Posts About "NHL Logos"
Ranking NHL Team Logos
September 13th, 2020 The NHL has some of the most historic and unique logos in the entire world of sports. With the Seattle Kraken now in the fold, we can rank 32 logos around the league. There are many great logos, but there are some that reign supreme over all others. Related: Ranking NHL Teams By Forwards Here's my ranking of the logos of the 32...
The Myth of the Kraken - History of the NHL's Newest Logo
September 1st, 2020 You're a Viking living a good life. You've got a farm and a nice longhouse. You've accidentally discovered steel in the most metal of ways, mixing the bones of your ancestors in with molten iron. You're raiding again, sailing the endless oceans looking to plunder, and you've got nothing to fear from the gods, after sacrificing many...
Anaheim Ducks Logo History
August 5th, 2020 Despite that they've only been around for 24 years, the Anaheim Ducks sure do like taking a walk down memory lane. After he spent parts of six seasons with the team, the then-Mighty Ducks brought back Teemu Selanne for the 2005-06 season (and the eight that followed), four years after shipping him to the San Jose Sharks at the 2001...
Vegas Golden Knights Jersey History
August 1st, 2020 The Vegas Golden Knights are a paradox. For one, they’re an ice hockey team based in the desert. The National Hockey League’s success – or lack thereof – in such markets doesn’t exactly inspire great confidence (see: Coyotes, Arizona). Plus, the Golden Knights were the first major professional sports team to call Las Vegas...
Washington Capitals Logo History
July 26th, 2020 Team branding is an inexact science. Too often, constantly changing design trends and the fickleness of fans can either prompt unneeded alteration in a sporting organisation’s aesthetic, or else completely paralyse it. The National Hockey League and its franchises are some of the worst offenders of all, with good designs often...
Tampa Bay Lightning Jersey History
July 12th, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning are the envy of the National Hockey League. They’ve got a phenomenal owner in Jeff Vinik, who put the brakes on disaster and painstakingly rebuilt the organization from the inside out. A former investment wizard, Vinik managed to strike the optimal balance between the fanatical micromanagement of some of his...
Anaheim Ducks Jersey History
June 16th, 2020 *Archive piece, originally published in 2017* The Anaheim Ducks have, by and large, been blessed when it comes to National Hockey League expansion teams. Stars like Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne graced their roster – then composed of Mighty Ducks – early on in their existence. They made two Stanley Cup finals in four seasons,...
Washington Capitals Jersey History
May 29th, 2020 Perhaps no team in the National Hockey League had as inauspicious a start as the Washington Capitals. In the entire century-plus of NHL history, the 1974-75 Capitals, one of two expansion teams to enter the league that year (after a horrendously unfair expansion draft from an already depleted league), hold the league’s worst-ever...
Florida Panthers Jersey History
May 17th, 2020 Originally published in 2018 The Florida Panthers are, and pretty much always have been, one of the most colourful teams in the National Hockey League. On the figurative side of things, whether it’s arena shenanigans, overbearing ownership, or general manager Dale Tallon’s twisted revenge plot, the Panthers are never,...
Arizona Coyotes Logo History
April 23rd, 2020 Despite being less than 25 years old, the Arizona Coyotes franchise already has a place in the National Hockey League history books. The team, like every club in the NHL, has seen its ups and downs over the last quarter-century, but the franchise's struggles have, more often than not, received the most attention in the news...
Chicago Blackhawks Logo History
April 8th, 2020 Let’s face it, we’re all a little tired of the Chicago Blackhawks. Given how often they’re on national television, how many of them were named to the National Hockey League’s Top 100 (despite questionable qualifications) and, of course, the league’s insistence on sending them to every single outdoor game ever, the NHL seems to...
Boston Bruins Logo History
March 21st, 2020 The Boston Bruins: known worldwide as one of the National Hockey League’s Original Six…except they didn’t actually come along until seven years after the league began play. There were also only four teams in the NHL’s original iteration. Whatever. We’ll gloss over that. The Boston Bruins: known worldwide for their classic,...
Carolina Hurricanes Jersey History
February 21st, 2020 For people that are supposed to be exceedingly competent businesspeople, National Hockey League owners sure do make some fascinating choices. For evidence, look no further than Peter Karmanos Jr., former majority (and current minority) owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. Formerly chief executive officer at Compuware, Karmanos joined...
