Air Hockey High: 2020 Stadium Series Branding, Part 2

The 2020 Stadium Series game featured a tight battle between two scrappy teams, temperatures that dipped below freezing, and a majestic high-altitude setting. But the real treat was the NHL’s spectacular transformation of the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium into a pond hockey ice palace.

Air Hockey

The first in a two-part series, this HbD In-Depth feature examines the process involved in creating the brand image leading up to the outdoor hockey event to be held in the thin air of Colorado Springs.

Thankful For Hockey?

Don’t miss the special holiday Hockey By Design post by Sports Brand Jury that takes a look at the NHL’s Black Friday Thanksgiving Showdown series logo and branding.

Top Shelf

Two deceptively simple hockey logos prove the adage that less can definitely be more. Very few sports logos make it to my “I want to wear it” category. Mainly because if I wasn’t so discriminating, my closet would be crammed full of apparel that would never see the light of day. I’ll also admit that I’m partial…

A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT – PART TWO. Shedding light on the new Vegas NHL franchise branding odyssey.

As the Vegas Knights look to win hockey’s ultimate prize in their very first season, the effects of some questionable branding decisions have left a few chinks in their armor.

A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT. Shedding light on the new Vegas NHL franchise branding odyssey.

Despite the stellar inaugural season the NHL expansion Vegas Golden Knights are throwing down, a dark cloud threatens to tarnish the shine of their branding armor.

Throwback? More like throw up.

From 1974 to 1978, two teams came and went from the National Hockey League, leaving behind dual legacies of losing records and pathetic attempts at pro sports branding.