New Logo for NHL Focused on Light WeblogFocused on Light Weblogphotoblog archives about rss New Logo for NHLPosted by Stephen DesRoches on Saturday July 23 2005 in Sports 5 commentsAfter a full season lockout the National Hockey League is back in business but not without changing some rules a new collective bargaining agreement and an updated look including changes to the historical black and orange shieldInvigorated NHL Shield The Leagues updated mark uses upwardreading letters to project a vibrant optimistic image yet defers to tradition by maintaining the timehonored shape of the original shield The updated logos dominant color is silver in homage to the most cherished trophy in sports the sterling silver Stanley CupCommentsMandy July 24 2005 838 amhttpwwwhelloditacomIm not sure how I feel about that stand alone its a great logo but the orange the orangejohn krumm September 16 2005 445 pmIce is silverit isnt orange! While I greatly appreciate the old logo and all the memories now is a new time for the NHL and this logo is superSMAKD October 4 2005 433 pmWell the orange is cool the silver is cool but the upward optimism they were talking about in the upward NHL in the middle I dont like it just change the colour and make it look good they goofed with that since the N is near the bottom it feels less powerfull less dominant but to each their own As a graphic artist I have to edit everything I dont like cause too many people goof up This will be one of the goof ups Ill have to sadly edit Nice try though nice colour but goofed with changing it too much oh well OHL hockey is better anyways Pchris October 10 2005 526 amdefinitely screwed up with the upward lettering smakd is right it feels less powerful and as we read up to down it is just plain awkward when i first saw it on a personal website i thought it was a mistake after i saw it at nhlcom and thought maybe it was an attempt like a lot of canadian brand name logos to combine the french (lhn) and the english namescolours definitely work though i like the beefed up 3D depth of it toojackson November 7 2005 549 pmhttpwwwkensingtonviperscomi agree with chris and smakd the colors are okay but the lettering is really screwedjdPost a Comment New Logo for NHLName (required)Website Email Email addresses are not displayed with your comment and will not be sharedRemember MeComment (required)Allowed tags are em strong code and a hrefurl All other tags will be displayed as plain textSearchKeywords...