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I'm not sure which is right or wrong. But if you've played NHL 23 (and I think it's been the same for a bit), and you look at the Stars uniforms, you see they have their 90s/Edge set, the original North Stars jerseys, and also the Barons and two different Seals jerseys. Seals moved to Cleveland, The Barons faltered, merged with the North Stars. The Cleveland franchise is effectively folded, while players join the North Stars and the Barons' owners become majority owners in Minnesota. I could be wrong but from what I know, wouldn't the Seals/Barons jerseys be more in line for the Sharks? Probably for the Seals, but there's no actual franchise connection between the Sharks and Seals/Barons. I could make the argument that the Baron are better suited for the Blue Jackets than San Jose. given how the Gund family split off from (North) Stars ownership in the early 90s ? Did their share only include some players and not like their history before the Barons merged with the North Stars ? Based on what I've found, the history of the Seals/Barons ended with with the merger in Minnesota. Effectively, the Seals/Barons history appears to have ended like a team that folded and the North Stars continued on as themselves and on to Dallas as the Stars. It is probably just EA assigning jerseys based off of dates on Wikipedia, but who does own the Seals/Barons history My guess (given the lack of help from Google) would be Dallas technically owning the history, but obviously have no issue letting San Jose use the Seals. This is all based on what I've found from the internet on the subject. Hope it helps any.

And I feel like blue pants wouldn't have been as bad as the black pants. Honestly I think gold would've been even worse. I think CaliforniaGlowin mentioned them dropping the pants eventually. If the normal white pants didn't have the navy pinstripe down the side, then the white pants would be a fine substitution. And my wallet definitely took a hit. Completely worth it.

if the uniform is honoring Seattle baseball, how is it a reach?

the black pants are a head scratcher, but the rest of it is gorgeous. time to go see what the damage to my wallet is gonna be

1. Bishop Kelly Knights - Est. 1964 (Preceding school Est.1890) - Boise, ID - Classification: 4A We've arrived at my alma mater! I had the pleasure for 2 years to attend BK, and then couldn't wait to leave BK after 2 years (personal reasons, nothing to get into here). I'd have transferred but I went to BK to play hockey, and my transfer options were not going to get any better. However, time does heal some wounds, not all, but it has healed some. I've now had the opportunity to play hockey for BK and for 4 years, I got the chance to coach BK hockey, seeing my brother through his high school career, and got to help my coach from my playing days. Bishop Kelly is unique when it comes to club sports, particularly hockey. Where most schools who combine efforts to field a team end up with a creative team name, something we'll see here within a few teams, BK stands alone as a team. They'd rather not field a team and "loan" players to other teams than combine. Not sure if that's how I'd approach it, but that is something that sits way above my pay grade. I also had the chance in 2019 to help revitalize the BK hockey brand. After my class graduated in 2015, and 9 hockey players out of 20 graduated, things kinda fell off the rails. Lack of attention to detail crept in, things got really basic and lazy and it wasn't a good thing for the program (plus a coach on the team unalived himself which was particularly hard on the program). So it was a chance to help get the program back into a place where it can and could be successful. A lot of which you'll see the efforts of here. Bishop Kelly Knights- Identity: I kept one logo and brought in a couple of my own. I have another, more BK centric design project worked up but haven't touched on it in a long time so that'll have to wait for another day, but parts came over from it. Colors - I couldn't stand Wiz Khalifa in high school, given that our colors are black and yellow (or gold, depending on who you ask). Primary Logo - Kept the classic block BK interlocking logo, which I find superior to the more romanesque logo the football team uses. Secondary Logo - BK cannot find a good knighthead logo to save their lives. We've used UCF's logo, Rutgers' logos, and now are currently using a clip art masterpiece. I created a new knighthead, one that is unique to Bishop Kelly, while drawing upon historical logos. Wordmarks - Knights script logo, I created for the team's new uniforms. Jersey Fonts - Block font. Before we get into the uniforms, a quick trip through the uniform history I have access to (from about 2010-2022) When I started on JV (8th graders at feeder schools were allowed to play on the JV teams up until fairly recently) our uniforms hadn't changed much if at all from the past. Club hockey had been around for while in the Boise area but photo evidence isn't super forthcoming. My uniforms were the Boston Bruins pooh bear uniforms' base with an incredibly overdesigned Knight on a horse logo. Our black uniforms could most closely be described as precursors to the Anaheim Ducks current home uniforms, with the sweeping stripes up the sides and on the cuffs. After I graduated is when things got lazy, for lack of a better word. The black jersey stuck around for a season or two, and the yellow jersey did too. The crest changed on that one, but inexplicably, the yellow socks vanished in favor of black socks... and a separate set of black socks were given to the black uniforms ... After another year or two, the any sense of design went away, going to blank black and gold jerseys, with BK emblazoned on the front, and a bible verse on the sleeve, because of course, and it was around this time I was tasked to help change the fact that the team was wearing glorified practice jerseys Starting with the gold uniforms, I was largely inspired by Michigan Tech's uniforms, with the text in the stripes on the chest, which is where the script from above came in. I thought they turned out pretty well, especially given the previous uniform history. The black jerseys... well that was more disheartening. I was in the mindset to finally give the team consistent uniforms, but the coaches wanted something more inline with the Lightning's black alternate uniform... yes the black and grey ones. Despite my protests and reasons why we shouldn't do this, I was overruled, resulting in what you see below. Bishop Kelly Knights - Uniforms: Home - Away: Now that you've seen the history I could give for the uniforms, time to see what I went with. Jerseys /Socks - The gold jersey pretty much stays the same from a design standpoint, with the stripes on the chest, not continuing on the back. With the updated branding is where things begin to change a little. I went with a baseball mentality for the uniforms: nickname on the home, city/high school on the road, alternate is the alternate. So the knighthead goes on the gold jersey, BK on the black. Oh, forgot to mention, BK has always worn gold as their "light/white" jersey and I kept that going. I don't know if it's a requirement, but every BK team has a cross somewhere on the uniforms, and hockey has it right below the back collar. Equipment - Black all around, Knights script on the side of the helmet, gloves with a gold cuff, pants with the stripe down the side. Alternate - The Lakers uniform pattern was cool to be a part of, but I always yearned for a white jersey. I mentioned it more than once that we should have a white alternate jersey for fun. It fell on deaf ears then and it still falls on deaf ears today. Jersey/Socks - The current gold jersey goes white, adds the BK to the shoulders and really doesn't change any more than that. Equipment - no changes to the equipment. Crazy to see my high school on this forum. Let me know what you all think!

