HJC Open Champion! Tournament Recap

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If you haven't seen yet, I just recently won the HJC Open! First off, I would like to thank everyone who supported and voted me through any of the four rounds. I would also like to congratulate all of the other participants and thank them for putting up a good fight! One more than others... Stephane Sinotte! I didn't think I had a chance to win against Stephane but I got through the last round! Congrats Stephane and thanks for making me sweat this one out! I know the 3rd time will be a charm for you!

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With the closing of the Open I also wanted to take a look back at my concepts throughout the tournament. Since I've already shared most of these concepts I'll keep the descriptions short.

Quebec Nordiques

This was my first round entry... A Quebec Nordiques (third jersey) concept. Already in the first round I had a tough test against Kevin D. but ended up prevailing.

Colorado Avalanche 

 In the second round I had to go up against Dylan Alexander who always has top notch concepts. Luckily these Avs concepts pushed me into the third round.

Philadelphia Flyers

 I was really nervous when I saw that I would have to face off against Tex next. He always has beautiful concepts and submitted an awesome Jets concept for the third round. However my Flyers fauxback earned me a spot in the finals!

2013 Winter Classic

The final round I was facing... Stephane... Stephane the great! At the time I was just finishing up these Winter Classic jerseys and logos so I decided to use it. Stephane was the toughest competitor but I somehow prevailed and earned the titele... HJC Open Champion! I'll be posting a Winter Classic package soon with some changes and additions!

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Thanks for stopping by! Expect another post tomorrow or Wednesday for a few Pacific Division rebrands!

HJC Open Champion Logo

Hey. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I just wanted to share my logo for the HJC Champion. Hopefully my name will go in it! Haha. But here it is and I would love to hear your thoughts!

AHL Concepts

Today I have got a few AHL concepts. But first, I've made it into the HJC Open Finals! I've faced some really great concepts thus far but the finals will for sure be my toughest test. I'm going up against Stephane. Stephane always puts together great concepts as well as flawless presentations. I'm looking forward to competing against Stephane and I would like to wish him the best of luck! If you haven't checked out his blog you can visit it at http://letroisiemechandail.blogspot.com/. It is focuses on Montreal Canadians concepts. Whether you're a Habs fan or not I highly recommend you go check it out!

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Milwaukee Admirals (by Alan) 

These are awesome! A huge improvement of their current uniforms in my opinion.  The home and road are near perfect but I would switch the white and blue on the arm stripes and socks for the road jersey. When I saw the third jersey I immediately thought "Nordiques." Alan says they are a nod-back to the IHL days when Milwaukee was the Nordiques' farm club. the anchor logo is a really cool replacement for the fleur de lis. Great work on all of these!

 Peoria Rivermen

I made some changes to my original design based on some comments I received. I also added a player model to give an idea of what the jersey would look like on the ice.  

I also had quite a few people on CCSL say I should switch the blues and get rid of the navy stripes in the striping. This really lightens up the design. Which version do you guys like better?

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As always I would love to hear your feedback and if you would like to send any concepts in, email me at jncox9@gmail.com.