We’re down to the final two teams in the last (meaningful) NHL match-up until October (not counting the World Cup of Hockey). How’d it go in the Conference Finals? 1-for-2. That brings this year’s total to 8-for-14 (after going 3-for-8 in the first round and 4-for-4 in the second round). We’re guaranteed an over .500 finish. Yay […]
With the third annual Stadium Series officially starting their 2016 on February 21, when the Minnesota Wild take on the Chicago Blackhawks at TCF Bank Stadium, it’s high time we do what we love to do here at Hockey By Design: count things down. With four new additions to 2014–15 library of 9 jerseys, where do the Wild, ‘Hawks, […]
With 30 teams in the NHL, each with at least two goaltenders on their roster and some wearing multiple masks in one season, the league has seen thousands upon thousands of masks throughout its long history. Ok, so goalies didn’t actually wear masks until the late 50’s when Jacques Plante became the first NHL netminder to wear […]
If you’re anything like me, it’s not even a month into the New Year and you’ve already broken any resolution you may have made. I mean, who really has time to go to the gym anyway when there are hockey design write-ups that need completion? Is it really my fault? Nay, I say that sometimes […]
Seeing as how the shins are about 10% up the human body, it’s accurate to say that we’re now shins-deep into the new 2014-15 NHL season. Sure, “shins-deep” is a little (if ever) used expression but it’s definitely more accurate. Knees-deep is too deep. Balls-deep is just uncouth for this site. We’re not in over our heads either. Not even close. […]
Editor note: Hiller’s long-time artist Alec Voggel at Airxess contacted us and let us know we got some of the timelines wrong on Hiller’s masks, so it’s been updated to correctly reflect that. Enjoy the added accurateness! by Allison Koss After spending the past seven seasons with the Ducks, Jonas Hiller gets a fresh start for the 2014-15 […]
This morning, both the LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks unveiled the jerseys they’ll be wearing for the upcoming Stadium Series game at Dodger Stadium on January 25, 2014. The nice thing about having these sort of one-off games, and having jerseys for them, is that you know exactly what your opponent will be wearing and can plan […]
This installment of the Worst to First Jerseys features the Anaheim Ducks, and part of this series is hosting the full posts on a blog of the team that’s being featured. The full version of this post was originally posted on the blog Battle of California, but is now also here below. You can check it out at Battle […]
The first team alphabetically is the worst team designally. I know, not a word, but isn’t the poetry delicious? Anyway, we start off scraping the bottom of the barrel with the Anaheim Ducks. Overall, the logo itself is not too bad. It’s somewhat distinctive, although relatively bland, and it tries really hard to make the […]
