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On 7/19/2024 at 9:34 AM, officeglenn said:

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As I was corrected when I mistakenly put "East Coast Hockey League" in a story on the mothership, "While this was the name of the League from its inception in 1988 through the end of the 2002-03 season, the name was changed to just ECHL on May 19, 2003 when the League welcomed seven expansion teams in the western United States." The fact this still hasn't gotten across 20+ years later maybe says something about their PR efforts?

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TIL that an acronym that was changed to not stand for anything anymore β€” like ECHL or SPHL β€” is called an orphan initialism. I was going to add XFL as another example, but I don't think it would count because it never stood for anything in the first place.

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On 7/31/2024 at 2:27 PM, officeglenn said:

The Admirals' special announcement was a new red fauxback jersey to go along with their cream-colored one introduced in 2021:

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I love the Skating Admiral, it's like Johnny Canuck but good. Head down vs. Head up makes a huge difference.

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Reminds me of the SpongeBob pirate, which isn’t a bad thing.Β 

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced β€œChris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Will have to await the official graphic but as a fan, I'm not a fan

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Β This is being used for their single game ticket match-up logo.

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If you look closely, there's still a sliver of white under the eyes. Don't know if that's intentional. Can't imagine it is.

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Side note: I've mentioned it on here before I think, but the Hitmen page on the mothership is pretty incorrect and have been for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure how logos get added or updated, because I see some WHL teams have been updated recently, but I would even be willing to make note of the stuff there at the very least.

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On 9/4/2024 at 12:23 PM, Section30 said:

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I noticed on the mothership that the Brandon Wheat Kings apparently quietly updated their logo. It's practically the same logo just recolored to be only black and gold.

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Not that much of a difference but a downgrade IMO.

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The Wheat Kings whole rebrand was a downgrade.

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After wading around in the dregs of EDGE for around a decade (with multiple mismatching templates no less), they unveiled theseΒ  improvements in 2020 that harkened back to their mid-00's pre-EDGE jerseys.

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Then in 2021, they introduced a (bad)Β StealthΒ Alternate with a (terrible) shoulder patch that I think looks like a law firm logo.

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And then in 2022, they promoted the alternate to primary but added hem stripes, coloured in the numbers and made a white version of the shoulder patch for the white jersey.

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But their fancy centre ice logo and arena signage (just from watching games online) still haven't been switched to the new logo.

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19 hours ago, Dante_X said:

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Looks like the CCM logo moved from the left shoulder to the middle for the upcoming season

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I've noticed with following the WHL that not all teams have the logo moved and at least one team is wearing both placements at the same time in the pre-season.Β  Maybe right now it's just the teams that had to order new jerseys?

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The movement has also let teams put ads on the jerseys which is a bit more acceptable at the junior hockey level but still... Everett also has put an ad on without having the CCM logo in the middle so I guess they are just covering the logo?

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