Poll: Dallas Outlaws

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tdog
Six Zero
Chris Smith

Click on a logo above to see the complete set to the right. Then vote for the best one below!

All sets include a primary, secondary and corporate mark. Some include an additional tertiary mark if provided by the designer. The identifier at the top of the image is the signature provided by the artist.

Note: The artist here named Chris Smith is NOT me.

Poll: Washington Sentinels

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Six Zero (1)
tdog
Six Zero (2)

Click on a logo above to see the complete set to the right. Then vote for the best one below!

All sets include a primary, secondary and corporate mark. Some include an additional tertiary mark if provided by the designer. The identifier at the top of the image is the signature provided by the artist.

Poll: Vancouver Lumberjacks

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Emilis Acus
Eddie Ray Design
Chris Smith

Click on a logo above to see the complete set to the right. Then vote for the best one below!

All sets include a primary, secondary and corporate mark. Some include an additional tertiary mark if provided by the designer. The identifier at the top of the image is the signature provided by the artist.

Note: The artist here named Chris Smith is NOT me.

Poll: Boston Colonials

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Eric Poole
Chris Smith
Shawn Steadman

Click on a logo above to see the complete set to the right. Then vote for the best one below!

All sets include a primary, secondary and corporate mark. Some include an additional tertiary mark if provided by the designer. The identifier at the top of the image is the signature provided by the artist.

Note: The artist here named Chris Smith is NOT me.

IceHL Voting Schedule

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Before I get the first poll posted today, I wanted to lay out the schedule for the next six weeks. I'll be posting five new polls a week, which means I'll get some time in there to catch my breath. Each team's poll will be open for seven days.

The following schedule indicates the tentative dates for each team's poll. No date should change by more than a day or two. After this week, polls will primarily be posted Monday through Friday.

  • 7/25 - Boston Colonials 
  • 7/26 - Vancouver Lumberjacks
  • 7/27 - Washington Sentinels
  • 7/28 - Dallas Outlaws
  • 7/30 - New York Guardians
  • 8/3 - Winnipeg Winterhawks
  • 8/4 - North Carolina Nighthawks
  • 8/5 - Saskatoon Sharpshooters
  • 8/6 - Detroit Motorheads
  • 8/7 - Boulder Beasts
  • 8/10 - Tampa Bay Barracudas
  • 8/11 - Alaska Huskies
  • 8/12 - Montreal Olympiques
  • 8/13 - New Orleans Gators
  • 8/14 - Minnesota Mammoths
  • 8/17 - Salt Lake City Scorpions
  • 8/18 - Quebec Armada
  • 8/19 - Regina Renegades
  • 8/20 - Milwaukee Lagers
  • 8/21 - California Wave
  • 8/24 - Hamilton Steelcats
  • 8/25 - Calgary Cavalry
  • 8/26 - Baltimore Blue Crabs
  • 8/27 - Houston Hellcats
  • 8/28 - Atlanta Arsenal
  • 8/31 - Seattle Aviators
  • 9/1 - Chicago Hitmen
  • 9/2 - Edmonton Kodiaks
  • 9/3 - St. Louis Archers
  • 9/4 - Portland Pioneers

This schedule, created at random, is subject to change but the goal is to stick to it as close as possible.

As you'll notice later today when I post the Boston Colonials poll, I'll be doing something different with the voting. After your vote has been cast, you will not be able to view poll statistics. In other words, you won't be able to see which logo has the most votes.

I'm hoping this will cut down on any potential bias in the balloting. Some people tend to look at the voting results before voting so that they can either pick the most popular or least popular one. Doing it this way puts every logo on an even playing field. In addition, no comments will be permitted on the polls. We can discuss them after the final vote has been tallied.

Once a poll has ended, the winning logo will be revealed via the team's very own Icethetics page within a day or two. I'll explain more how that works as time goes on.

Western Finalists Revealed

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Here they are! I'm now unveiling the Top 3 finalist logos for each of the 15 IceHL teams in the Western Conference. I'm not revealing the final ratings for any of the logos so as not to taint the voting results. Logos are displayed in random order.

Alaska Huskies


Dan Stover
Tone Loc Productions
Sigma Kappa

Boulder Beasts


Eric Poole
Shawn Steadman
Sean Cox Tattoo

Calgary Cavalry


Chris Smith
Dave Delisle
Six Zero

California Wave


Roccot
JFred
Chris Smith

Dallas Outlaws


tdog
Six Zero
Chris Smith

Edmonton Kodiaks


Roccot
tdog
Sean Cox Tattoo

Houston Hellcats


Six Zero
Chris Smith
tdog

New Orleans Gators


Craig C. Wheeler
Six Zero
Chris Smith

Portland Pioneers


Chris Smith
Troz32
Roccot

Regina Renegades


Craig C. Wheeler
Six Zero
Roccot

Salt Lake City Scorpions


Six Zero
tdog
John Wriston

Saskatoon Sharpshooters


Eddie Ray Design
Six Zero
Dave Delisle

Seattle Aviators


Craig C. Wheeler
Tone Loc Productions
Paploo

Vancouver Lumberjacks


Emilis Acus
Eddie Ray Design
Chris Smith

Winnipeg Winterhawks


Six Zero
Pho3nix & Roccot
Craig C. Wheeler

As I mentioned, voting will kick off tomorrow right here on this page as we narrow these 90 logos down to 30. New polls will be posted five days a week (so I can get a breather every now and then). I will also be releasing the full logo voting schedule so you'll know when to check back for your favorite team. I'll also explain in detail how the voting process will work.

Note: Once again, the designer named Chris Smith is NOT me. We just have very common names.

Eastern Finalists Revealed

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Welcome to the IceHL blog. From now on, this is where you'll find everything related to our fantasy hockey league project, so keep checking back here for what's new.

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.