such a fun concept. looking forward to the rest!

I think she's got talent but a lot of her NFL designs scream e-sports IMO.

Hey everyone! Hope my fellow hockey fans are enjoying the first round of the SC Playoffs! We've reached the midpoint of the AA division, as we enter the most populated area of Idaho, the Treasure Valley; home to the state capital of Boise, and four of the five largest cities in Idaho. With 20 high schools at 4A (640-1279) and 5A (1280 & up) in the valley, I split the existing Southern Idaho Conference in two conferences with very unique names: SIC-East and SIC West. Originally, the SIC East would retain the name, and the west was going to be known as the Snake River Valley conference (actually a historic name for the conference many of theses schools previously were in), but it became better served for the teams at the A level in the Treasure Valley. Getting back on track, doing an east/west split helps keep travel down, even if the longest drive for these schools is about an hour to each other. Biggest change to the SIC East is Bishop Kelly (team #1, top row) is the relative newcomer to the group, as the only 4A school joining with the 11 5A schools in the Boise area. Eagle (team #6, top row) and Kuna (team #7, bottom row) are the only schools outside of Boise and Meridian, residing in their own cities, named the same as their schools. In stark contrast to the previous two conferences, not a tremendous amount of travel distance, with most schools not being more than a half hour drive away from each other. Just looking at it from a logo standpoint, I think the SIC-E is the most unique in terms of colors. I think the only color we're missing here is orange. C&C welcome!!

Keep it in navy and teal and it's a winner for this Mariners fan. As for the City Connect, the only thing that would truly ruin it for me, is gold pants. I hope they don't but at this point, you never know.

Golden Knights have gold. Raiders have silver. Change the athletic gold to more of a bronze? It's an idea, not sure how well it would be received.

The numbers could use a separating outline and I would have done the chevron bars in the tan color for consistencies' sake. But that's just me.

20. Arizona Coyotes I give points for the creativity of going with the desert sienna color as a base, but my gripe with this uniform is that the purple version from a year ago was better, emphasis on the year ago. Looking to get a little more retro with it, I stayed with a previous theme of using the Phoenix Roadrunners, this time, from the WHL before they joined the WHA. Kept the same colors from the Play-In 3 Acts version, this time going with a triple stripe on the sleeves, socks and hem. Logos move to the shoulder, using the current logo with the state outline. COYOTES arched on the chest above a number. C&C welcome! After going through the Blackhawks uniform history, I give the designers credit for doing as well as they did. It wasn't super easy putting something together that was unique.

