[Today we have an excellent DIY project by Ryan Connelly. Enjoy! ”” PL] By Ryan Connelly I had a fun project to work on over the holidays, as a friend …
Category: NHL
Hockey TimE
By Phil Hecken, with Tim E. O’Brien Back again with our NHL tweaker/concepter-extraodinaire, Tim E. O’Brien, who has some grandiose NHL concepts that we’ve already seen, and has a few …
Old Time Hockey
By Phil Hecken In yesterday’s comments section, long-time reader Jet, who we will hear from shortly, posted an amazing video along with this comment: WOW! A 1947 film on hockey …
When the NHL was Fab
By Phil Hecken, with Tim E. O’Brien A few weeks back, I ran a nice set of NHL uniform concepts from one of our more talented graphic artists, Tim E. …
Happy 2012 and All That
. As you can see above, one of the chief pleasures of New Year’s Day Weekend is the rare sight of eye black during an NHL game. But the Winter …
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
By Phil Hecken Well, the big day is FINALLY here. The Granddaddy. Is. Today. Oregon versus Wisconsin. Today is the Rose Bowl, the ONLY bowl that, while corporately sponsored, still …
Good Thing There Are No North Koreans in the NHL
. Interesting move in last night’s Rangers/Flyers game, as Jaromir Jagr and Jakub Voracek — both native Czechs — paid tribute to the recently deceased Václav Havel by wearing his …
Instant Classic
The Rangers finally unveiled their Winter Classic jersey yesterday. Kinda odd that they waited until after Black Friday, but whatever. Can’t say I’m in love with the heavy red stripes …
Tim E. Takes on…the NHL
By Phil Hecken With no new Amateur Pacifist uniforms on tap for the college game this weekend, the NFL finally devoid of pink, and with the greatest sport in the …
The Man Behind the Uni
. On the right is the Senators’ new heritage uniform, which the team will wear for the first time tonight. On the left is Jacob Barrette, the guy who designed …
Head Count
The NHL’s been saving a sneaky little uniform change for the start of the regular season: Beginning next Thursday, all players except for goalies will be required to have their …
Handful of Philly Fans Show Up to Boo Glen Sather
First things first: Big thanks to Phil for handling yesterday’s whilst I recovered from a very hectic weekend. Now then: Yesterday the NHL finally announced what everyone already knew, namely …
Fixing Maryland (and Winnipeg, while we’re at it)
By Phil Hecken By now, you are all surely sick of hearing about the Maryland Terrapin football uniforms, in particular the bizarre flag costume they broke out last Monday evening …
Is That NNOB? Or GNOB?
Most of you are probably familiar with the story of the Maple Leafs’ GNOBs (that’s ghost names on back) from 1978. The story usually goes something like this: “The Leafs’ …
Revealed at Last: the Jets’ Set
The WinniJets finally unveiled their new jerseys yesterday. Pluses: The chest icon treatment looks fine, that silly script isn’t being used as a shoulder patch, the typography is straightforward enough …