johne9109
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New York Rangers It's always kind of bothered me that the Rangers home and away aren't direct mirrors of each others. So I did my best to take the white jersey and translate it over to a blue jersey. To give it a more throwback feel I used their shield logo that they used in the 2012 Winter Classic and then used off white and tan on the equipment
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New York Islanders I took inspiration from an unlikely source, the short lived New York Raiders of the WHA. I originally modified the Raiders logo with it having say islanders instead, but I can't see the NHL doing a direct reference to a WHA team that a team doesn't already have ties to (a la Winnipeg Jets.) So I used the Islanders logo and just used the overall design from the Raiders
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Montreal Canadiens The Habs are always tricky as they haven't changed a whole lot and fans are very reluctant to changes in their uniforms. So what I did was take their Pre NHL uniform from 1910 and drop the green for their more common blue. I also used vintage white for the Habs as they are an original 6 team and they are the only teams getting to utilize it in this series
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New Jersey Devils The Devils take inspiration from the Kansas City Scouts as they eventually became the Devils. The colors come from the Devils prototype logo that was used when the team was announced. That logo is also used on a jersey for the first time.
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I agree. I would be interested in seeing the colors stay, but swapping them so red is the main color and blue is secondary
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Nashville Predators The Predators are pretty straightforward. They once again nod to the Dixie Flyers, however this time the front features their secondary logo from the Winter Classic instead of the wordmark.
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Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Fighting Saints first uniforms are the basis for the Wild. The Wild M logo gets primary logo duties here.
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Los Angeles Kings My first decision was to bring back forum blue and gold as the Kings should. Next I took inspiration from the striping from the Kings golden anniversary jersey and worked to make it feel more like a classic jersey
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Florida Panthers I took the striping from the Panthers Reebok Edge design and made it look like more traditional striping and merged that with elements of the Panthers original uniforms. The logo comes from their abominable alternate jersey from the Reebok years as I felt it has a more classic feel to it than any of their other logos. The colors are lightened up a bit as well to give it a 60's/70's team feel.
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I agree. I think something like this would work well with their blue or red jerseys
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Edmonton Oilers The Oilers pay homage to the Edmonton Eskimos. The Oilers colors are brought over and the logo features an oil drop.
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Detroit Red Wings The Red Wings striping is a modified version of the striping on their jersey from their couple of years as the Falcons while the color scheme and logo comes from their 2014 Winter Classic; sans the wordmark.
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Dallas Stars A few years back the stars had revealed a homage jersey to the Minnesota North Stars. I really like that logo and the old school feel it has. So I took that and put it on a North Stars uniform from the late 70s and used a color palette more in line with Dallas. I know the Wild have been doing the North Stars tributes lately but it's a part of Dallas' history
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Columbus Blue Jackets So I could've went the easy route and just made a white version of their cannon alternate, but I decided to go another route. I decided to do an homage to the previous Ohio NHL team; the Cleveland Barons. The design is taken from their uniform while the colors and logo is taken from the teams alternate uniform as I felt that logo better fit the throwback nature of this series. Now I have been trying to keep vintage white for the original 6 teams only, but this cream color is already a part of the Blue Jackets branding so I kept it.
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Colorado Avalanche The Avs are loosely based on the Colorado Rockies. Reverse Retro showed us that the Avalanche would not be able to do a direct homage to the Rockies so we get a uniform design reminiscent of the Rockies, but with the Avs colors and the C from the state flag is free from the mountain
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Chicago Blackhawks The Blackhawks design is an amalgamation of uniforms from their history. The main design is from their inaugural uniform; however instead of being black and white I used the teams current colors with a vintage white. The main logo comes from the 50's as well as the secondary logo. The shoulders that feature the secondary logo reduces the striping of the original design to make room for the secondary logo
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Carolina Hurricanes Last year the Hurricanes introduced this vintage Stormy run of merchandise and while I don't think Stormy makes sense as the mascot for a team called the Hurricanes it works perfectly for this series. So we see Stormy on the front of the jersey. The overall design of the uniform is a nod to the Hurricanes history; originally being the Hartford Whalers. I adapted one of the Whalers WHA uniforms
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Calgary Flames While the Flames does share some similarities to their 2011 Heritage Classic uniform the inspiration for this one actually comes from the first battle of Alberta and the 1898 Calgary Fire Brigade hockey team. The colors become a desaturated version of their current colors and the logo is replaced by a script Calgary
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Buffalo Sabres The Sabres are one of those teams that have dabbled in throwbacks and feauxbacks in the past; heck their current uniforms are throwbacks. So for them I had to find a different source of inspiration. What I ended up doing was using the old Buffalo Bisons as inspiration. I thought about using their regular logo, but it didn't stand out too much so I used their secondary logo from the Heritage and Winter Classic uniforms.
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Boston Bruins For the Bruins I wanted to do something that was different than any of their throwback or winter classic uniforms. The logo I pulled from old promotional work and then the design is an amalgamation of old Bruins uniforms. I really like the dark/ almost black brown that Boston has been using over the last few years and wouldn't mind if they moved to it full time
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Arizona Coyotes The Coyotes I did something I'm surprised the team has never done themselves and that's take the jersey the coyote is wearing in their logo and make a jersey based on that. I simplified the colors and dropped green and used the Sedona red for the equipment to harken back to the old leather equipment hockey players used to wear
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Anaheim Ducks For the Ducks I pulled inspiration from the Hollywood/LA Millionaires of the California Hockey League that ran during the 20's and 30's. I kept the white base but the striping becomes gold. The logo is an adapted version of the Mighty Ducks secondary logo, but Wild Wing is replaced with an actual duck to enhance that retro look. I originally had this as a black jersey but wether I tried orange stripes or gold stripes it looked less like a Ducks jersey and more like a Vegas or Flyers jersey.
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So I had the idea of doing a series of jerseys that aren't straight throwbacks, but jerseys that are made to look old but don't have any actual basis on a teams old jersey. Think what Vegas did for this Winter Classic or what teams like the Wild and the Stars did for their outdoor games. For some teams I may pull inspiration from other historic non NHL teams or do an amalgamation of older designs (i.e Bruins Winter Classic jerseys) and some will be completely original. Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Carolina Hurricanes Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Seattle Kraken St. Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights Washington Capitals Winnipeg Jets
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A lot of times when people try to give the Pens more traditional striping it ends up looking too much like the Bruins, but using the Steelers striping make this distinctly Pittsburgh. Well done!
