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!

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Final Round

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It's time to select the winning design in the Geneva Mountaineers jersey bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault and John Elbertson on going the distance!

This bracket ends Tuesday night. Happy voting!

The winning design will be revealed after all brackets are complete.

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Round 4

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Round 4 brings the final four designs in the Geneva Mountaineers jersey bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault, Dylan Alexander, John Elbertson, and Matt McElroy on making it!

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Sunday night. Happy voting!

Check back Monday for the final poll!

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Round 3

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The polls continue! We pick up with Round 3 of the Geneva Mountaineers jersey bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault, Eric Westhaver, Dylan Alexander, Brandon Cockeram, John Elbertson, Bastian Schmülling, Jon Wold and Matt McElroy on advancing!

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Friday night. Happy voting!

Check back Saturday for Round 4 polls!

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Round 2

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The polls continue! Here we pick up with Round 2 of the Geneva Mountaineers jersey bracket. Congrats to Duncan Lyle, John Elbertson, Bastian Schmülling, Caleb Fuller, Saku Kesonen, Jon Wold, Matt McElroy and Kevin Simone for moving on!

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Wednesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Thursday for the next round of polls!

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Round 1, Part 2

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The jersey polls continue! Here we pick up with the rest of the Round 1 match-ups in the Geneva Mountaineers bracket. Congrats to Christian Legault, Taylor Roy, Eric Westhaver, David Kerr, Dylan Alexander, Adam Hainsfurther and Brandon Cockeram for moving on.

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Monday night. Happy voting!

Check back Tuesday for Round 2 polls!

Mountaineers Jersey Voting: Round 1, Part 1

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The final phase of the IceHL World Initiative is underway with daily jersey contest polls all the way through mid-September. Up next are the Geneva Mountaineers!

With these final four teams, brackets will be limited to no more than 32 entries. This will prevent going beyond five rounds of polls. In this case, I did receive more submissions than could fit in the bracket. I apologize to those who were not included here. Better luck in the future.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Saturday night. Happy voting!

Check back Sunday for Part 2 of this round!

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.

Mountaineers, Rush Logo Voting: Final Round

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We're going to knock out two teams on one page today.

First, we'll select the final logo for the Geneva Mountaineers — and they're two incredible designs. I truly have no idea how you guys are going to choose. Good luck with that. Congrats to Colin Magee and Matt McElroy for continuing to be awesome!

This final poll ends Friday night. Happy voting!

But the fun doesn't end in Switzerland. Let's go down under and pick a winning logo for the Gold Coast Rush. Once again, I don't envy your decision. Seriously, how do you choose? Congrats to the seriously talented Colin (again) and Tim Schellenberg!

This final poll also ends Friday night. Happy voting!

All winning logo designs will be unveiled on Aug. 20.

Mountaineers Logo Voting: Round 2

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The Geneva Mountaineers logo bracket continues on to Round 2 now. We have four designs left. Congrats to Colin Magee, Nick Marks, Matt McElroy and Johnny Woods for advancing!

To see the remaining designs in detail, click through the mini gallery below.

Logo Submissions

This round ends Tuesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Wednesday for the final poll!