The NHL’s logo history is quite extensive going back to the beginning years of 1917 and before. In the NHL’s rich history of logos they have produced and used many NHL primary logos, NHL alternate logos and NHL wordmark logos.
The famous NHL shield logo was introduced in 1946 (according to other sources, in 1917). It featured a shield shape given in orange and black colors.
The current NHL logo, which was adopted in 2005, looks very similar to the previous one, at least the core visual metaphor remains the same: a shield shape. However, the black-and-brown color scheme has been replaced by the black-and-white one (with shades of silver grey). One more notable change refers to the way the diagonal lettering is positioned (it goes upward now). The typeface has also been slightly tweaked.
Sports Logo History has a thousand of NHL alternate logos for you to peruse through from every current NHL team and every past NHL teams. NHL alternate logos demonstrate the creativity of each NHL team with a variation of their NHL primary logo.
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Alternate Logos
Anaheim Ducks
A wordmark "DUCKS" written in gold diagonal letters with white, black, and orange accents. A gold webbed duck foot in the shape of a D at the beginning. Wordmark "ANAHEIM" in black above.
Arizona Coyotes
Returning to their classic Kachina-style logo of the Coyote-head in purple, red, sand, and black.
Boston Bruins
A bear walking below a wordmark "BOSTON" in a yellow semi-circle with a black outline and "BRUINS" in white on a black ribbon banner. Updated version of the Bruins primary logos from 1924 - 1926…
Buffalo Sabres
Wordmark "BUFFALO" in blue and tow lines above and below the wordmark. Vintage Sabres logo in bottom right.
Calgary Flames
A yellow with black outline horse's head and red flames coming out its nostrils.
Carolina Hurricanes
A hurricane warning flag, two red and black square flags and flying from a grey and black hockey stick. The shape of the state of North Carolina is formed in the space in between the…
Chicago Blackhawks
A yellow letter "C" with red and green tomahawks crossed over it, worn on the Chicago Blackhawks red jersey starting in 1999 - 2000 season. The letter "C" stands for the city of Chicago.
Colorado Avalanche
A white with sliver trim triangle with the letter "C" in maroon with white trim on a dark blue mountain background. Team jersey logo.
Columbus Blue Jackets
A wordmark "COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS" in a circle on a blue and red ribbon. A silver and blue cannon in the center. A blue and silver star at the bottom with a blue, red and…
Dallas Stars
The Stars logo is centered in white and silver on a green and black map of Texas. The letter "D" stands for the city of Dallas.
Detroit Red Wings
The red logo is of a automobile wheel with two wings coming from the center of the wheel. Logo mainly used on printed materials and products.
Edmonton Oilers
Oil worker handling a hockey stick. A wordmark "EDMONTON OILERS" in blue on a triangle background.
Florida Panthers
Modernized leaping panther logo, will be worn on player helmets. Former primary logo, retired in 2016.
Los Angeles Kings
Black, silver and white crown with hockey sticks at the top. Crown on the primary logo.
Minnesota Wild
The head of a black bear created using Minnesota-area scenery, green pine trees, a wheat colored river, a red sky, yellow sun set and white shooting star inside a green and wheat circle featuring the…
Nashville Predators
A blue guitar pick with a yellow circle and three-stars in the middle to represent State of Tennessee. The letters "NP" at the bottom in blue with white outline. The letters "NP" stand for the…
New York Islanders
Initials "NY" in blue with the letter "Y" having a blue with four red stripes (4 Stanley Cups) hockey stick.
New York Rangers
Ranger shield in 3D with Statue of Liberty head and the letters "NYR" in red. The letters "NYR" stand for New York Rangers.
Ottawa Senators
The letter "S" in white trimmed in red inside a black and gold circle. Inside the gold are black laurel leaves with EST. MDCCCXCIV. This is the Roman Numeral for 1894, the first season that…
Philadelphia Flyers
A 3-D version of the Flyers primary logo. A black P-Wing with an orange circle in the middle. The letter "P" stands for the city of Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh Penguins
A wordmark "PITTSBURGH" in black above "PENGUINS" in black with gold highlight. All above the primary logo of a black penguin skating with a hockey stick in front of a gold triangle.
San Jose Sharks
Black shark fin inside an orange diamond with teal and white waves. All shades of teal were lightened for the 2008 - 2009 season.
Seattle Kraken
A double-blue anchor with Seattle's Space Needle in the center. Worn on the shoulders of the Kraken home and road jerseys.
St. Louis Blues
The Blue's note logo in front of St Louis Gateway Arch inside a blue and gold circle. Wordmark "ST. LOUIS BLUES" in white with yellow trim on top of the blue circle.
Tampa Bay Lightning
A blue circle with white lightning bolt inside the circle with wordmark "TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING HOCKEY CLUB" in white. Two small lightning bolts at the bottom.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Inspired by the classic Leafs logo of the 1940’s to 1960’s, the club’s new mark has a number of design characteristics that distinguish it. The same leaf for the primary, without the wordmark "TORONTO MAPLE…
Vancouver Canucks
A white rectangle with blue trim with a blue hockey stick inside, outlined in green.
Vegas Golden Knights
The Golden Knights alternate logo include swords that create the star from the iconic "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.
Washington Capitals
A blue and red eagle with the top of the U.S. Capitol as a silhouette below.
Winnipeg Jets
Red maple leaf on an air force badge with crossed hockey sticks. Wordmark "WINNIPEG JETS" in blue on white background.