IceHL Hawaii: Logo Selection, Round 2

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The Hawaii Honu logo design bracket continues!

We have lots of difficult decisions ahead. So many talented artists have contributed time and energy into making this the best pool of logo designs for any IceHL team yet. Regardless of who wins, I have to send out a huge thanks to everyone participating!

Our bracket consists of 20 logo packages submitted by 18 designers. Over the next two weeks, a series of polls will eliminate all but one, which will go on to represent the Honu as the team's official branding.

Scroll down past the polls to see a mini gallery featuring all 20 entries.

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends Tuesday night. Happy voting!

Below are all the logo packages still in the competition. Click to enlarge. All logos are the legal property of their respective designers. Do not use without permission.

IceHL Hawaii: Logo Selection, Round 1

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After a brief delay, I'm pleased to open the voting for the new Hawaii Honu logo!

I don't envy those of you voting. You have some extremely difficult decisions ahead. So many talented artists have contributed time and energy into making this the best pool of logo designs for any IceHL team yet.

Our bracket consists of 20 logo packages submitted by 18 designers. Over the next two weeks, a series of polls will eliminate all but one, which will go on to represent the Honu as the team's official branding.

Scroll down past the first round of polls to see a mini gallery featuring all 20 entries.

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends Saturday night. Happy voting!

Below are all 20 logo packages. Click to enlarge. All logos are the legal property of their respective designers. Do not use without permission.

IceHL World: Div. A Name Selection, Final Round

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We're down to the last set of nickname polls. This set will determine what we'll call three of our new IceHL World franchises. At the end of this batch, we'll determine the full names.

Results: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Sunday night. Happy voting!

Canada

No polls necessary. Team will adopt existing Quebec Armada branding.

My apologies for the lack of predictable updates on Icethetics lately. My life and work away from this community have kept me incredibly busy of late. So please bear with me as I do my best to stick to the schedule I, myself, laid out for this summer's IceHL-related projects.

For the next few weeks, I'll be mostly away from my computer though this break was built into the schedule. (Hence the extended window for Hawaii Honu logo submissions!) I anticipate things once again running normally around here by the end of June. Thanks for understanding!

IceHL World: Div. A Name Selection, Round 3

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We're down to the last set of nickname polls. This set will determine what we'll call three of our new IceHL World franchises. At the end of this batch, we'll determine the full names.

Results: Round 1 | Round 2

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Wednesday night. Happy voting!

Canada

No polls necessary. Team will adopt existing Quebec Armada branding.

IceHL World: Div. A Name Selection, Round 2

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Each team will start with a bracket comprised of eight names suggested by Icethetics readers. Over the next two weeks, a series of polls will determine the winners.

Results: Round 1

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Saturday night. Happy voting!

Canada

No polls necessary. Team will adopt existing Quebec Armada branding.

IceHL World: Div. A Name Selection, Round 1

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The IceHL World Initiative is speeding ahead as we begin the process of voting on the team names. As fate would have it, one name has already been decided.

Based on the results of last week's poll, the Quebec Armada will be the first team to join the new international conference.

After finishing last place in the IceHL East this season, the Armada were marked for relocation to the IceHL West to trade places with the Philadelphia Aces. Fans elected to keep the team alive in the IceHL World.

But we still need names for the teams in Russia, Sweden and Japan. Below the bracket are the first round polls.

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Each team will start with a bracket comprised of eight names suggested by Icethetics readers. Over the next two weeks, a series of polls will determine the winners.

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Wednesday night. Happy voting!

Canada

No polls necessary. Quebec Armada already selected as team name.

Feel free to talk about the merits of the various name options in the comments!

IceHL Hawaii: Name Selection, Final Round

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The IceHL will have a new team in Hawaii next season! After four rounds of polls, voters have decided to name the club Honu — Hawaiian for the native green sea turtle. Our final poll will determine the team's full name.

Results: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4

Results are hidden until the poll closes. The bracket ends on Sunday night. Happy voting!

The Honu will be based in Honolulu, Hawaii. However, to prevent a repeat of the "Calgary Cavalry" debacle, we will not be considering Honolulu as a locator for this team.

Instead, you may choose between Hawaii and Oahu, the island on which the city is located.

What's next? On Monday, the winning name of the new team will be officially revealed! Then on Tuesday I'll begin accepting logo design submissions. Check back for details on how to submit your work.

The logo submission window will last about four weeks, longer than any in IceHL history. There are a couple reasons for this. First, I'll need the extra time to organize the naming of our Division A IceHL World teams. In addition, I'll be away for a time in June with limited web access. More details to come.

IceHL Hawaii: Name Selection, Round 4

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The IceHL will have a new team in Hawaii next season! Right now, we're deciding what to name it. A bracket that began with 16 possible names is down to just two! Will it be Tikis or Honu?

Results: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Thursday night. Happy voting!

Tikis

"Tikis are spiritual figures who use their big, scary mouths and menacing expressions to frighten away evil spirits. Hawaiian tiki god statues have various headdresses, each with different meanings." —WeBeTiki.com

Honu

"The Hawaiian green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the most common sea turtle in Hawaiian waters. The honu grows to an adult breeding size of 200 pounds or more." —Malama na Honu

After the team nickname is selected, we'll decide which locator to add — Hawaii, Honolulu or Oahu. That vote will take place this weekend. Logo submissions will then begin next week!

IceHL Hawaii: Name Selection, Round 3

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The IceHL will have a new team in Hawaii next season! Right now, we're deciding what to name it. A bracket that began with 16 possible names has been cut to eight after the first round of polls. By the end of this week, four more will have been cut.

