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 Gold Coast Rush!
The Rush bracket opens with 30 submissions. Before you vote check out all the entries below.
These polls end Sunday night. Happy voting!
Check back Monday for Part 2 of this round!
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.
These polls end Saturday night. Happy voting!
Check back Sunday for Part 2 of this round!
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.
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!
The biggest summer for the IceHL since 2008 is finally winding down. We're on the last leg of our journey — creating jerseys for the last group of IceHL World franchises. We have a creative and colorful set of logos so I can't wait to see the uniforms!
To enter the contest you will need to download the IceHL Jersey Design Kit. Click the blue button on the right.
The Design Kit is a ZIP containing the following files:
Like previous jersey contests, the template provided is strongly encouraged, but not required to enter.
Designers may use any template they choose as long as the resulting image uses a 5x3 aspect ratio (preferably 1600x960 pixels) and includes these elements:
Useful links: SportsLogos.net | Hockey Jersey Concepts
When customizing your jerseys, you may use any name and number you choose. (Inappropriate names will disqualify your submission.)
Please note that the team logos in the Design Kit are to be used only on jersey submissions. You may not use them for any other purpose.
Final note. Simply submitting your jersey design doesn't guarantee it will be included in the voting process. If it doesn't meet a certain level of quality, I'll give you the opportunity to try again as long as you meet the deadline. (But I always accept far more than I reject.)
I know this deadline is coming up quickly but jersey submissions came together quickly with the Division A teams and we got far more than I expected.
As always, if you have any questions, please ask by email. Good luck to all!
It's finally time to reveal the winning logos for the rest of the new IceHL World teams!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Branding for the first four teams in the IceHL World has been set! Today, we take a look the winning logos and jerseys together. Enjoy.
Jerseys by Dylan Alexander
Primary logo by Matt McElroy
Alternate primary logo by Matt McElroy
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Secondary logo by Matt McElroy
Distinctive jerseys designed by Dylan Alexander will represent the Moscow Cosmonauts. This marks Dylan's first winning entry in the IceHL Project.
Jerseys by Eric Westhaver
Primary logo by Colin Magee
Secondary logo by Colin Magee
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In a series of landslide victories, newcomer Eric Westhaver handily won over IceHL voters with his Osaka Samurai jersey set, which was strongly inspired by the team's logo design.
Jerseys by Christian Legault
Primary logo by Craig C. Wheeler
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The second set of jerseys in Quebec Armada history come from yet another first time IceHL design contest winner, Christian Legault. Christian took a progressive approach to designing the two jerseys with a appropriately nautical theme.
Jerseys by Daniel Otters
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Finally, Daniel Otters became the second IceHL designer to create the winning logos and uniforms for a team with his Stockholm Hammers victory. Matt McElroy became the first to do so last summer with his Philadelphia Aces branding.
Congratulations all around! Now we get to do all this one more time with the final four teams in the IceHL World before the new season gets underway.
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.
This round ends Wednesday night. Happy voting!
Check back Thursday for London's final poll!
