Anaheim Ducks

In 1993, a newcomer appeared in the NHL—the Mighty Ducks, a team founded by the Walt Disney Company. The hockey club got its name from the Disney film The Mighty Ducks, released a year earlier and became

hugely popular in America. The team also adopted Disney's logo style. The designers chose purple, jade, white, and silver as the main colors for the Ducks' first uniform. In simpler terms, shades of purple, green, white, and gray. White was the predominant color on the home jersey, while purple was the predominant color on the away jersey.

The real gem of the “ducks” uniform was the logo designed by Tony Cipriano and Fred Tio. Despite its “Disney-esque” style, the logo looked powerful and brutal: a hockey mask in the shape of a duck's head against the backdrop of two crossed sticks. This combination was vaguely reminiscent of pirate flags with skulls and crossbones. And the smirk formed by the end of the mask seemed to confirm that these ducks were not for everyone.

The uniform became hugely popular among fans. In its first season, the Ducks' jersey was among the league's best-selling items.

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In the 1995/1996 season, the team presented its first alternative uniform. The set was given the sonorous name “Wild Wings.” The jersey featured a menacing hockey duck breaking through the ice. The name and number on the back were written in a hard-to-read Mistral font. The kit didn't last long—just three games. The Ducks never went back to this version of the uniform.

Various websites publish lists of the greatest logos of all time, and the Mighty Ducks logo always cuts. This testifies to the fans' enduring and growing love for retro design.

Vancouver Canucks

In 1970, during the second NHL expansion, two new clubs joined the league, including the Vancouver Canucks. In its debut season, the team took to the ice in a uniform featuring white, green, and blue as its main colors. The logo featured a stick in a horizontal position against the backdrop of a skating rink. The resulting silhouette vaguely resembled the letter C.

The Canucks wore this uniform for eight seasons until 1978, when the team unveiled a radically different one. Everything changed: the designers moved away from the blue and green palette, opting instead for fiery yellow, red, and black. The logo with the skate and stick was replaced with the word Canucks and moved from the center of the jersey to the sleeves. The front now featured stripes forming the letter V (which corresponded not only to the team's name but also to the word victory).

Over the course of seven years, the kit underwent minor changes. It was not until 1985 that the designers decided to refresh the uniform's look and moved the Canucks logo from the sleeves to the front of the jersey.

The logo was so loved by fans that it was given two nicknames: “spaghetti plate” and “flying horse.” The uniform colors remained unchanged for several seasons: yellow for home games and black for away games. In 1989, the “gold” home jersey was replaced by a white one. And in the 1995-1996 season, the team got a third, fiery red uniform. However, the team only wore it for two seasons.

Many Vancouver fans consider the black jersey of the early 1990s to be one of the best in the club's history. Incidentally, it was in this uniform that Pavel Bure shone during his best years.

In 1997, it was time for big changes. The fiery colors were replaced by dark blue, light blue, burgundy, and silver. The logo also changed beyond recognition: instead of the “spaghetti skate,” the jersey now featured a killer whale in the shape of the letter C.

Los Angeles Kings

In 1967, the Los Angeles Kings made their NHL debut. The team's owner at the time was Jack Kent Cooke, who had acquired the Los Angeles Lakers basketball club shortly before the hockey club joined the league. The Kings' main colors were gold and purple, which they adopted from their NBA “brothers.” The logo featured a crown, as befits “kings.”

There were no major changes until 1988. It was only in 1988 that the team's appearance changed completely. The bright colors borrowed from the Lakers were replaced by white, black, and silver. The logo vaguely resembled the Chevrolet logo. In the middle was the word “Kings” in cursive, above it was the name of the city, “Los Angeles,” and below it was a crown. In the 1985/1986 season, the team introduced an alternate uniform featuring a purple-and-yellow king, a reference to their “roots.”

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