colin Magee on advancing! See the 8 remaining entries then vote below.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Tuesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Wednesday for the next round of polls!

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Round 2

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Let's keep things moving along with the next round of polls in the Crete Minotaurs jersey bracket. Congratulations to Saku Kesonen, Kevin Simone, Kyle Rubin, Eric Westhaver, Jon Wold and Brendan Anderson on advancing!

The Minotaurs bracket opened with 20 submissions. Before you vote check out the remaining entries in the grid below.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Sunday night. Happy voting!

Check back Monday for Round 2 of the Crete jersey bracket!

Minotaurs Jersey Voting: Round 1

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The final phase of the IceHL World Initiative kicks off with daily jersey contest polls all the way through mid-September. We start with the Crete Minotaurs!

The Minotaurs bracket opens with 20 submissions, the fewest in this group. As with the Division A jersey brackets, each round of polls will be open for two days. Before you vote check out all the entries below.

Jersey Submissions

This round of polls ends Friday night. Happy voting!

You'll notice I included two polls from Round 2 in this batch. That was just to even things out. Rather than four polls in this round and eight in the next, I decided to do six and six. Catch the next series of Crete polls on Friday!

IceHL World: Division B logos revealed!

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It's finally time to reveal the winning logos for the rest of the new IceHL World teams!

CRETE MINOTAURS
Logos by Joshua Benkelman

This is Josh's second win this year. Earlier this summer, he won the Hawaii Honu logo design contest. After some comments on his original primary mark, Josh made some adjustments. However, the original design will remain part of the team's logo package and will be made available to jersey designers.

GOLD COAST RUSH
Logos by Tim Schellenberg

Tim has been participating in IceHL design contests since the project first began in 2008. So imagine how he must feel to finally win for the first time! He's definitely paid his dues and his logos will represent the IceHL's first Australian team well.

GENEVA MOUNTAINEERS
Logos by Colin Magee

Colin Magee joins the elite group of designers to enter multiple winning logos during this summer's IceHL expansion. He previously won for the Osaka Samurai. His simple yet sophisticated Mountaineers set is the second single-color design in the IceHL — following the rebrand of the Olympiques last year.

ROYAL LONDON HC
Logos by Matt McElroy

There really is no stopping this guy. It seems we can't announce a batch of IceHL logo contest winners anymore without including the talented Matt McElroy. He joins Benkelman and Magee with multiple winning logo designs in 2014.

Congratulations to all of our exceptional designers — even those who didn't win in the end. It takes enormous skill and dedication just to create a set of logos to submit and I am extremely grateful to have all of you as part of this project.

That leaves only one thing thing. Jerseys! If you're itching to start working on uniforms, stay tuned. The Jersey Design Kit will be available soon.

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Final Round

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It's time to choose the winning logos for the Crete Minotaurs. Congratulations to Joshua Benkelman and Matt McElroy on going the distance!

This poll ends Thursday night. Happy voting!

The winning design will be revealed after all Division B logo brackets have ended.

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Round 2

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The Crete Minotaurs logo bracket picks up today with Round 2. We have four designs left. To see them in detail, click through the mini gallery below.

Logo Submissions

This round ends Monday night. Happy voting!

Check back Tuesday for the Minotaurs' final logo poll.

Minotaurs Logo Voting: Round 1

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As we near the end of voting in the Division A jersey brackets, we'll have a little bit of overlap as we begin the Division B logo brackets. Hope everyone can keep up! (Hint: All you need to do is keep coming back to every day to vote.)

We're opening these proceedings with the Crete Minotaurs today! We have 8 designs in this bracket as seen above. To see them in detail, click through the mini gallery below. I've created a new means of presenting the designs that I hope helps them shine.

Logo Submissions

We're back to 3-day polls. This round ends Friday night. Happy voting!

Check back tomorrow for the first round of Geneva Mountaineers logos. Then on Saturday you'll find Round 2 of the Minotaurs bracket.