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!

Royal HC Jersey Voting: Final Round

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It's time to select the winning design in the Royal London HC jersey bracket. Congrats to Craig Fritz and Matt McElroy on making it this far!

This bracket ends Thursday night. Happy voting!

All winning jersey designs will be revealed on Monday!

Royal HC Jersey Voting: Round 4

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The polls continue! We continue to Round 4 of the Royal London HC jersey bracket. Congrats to Craig Fritz, Dylan Alexander, Matt McElroy, and Austin Ell for moving on!

See the remaining entries then vote below.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Tuesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Wednesday for the final vote!

Royal HC Jersey Voting: Round 3

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The polls continue! We pick up with Round 3 of the Royal London HC jersey bracket. Congrats to Craig Fritz, John Elbertson, Jake Miller, Dylan Alexander, Brendan Anderson, Matt McElroy, Austin Ell, and Justin Nahhas for moving on!

See the remaining entries then vote below.

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Sunday night. Happy voting!

Check back Monday for the next round of polls!

Royal HC Jersey Voting: Round 2

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The polls continue! We pick up with Round 2 of the Royal London HC jersey bracket. Congrats to Brendan Anderson, D'Arcy Murphy, Matt McElroy, Caleb Fuller, Austin Ell, Christian Ryder, Colin Magee, and Justin Nahhas for moving on!

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

These polls end Friday night. Happy voting!

Check back Saturday for the next round of polls!

Royal HC Jersey Voting: Round 1, Part 2

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The polls continue! Here we pick up with the rest of Round 1 of the Royal London HC jersey bracket. Congrats to Bastian Schmülling, Craig Fritz, John Elbertson, Emilio Egea, Jared Pozzobon, Jake Miller, Dylan Alexander, and Christian Legault for moving on!

See the remaining entries then vote below!

Jersey Submissions

This round ends Wednesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Thursday for Round 2 polls!

Royal HC 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 Royal London HC!

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 Monday night. Happy voting!

Check back Tuesday 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.

Royal HC Logo Voting: Final Round

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We've reached the final round of the Royal London HC logo bracket. Congrats to Matt McElroy and Justin Nahhas for making it this far!

This final poll ends Saturday night. Happy voting!

The winning designs in all four Division B logo brackets will be announced next Wednesday.

Royal HC Logo Voting: Round 2

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The Royal London HC logo bracket now moves on to Round 2. We have four designs left. Congrats to Matt McElroy, Christian Ryder, Justin Nahhas and Colin Magee for advancing!

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

Logo Submissions

This round ends Wednesday night. Happy voting!

Check back Thursday for London's final poll!