We've reached the end of another conference which means another conference tournament! Right off the bat, not quite as chaotic as the Inland Empire's went, but still not without some March-level madness. Play-In Round: Twin Falls and Filer turned in one of the best games so far, a 2 OT epic, ending with Twin Falls outshooting Filer by almost double in the two overtimes. The last close game in the first round, is the biggest upset of the season, with a late penalty dooming Preston in the 3rd period and Gooding is the first 12 seed to advance. In the opposite of the first two games, Burley dominates Canyon Ridge with a 4 goal first period en route to a 8-1 win. A closer game than Wood River would have probably liked, but a 3 goal 3rd gets them past Kimberly. Quarterfinals: The first game still proving to be a challenge for the top seeds, as Jerome's offense can't match the three goal 2nd period Twin Falls put up. A great story in the first game, a blowout in the second. Gooding proves no match for a rested Minico offense. A defensive struggle all game ends with Burley sneaking one more in and past the 2nd-seeded Tigers of Mountain Home. A tie game in shots, doubled up in score. Wood River can't match Buhl's scoring output and the Indians move on to the semis. Semifinals: 21 total goals in the Quarterfinals, 4 total in the semifinals. A well rested offense vs a rolling machine: Twin Falls continues its string of one goal victories, getting past Minico and into the championship game 3 quick goals in the first period and strong defense are the key for Burley advancing to meet Twin Falls in the championship game. Championship Game: Four goals in the first period, one in the last two. A great struggle between two well matched teams, finally sees Twin Falls on the wrong end of a one goal game, as Burley nets one more chance, late in the 3rd period and wins the Great Basin and will head to Boise! The color breakdown of the Great Basin: Skewed very heavy to the red spectrum in the first half, with 5 of the first 7 teams using a shade of red. Green makes a welcome appearance, with two teams making good use there. Two teams use one color as both primary and secondary color. All in all, not quite as diverse from a color perspective as the Inland Empire, nevertheless unique. I know I did a lot of talking with myself during this last conference. But let me know what you guys think! We're moving onto the Boise area soon!!

Jerseys yes, but the pants at least were consistent.

I really, really, really hope that My Oh My detail ends up on a shirt somehow.

I guess their tradition is to be allergic to stripes on the red jersey. I also guess they could have been much, much worse?

12. Wood River Wolverines - Current Campus Built 2003 - Hailey, ID - Classification: 4A The last team up in the Great Basin, Wood River High School. In a similar style to Minico, WRHS serves four towns/communities, Bellevue, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley, all of which sit in the Wood River Valley, hence the name. For me, I never had any interaction with Wood River HS, but hockey in Idaho is a club sport and as such, things don't operate the same as the other state-sanctioned sports. In hockey, Sun Valley operated as both a travel hockey team and a high school hockey team. Now that's causing issues in the state today, but the governing body is too spineless to do anything about it, and they aren't the only team doing it either. That aside, Sun Valley always proved to be a tough beat in both travel and high school. But my last good high school hockey memory came my junior year, in the State Tournament that Sun Valley was hosting. We beat them in the state semifinals, in front of their home crowd, while they were celebrating their seniors. And then the next day we lost the state championship, the only state championship game I lost in 12 years. Wood River Wolverines- Identity: Green and white are the two constants for Wood River, but their secondary color varies between black and green. I chose for a lighter green. Fits with the region and is more unique. Colors - Double greens and white. Primary Logo - Kept their current logo, and changed the grey out for the new light green. Secondary Logo - An updated claw logo, with the new font from the new wordmark. Wordmarks - New vertical font makes up the new wordmark. Jersey Fonts - Modern block for the numbers, something similar to the wordmark. Nike NOB font for the letters. Wood River Wolverines - Uniforms: Home - Away: The Sun Valley Suns (the real life hockey team up there), uses red and black as their colors and have a more mountainous look to them. A decent look, but not what I had in mind for them with their new colors. Jerseys /Socks - The Pittsburgh style upper sleeve coloring idea came from the logo itself, notably the sweeping arm of the wolverine. Resulting in an offset stripe. wolverine logo on the chest, wordmark up on the shoulders. same style stripe on the hem. Equipment - Dark green equipment. WR logo on the pants and helmet. Gloves have light green detailing on the thumb side. Alternate - The Suns teams I always played against, and looking at it now, maybe it's just the younger teams that have the more mountainous uniforms, but the teams I played against wore recolored 90's Flyers uniforms. I hate them, I'll always hate them, but I'll show them some respect. Jersey/Socks - The alternate does reflect the aforementioned recolored Flyers uniforms which get recolored again, this time to light green and with white and green elements. WR claw logo now on the chest. Equipment - no changes to the equipment. That wraps up the Great Basin. Conference Tournament to follow shortly. In the meantime, let me know what you think about Wood River or any of the Great Basin teams!