Results: Round 1 | Round 2

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Monday night. Happy voting!

If you're stuck deciding which names to vote for, this should help.

Tikis

"Tikis are spiritual figures who use their big, scary mouths and menacing expressions to frighten away evil spirits. Hawaiian tiki god statues have various headdresses, each with different meanings." —WeBeTiki.com

Akua

"The gods who created everything and keep everything working." —MythHome.org

Honu

"The Hawaiian green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the most common sea turtle in Hawaiian waters. The honu grows to an adult breeding size of 200 pounds or more." —Malama na Honu

Koa Warriors

"The Hawaiian Koa warriors were the elite fighters of the islands. Their name originated from the tree they would use to fashion their weapons, the Koa tree." —Legends & Chronicles

The word "koa" also translates as brave, fearless or bold.

For details on how the bracket was created, check out the previous round pages (links up top).

IceHL Hawaii: Name Selection, Round 2

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The IceHL will have a new team in Hawaii next season! Right now, we're deciding what to name it. A bracket that began with 16 possible names has been cut to eight after the first round of polls. By the end of this week, four more will have been cut.

Results: Round 1

For details about how this bracket was created, scroll down past the polls below.

Results are hidden until polls close. This round ends on Friday night. Happy voting!

If you're stuck deciding which names to vote for, this should help.

Tikis

"Tikis are spiritual figures who use their big, scary mouths and menacing expressions to frighten away evil spirits. Hawaiian tiki god statues have various headdresses, each with different meanings." —WeBeTiki.com

Volcanoes

"Volcanoes are monuments to earth's origin, evidence that its primordial forces are still at work. Volcanoes are also prodigious land builders. Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world's most active volcanoes, are still adding land to the island of Hawaii." —National Park Service

Destroyers

"A destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship. Hawaii's Naval Station Pearl Harbor is currently home to seven United States destroyers." —Wikipedia

Akua

"The gods who created everything and keep everything working." —MythHome.org

Honu

"The Hawaiian green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is the most common sea turtle in Hawaiian waters. The honu grows to an adult breeding size of 200 pounds or more." —Malama na Honu

Emeralds

"Gems native to Hawaii include peridot, obsidian and gem-like crystals called olivine, which contribute to Hawaii's green beaches. These gems are formed through cooling lava, as well as heat and pressure." —eHow

Emeralds are not found in Hawaii so the name would be more symbolic of the islands' greenery.

Koa Warriors

"The Hawaiian Koa warriors were the elite fighters of the islands. Their name originated from the tree they would use to fashion their weapons, the Koa tree." —Legends & Chronicles

The word "koa" also translates as brave, fearless or bold.

Eels

"All of the eels in Hawaiian waters are known by the Hawaiian term puhi, which is often qualified with another descriptive term. In ancient Hawai‘i some eels were considered ‘aumakua (spiritual guardians)." —Hawaiian Encyclopedia

About the Bracket

In anticipation of questions about how I came up with this Nickname Selection Bracket, I wanted to take the time to offer a few answers in advance.

Narrowing down the names
So many great names were suggested last week but it was simply impractical for me to build a bracket using all of them. So as commissioner of the league, I took the liberty of selecting 16 names that I felt would yield the most creative branding for the new team.

Voting on nicknames first
You likely noticed that the bracket includes only nicknames without the locator that was required in the name nomination process last week. It became apparent during the week that the recommended locators were all great and could be used interchangeably for many of the names.

Because of that, I didn't want to risk any names being voted down simply because of the locator that was suggested. Instead, we'll choose the nickname first and in the last round of voting we'll add the locator, be it Hawaii, Honolulu or Oahu.

First round pairs
You may have noticed that many of the pairs in the first round are similarly themed. This is by design. Many of you suggested similar names that would work equally well so I wanted to make sure the voters got a chance to consider all options around particular themes.

Disallowed names
As usual, I'm sure some of you are disappointed with some of the names left off the bracket. So I wanted to address several of those.

  • Armada and Fleet — Since it remains a possibility for the Quebec Armada to be resurrected in the IceHL World, that will take precedence. Plus, it'll be more fun if we give the Hawaiian club a fresh start.
  • Snappers, Humpbacks, Sand Tigers and Triggers (or Triggerfish) — We already have three teams named for ocean-dwellers, the Blue Crabs, Barracudas and Narwhals. Let's branch out.
  • Tsunami, Riptide, Surfers and Surf — The team's chief rival is likely to be the California Wave, to which the names are too thematically similar.
  • Leatherbacks, Greenbacks, Loggerheads — Hawaii is known mostly for its green sea turtles, though leatherbacks and loggerheads are native. But I think we're covered with Turtles and the Hawaiian term Honu in the bracket. (By the way there was a question regarding the North Shore Honu, a winter baseball team. Shouldn't be a problem as we won't be using "North Shore.")
  • Lava, Eruption and Magma — Now you're just describing geological features. Remember, this is supposed to be a hockey team.
  • Pineapples, Leis and Tree Frogs — Yes, it's fantasy hockey, but if you call Dustin Byfuglien a pineapple, you're on your own. (Luongo might not mind.)
  • Humuhumunukunukuapuaa — Seriously? No. At least IceHL Podcast host Tony Pomposelli will thank me even if no one else does. Though I'm not sure what's worse, typing it or trying to pronounce it.
  • Other Hawaiian words — I did include a few options in the native language but I tried to limit us to those with the easiest pronunciations and best translations.

Like I said, there were plenty of other cool names suggested, but ultimately I felt like these 16 were our best options. If you have any other burning questions, feel free to email, tweet or comment. I'm always happy to answer.