The NHL’s logo history is quite extensive going way back to the beginning years of 1917 and before. In the NHL’s exquisite history of logos that they have created 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 However, the black-and-brown color scheme has been replaced by the black-and-white one (with shades of silver grey).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 many and then some NHL wordmark logos for you to look through from every current NHL’s teams and every past NHL’s teams. NHL wordmark logos are the special arrangement of custom fonts or not of the each and every NHL teams city and nickname. Each team’s NHL wordmark logos are located here at Sports Logo History.
See each and every NHL team’s logo. Click on any logo to see the team.
Wordmark Logos
Anaheim Ducks
Wordmark "ANAHEIM" on top "DUCKS" on the bottom in gold with orange and black trim.
Arizona Coyotes
Wordmark stacked in black sans serif typeface with the resurrected Coyote primary logo next to the wordmark.
Boston Bruins
Double lined wordmark "BOSTON" in white on top with "BRUINS" in yellow with white trim.
Buffalo Sabres
Double lined wordmark "BUFFALO" in blue with a sabre going through the wordmark and "SABRES" in yellow with a blue outline.
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames return to their original wordmark logo and color scheme for the 2021 season. This wordmark, a horizontal stack of what the team used in the 1980s, simply features the wordmark "CALGARY FLAMES"…
Carolina Hurricanes
Wordmark "CANES" in black with two red and black square flags located on the letter "C."
Colorado Avalanche
Double lined wordmark "AVALANCHE" in burgundy with blue outline and "COLORADO" above it. Blue oval circle around the Avs logo.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Double lined wordmark "COLUMBUS" on top and "BLUE JACKETS" on the bottom in blue.
Edmonton Oilers
Wordmark "OILERS" in blue, orange and white and "EDMONTON" above in blue.
Florida Panthers
Double lined arched wordmark "FLORIDA" in blue on the top and "PANTHERS" in red with a gold underline.
Minnesota Wild
Wordmark "WILD" in red jagged letters beneath "MINNESOTA" in green flanked by two yellow streaking stars.
Montreal Canadiens
Double lined wordmark "LES" on top and "CANADIENS" in red with Canadiens logo on top as well.
Nashville Predators
Double lined wordmark "NASHVILLE" in blue and "PREDATORS" in white with blue and yellow outline.
New Jersey Devils
Single lined wordmark "NEW JERSEY DEVILS" in red with a black trim.
New York Islanders
Wordmark "Islanders" in orange script with white outline on a blue background.
New York Rangers
Wordmark "NYR" in red with a blue and white outline. "NYR" stands for New York Rangers.
Ottawa Senators
Double lined wordmark "OTTAWA" in gold on top and "SENATORS" in red with black and gold outline.
Philadelphia Flyers
Double lined wordmark "PHILADELPHIA" on top in black and "FLYERS" on the bottom in orange in a custom font.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Double lined wordmark "PITTSBURGH" in black on the top and "PENGUINS" in black with a yellow highlight.
San Jose Sharks
A wordmark "SAN JOSE" in black Italics with a modified sans serif style font. Below is another wordmark "SHARKS in teal. Next to the wordmark is the San Jose Sharks primary logo.
Seattle Kraken
Arched wordmark "SEATTLE" in ice blue and "KRAKEN" in a calligraphic font.
St. Louis Blues
Double lined wordmark "ST. LOUIS" in yellow and "BLUES" in blue on the bottom. The Blues note logo below the wordmark.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Wordmark "BOLTS" in white with silver and black outlines written diagonally.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Triple lined wordmark "TORONTO" on top and "MAPLE" in the middle and "LEAFS" on the bottom in blue.
Vancouver Canucks
Double lined wordmark "VANCOUVER" in blue and "CANUCKS" in bold blue capital letters, top line arched over bottom.
Vegas Golden Knights
Wordmark "VEGAS" in black with a gold underline, two golden starbursts in reference to the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on either side. Wordmark "GOLDEN KNIGHTS" in black below.
Washington Capitals
Double lined wordmark "WASHINGTON" on top in bronze and "CAPITALS" in white with bronze accent. All within a black box with blue and bronze outline.
Winnipeg Jets
Scripted wordmark "Jets" in white with a formed blue background and "WINNIPEG" in the tail in aviator blue.