After just over two months and five rounds of matchups and champion has been crowned in the WHL defunct logo competition! The Billings Bighorns worked their way through all five rounds of the competition, ramming aside the Calgary Centennials, Moose Jaw Canucks, Calgary Wranglers, and Seattle Breakers.nd In the finals […]
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Defunct Logo Competition Finale
From 24 different teams and 14 franchises down to the final 2. The second of five stops in the Tri-City Americans franchise will face off against the first stop of a franchise that no longer exists. Both of these franchises once represented a second coming of a WHL team and […]
Logo Competition – Final Four
The final four of the defunct logo competition is upon us. 20 logos have been eliminated, including the Tacoma Rockets, Kamloops Junior Oilers, Calgary Wranglers, and Victoria Cougars in the third round. Matchup No. 21 The Seattle Breakers have crashed through the opposition through three rounds. Eliminating the Winnipeg […]
Logo Competition – Elite Eight
We are through two rounds, down from 24 teams to 8. Dropping out of the competition in the first round were the Vancouver Nats, Winnipeg Clubs, Calgary Centennials, Winnipeg Monarchs, Nanaimo Islanders, Spokane Flyers, New Westminster Bruins, and Estevan Bruins. The second round saw the elimination of the Chilliwack Bruins, […]
Round 2 Part 2 – Logo Competition
Part 2 of Round Two Matchup No. 13 In 2005 Chilliwack, British Columbia was granted a WHL expansion team after Tri-City Americans’ owners attempt to move the franchise there was voted down by the WHL directors. The Bruins would begin play in the 2006-07 season. The Bruins would make the […]
Round 2 – Logo Competition
Part 1 of Round Two Matchup No. 9 Victoria, British Columbia’s first WHL team was the Victoria Cougars. Founded in 1962 as part of the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League the franchise would move into the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in 1967. In 1971 the team would join […]
Round 1 – Logo Competition
Part 2 of Round One Matchup No. 3 The WHL’s first franchise in Calgary, Alberta was the Calgary Buffaloes in 1966. The team would change it’s nickname to the Centennials the next season in 1967. The Centennials had some regular season success in the early 70’s finishing 1st in the West […]
Round 1 – Logo Competition
Matchup No. 1 The first matchup in the logo competition actually involves the franchise that won the DUBNetwork regular season jersey competition, the Seattle Thunderbirds. The first WHL (WCHL) team to call Vancouver, British Columbia home was the Vancouver Nats. They played two seasons in the WCHL from 1971 – […]
WHL Logo Competition
The second competition installment is here, where you the WHL fans will decide a winner. I think we all had a lot of fun with the jersey competition, especially those Seattle Thunderbirds fans who came out voting in droves. This competition will be a blast from the past, showcasing 24 WHL […]