0363: The IceHL's Winter Classic

Today is Friday, but it is not a Freak Out Friday. At least not in my mind.

Today the subject is our very own fantasy hockey league, the IceHL. Frequent concept contributor Bryan Dyck offers his take on what a couple of IceHL Winter Classic style jerseys might look like. He pits the Milwaukee Lagers against the Portland Pioneers for the big game and has design an excellent pair of jerseys.

I'm so impressed by this concept that it will have a place in the IceHL's 2013 Yearbook this summer. I'm impressed because Bryan has managed to design jerseys that truly feel like they could be part of these fictional teams' long histories. As if they're right out of the 1940s and 50s. And they make the existing official jersey designs feel like the natural evolution of a team's branding. Superbly executed, if you ask me. Well done, Bryan!

I would've included this in a Winter Classic Weekend post, but I couldn't wait to share it and the Waddell brothers have the floor for the next two Saturdays.

0167: IceHL Freak Out

Think of this one as the road not taken. Ross Taylor designed this concept for a member of Icethetics' own fantasy league, the IceHL's Hamilton Steelcats. Ross designed this logo back in 2008 when we first put the league together. Now, just for the heck of it, he's created a set of jerseys to go with it. What do you think?

Weekend Preview: Don't forget to check back for new concept series this weekend. First, Winter Classic Weekends is returning to Saturdays and I've got a great one lined up for tomorrow. Then the next day, it's our first of four San Francisco Sundays!

Back in February, I told you the ECHL's Bay Area expansion club was willing to consider some Icethetics designer submissions for a secondary logo. Well, it's been five months and I still haven't gotten a straight answer out of them one way or the other. I'm afraid they won't be going with any of our designs so I've decided to post them here on this page over the next few Sundays. And be sure to check back because some of them are really quite something.

0119: Be a Renegade

Jersey design voting for the IceHL Project's final division ended last week but today we get a look at what might've been. Johnny Woods wanted to enter this design for the Regina Renegades but couldn't come up with a white counterpart that worked. I told him this might be a good submission for the third jersey contest that we'll hold next summer, but he wanted to see it on the site sooner to get some feedback. And I agreed. Thoughts?