mfoster Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 http://www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=2981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Same name as the previous franchise, without the WHA-ripoff logo. Odd that they'd choose red as their color, given that their closest rivals down the road, Waterloo, are red and black. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Kind of has a old fashion look, I like it so far. But yeah, kind of weird that they use the same color as their biggest rival Waterloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfoster Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 I'm not 100% sure this is the primary... more logos can be see in the video available from this news story:http://www.kwwl.com/global/story.asp?s=11870293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 IIRC, the original Fighting Saints used red as their primary color too. But if I was running the team, I probably still would've chosen a different color, or at least a different shade of red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I actually really like this, its something of a different style, I think it fits for hockey. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fixer Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 The halo doesn't fit in, in my opinion. Otherwise good. My dad was born there and most of my family and I over around there for a while. Drew some memories for him I guess. Are the quad city mallards till around? He was wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Mallards are around in the IHL as of this year.That logo is great though. Good to see the USHL doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfoster Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 That logo is great though. Good to see the USHL doing well.Dubuque isn't the only new team coming into the USHL next season. There should be another one announced after the winter meetings this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfoster Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=270873Sunday, January 24, 2010Fighting Saints to returnNew USHL franchise pays tribute to Dubuque's rich history.BY JIM LEITNER TH SPORTS EDITORThe decision might have been as easy as scoring an empty net goal.Dubuque's expansion team in the United States Hockey League will be called the Fighting Saints -- a nod to the city's history in the league from 1980-2001. Gary Suter, who played two seasons in Dubuque before a 17-year career in the NHL, helped Northern Lights Hockey managing director Brad Kwong unveil the identity Saturday morning during the Dubuque Sports & Recreation Festival at the Dubuque Grand River Center."I couldn't imagine having a USHL team in Dubuque and it not being named the Fighting Saints," said Suter, who now coaches in the Madison Capitols youth program. "I guess I'm a throwback. But, anything else would be like having an NFL team in Green Bay not named the Packers ... even though I'm a Favre fan."As soon as I heard the USHL was coming back to Dubuque, I was really hoping they'd go back to Fighting Saints. I'm ecstatic that they decided to go back to it."So were local fans. When Northern Lights announced its expansion bid in November, it established an online survey for hockey enthusiasts."The overwhelming choice was Fighting Saints, which kind of surprised me," Kwong said. "I knew it was popular, but I didn't expect it to be that one-sided. Clearly, it's a name with which fans can identify. Many associate the name Fighting Saints with a history of success, the positive relationships they had with many popular players and the numerous great hockey memories."The new logo features a bold, stylized 'D' bisected by a battle-ready sword which has for a handle a fleur de lis, a well-known icon in Dubuque. A tilted halo sits above the sword.The secondary marks include other local iconography, including the Julien Dubuque Monument. The team will wear red and white jerseys with Silver accents. For select games, the Saints will wear jerseys with the retro "Saint man" logo from the team's early days."With the logos, we strived to create an identity that would represent the great city of Dubuque in a traditional, classic hockey look," Kwong said.Representatives from the new team met with fans and answered questions about next year's inaugural season at Mystique Ice Center."We knew there was an established fan base here," Kwong said. "We've heard a lot about the great fans here, and it was nice to see it and feel it here today. It was a little overwhelming to see the wave of people coming through here. We're excited about putting a product on the ice that the people of Dubuque can be proud to support." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEye Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 That 'D' logo in these colors feels way too close to the Red Wing's winter classic jersey use of the old english type font... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lich0037 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I really like this logo set as well. Although I agree with The Fixer that the halo dosen't quite fit. I'm excited to see the jerseys when they come out. Sports Branding and Design | The Minnesota High School Helmet Project | Eric's Helmet Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 That logo is great though. Good to see the USHL doing well.Dubuque isn't the only new team coming into the USHL next season. There should be another one announced after the winter meetings this week.That'd make sense, get to 16 next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie_delini Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 bloody beautiful - any word on the designer? kinda feels like bosack's work to me. either way it's gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Love everything about this, except for the halos, and that the D-Sword logo doesn't have silver, while the other two do. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie_delini Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just confirmed my suspicions that this is Bosack's work from his facebook feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just confirmed my suspicions that this is Bosack's work from his facebook feed.You too can follow us on "the" Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pottsville-PA/The-Joe-Bosack-Graphic-Design-Co/55416686509Or if your more of the Twitter kind of guy: http://twitter.com/jbosack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just noticed that it'd be pretty tough for a banner to wrap around a sword like that. There would have to be a full loop behind the sword, as opposed to the more obvious approach of looping the bottom part around the front of the sword. The approach that was taken looks better, but it really doesn't create the wrapping effect like it is supposed to. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just noticed that it'd be pretty tough for a banner to wrap around a sword like that. There would have to be a full loop behind the sword, as opposed to the more obvious approach of looping the bottom part around the front of the sword. The approach that was taken looks better, but it really doesn't create the wrapping effect like it is supposed to.You're confused because that's not a ribbon. It's a roll of toilet paper. You take the two-ply stuff, and you separate the layers so that you can roll it off in two direction at once. Makes it much harder to get out of trees and so forth. It's kind of an Eastern Iowa thing. (Not true! I just couldn't think of a clever way to say, "Huh, I didn't see that, but now that you point it out, you're right." I think the effect would work better if the left side of the solid red banner "loop" didn't extend quite so far to the left. It's a little unbalanced, and that's a feature where symmetry is your friend, in that it makes the detail much harder to notice, and the audience not noticing it is a good thing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfish13 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 That logo is great though. Good to see the USHL doing well.Dubuque isn't the only new team coming into the USHL next season. There should be another one announced after the winter meetings this week.That'd make sense, get to 16 next year.Any more confirmation on this? I checked their site and saw nothing, so wondering if it was true at all. dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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