Now do Gila Monster My wife is an Arizona native and got a lot of laughs out when I tried to say it for the first time.

the Jets aren't great, but not the worst. The rams, also not great, but minimizing bone and adding the modern throwback helped them suck less. The Titans however, have no redeeming qualities. MDGP summed it up pretty well.

I still have yet to figure out what was so wrong with these, not counting the unnecessary addition of anthracite. Did they have a San Jose Sharks moment and think the shoulder insets were weighing their players down? It wasn't helping them beat UW.

21. Chicago Blackhawks In the time since I put my rankings together to now, these uniforms have grown on me a lot. And looking through the uniform history for the Hawks, they did the best that they could. HOWEVER, as a Red Wings fan, I'm going to let my homerism show and rank them lower because I think the two team's uniforms are similar and I'm gonna take the Wings over the Blackhawks any day. In the last ride for the Captain, the Blackhawks go all the way back to the beginning. Taking the day 1 uniform, flipping it white and adding red to the uniform. In the crest, I went with the Winter Classic version, and added the feather colors from the modern logo to the detailing of the vintage logo. Also in the shoulder stripes, I reduced the number of stripes and it turned into the current white uniform sleeve stripes, which I felt was a nice tie into the current look. Otherwise, red gets added into the stripes, and the pants as well. I also went with a black helmet, something I liked from the 2017 WC uniforms. C&C welcome!

11. Twin Falls Bruins - Est. 1907 - Twin Falls, ID - Classification: 4A Twin Falls is the largest city in the Magic Valley, and correspondingly, hosts the largest enrollment among the schools in the Great Basin Conf. Before Canyon Ridge opened in 2009, they had an enrollment upwards of the 1300 benchmark, placing them in the 5A class, and have since moved down to 4A with CR splitting the city. Though now their enrollment is nearing that benchmark again, meaning a reclassification is likely on the horizon. Outside of their high school, my uncle has lived in Twin Falls for some time now, almost 25 years, even though the family warned him against it and he claimed it "would be a good change of pace and advance his career". It's been neither of those things. Athletically, it didn't really matter in what sport, we always seemed to see Twin Falls in a state tournament. Especially baseball, when in 2014 they knocked us out in the semifinals, en route to a state championship. In recent years though, Twin Falls has been on the other end of the spectrum, feeling the pain of having their season ended by my high school. As for me personally, I think my only athletic interaction with TFHS was in lacrosse, which didn't go super well for them. Twin Falls Bruins - Identity: Twin Falls makes use of a light blue and silver as a tertiary color, depending on which team you ask. The former is gonna conflict with two teams from the eastern side of the state, and the latter is too reminiscent of the teams up north. So I decided to take the Filer route and go simple and classic. Colors - Navy blue and white. Only two colors for the Bruins. Primary Logo - The baseball team lends a lot of inspiration, and as such, their TF monogram is the primary logo. Secondary Logo - While I wasn't initially planning on a Bruin logo, I caved and added on as a secondary logo, with Twin Falls spelled out above. Wordmarks - Baseball style wordmark. Jersey Fonts - A classic block font, with internal cuts for a vintage feel. Twin Falls Bruins - Uniforms: Home - Away: I liked the Bruins' baseball uniforms, and wanted to work the pinstripes/pinstripe mofif in there somehow without doing it very literally and avoiding a Notre Dame Stadium Series look. Jerseys /Socks - The result ended up with a lot stripes on the sleeves, simplifying out on the hem. I did try adding the secondary logo to the sleeves, but it looked very cluttered if you looked from the shoulders down. Socks get the full bevy of stripes. TF logo on the chest. Equipment - White helmet with the wordmark on the sides. Navy pants with the double stripe from the hem, secondary logo on the pant leg. Navy gloves with white cuff. Alternate Jersey/Socks - In a similar situation to Filer, a fauxback style uniform, though Twin Falls eschews the idea of vintage white. This uniform was inspired by the Oshawa Generals teams of the 70's (very random, I know, but I was looking through CHL historical uniforms and it clicked for me). The lots-a-stripes goes away in favor of a northwestern stripe and sleeve caps, and the TF logo goes away for the Bruins script. Equipment - no changes to the equipment. C&C much appreciated!