Lakehead Thunderwolves

My last few posts have had regional jerseys so this post I am going to continue with that and show my few Thunderwolves items.  The Lakehead Thunderwolves are the university hockey team for my city; they are the highest level of hockey available to watch live.  I try to get out to 1 or 2 games a year.  Their chief rival is the Western Mustangs.

The Thunderwolves hockey program started in 2001 (the previous incarnation of the university team was called the Norwesters [1965-1985]).  They play in the aging Fort William Gardens.  It opened in 1951 and was renovated in 1995 but is likely nearing the end of it's lifespan.  There is talk of a multiplex event centre being built to replace the Gardens, but that will depend on government funding and other factors.  Here's a link to a picture of the outside of the F.W. Gardens: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18144367
You can see the giant curling stone outside the Gardens that was at one time the largest curling stone in the world.
One place more info on the stone and the Gardens can be found is this excellent blog: http://hotrodsandjalopies.blogspot.ca/search?q=fort+william+gardens

Now onto the few items that I have of Lakehead Thunderwolves stuff.  I have a Thunderwolves replica jersey that I got through someone locally off Kijiji.

Here are a couple of caps that I got at the thrift store.  One is a Thunderwolves one.  The other is one from the Canadian university championships when Thunder Bay hosted them (2009 & 2010).  As the host city the Thunderwolves were guaranteed a place in the CIS tournament (sponsored by Cavendish Farms).  I saw a couple games of the tournament one year as my father was given tickets from a friend of his.

I also picked up a toque from a local Salvation Army thrift store.

German eagle goal jersey

I guess I sort of have one more International jersey.

Took some photos today of my German eagle goal jersey.  A thrift store purchase from a while back. Originally an  XXL expanded to fit my over my goal equipment; split the seams from wrist to waist and added some black mesh.  An acquaintance of mine recognized it; it was some team from in my region - can't remember which town or team he said.

Marathon Renegades - SIJHL

Here's the other 'game worn' jersey in my collection.  It's from the same league as the Bulldogs jersey (SIJHL) and also is a defunct team.   The Marathon Renegades survived for less than 2 seasons.  I was offered 2 or 3 jerseys or other items out of a small hockey bag of stuff as payment for putting the name and number on the Finland jersey in one of my earlier posts.  This was one of the jerseys I picked.

The main front crest is very similar to the one used by the Baltimore Bandits (AHL).  It appears to be a sublimated logo that is sewn on.  Everything except the Alternate Captain 'A' is machine sewn on.  The 'A' has been hand sewn on.  The SIJHL is an embroidered patch.

The last name looks to be heat pressed on the name bar and sewn on.

The shoulder crest 'M', along with all the numbers and the front team name are made of tackle twill.

Thunder Bay Bulldogs jersey - SIJHL

Here's one of the few jerseys I have that would be considered 'game worn'.  It is from a defunct team called the  Thunder Bay Bulldogs (who played in the SIJHL).  SIJHL is a Junior A hockey league that has teams in my region.
Years ago saw one game of the Bulldogs playing the Fort William North Stars at Fort William Gardens.  Got the ticket as a bonus from my Beer League when we required to pay extra for insurance.  Bulldogs were soundly defeated that game.  The North Stars had over 3 lines with coaches, trainers, etc. on their bench.  Bulldogs had about 2 lines.

Got this jersey at a local thrift shop.  Some of the patches were coming off and there were a couple tears in the jersey.  Secured the patches with straight stitching and stitched close the tears.  Along with the Bulldogs name and shoulder patches on the jersey are a Volkswagen patch, a CKPR patch ,SIJHL patch, and on the back a Best Western patch
580 CKPR was a local AM radio station; they are now 91.5 on FM.  Best Western Crossroads is the Best Western on Arthur Street.

 

Invaders hockey jersey - Part II

Just finished a 3rd jersey today for the Lakehead Invaders.  Crest and patches are done - may add a back number in the same style as my white Invaders jersey later.  Front crest is one I originally designed for the back of a melton/leather jacket (that I haven't done).  The Invader is the same Space Invader as the one ins Ryan Connelly's Pittsburgh Invaders one (can be seen in his blog: Project 840).  The lettering is the same as his and my previous Invaders jerseys only enlarged and curved over the Invader.

* Edit (January 27/13): added #25 on back in same style as the white Invaders jersey.

Had a Sleeping Giant left over from cutting out the design from my black Invaders jersey so decided to put it on the bottom back of this jersey.

Shoulder crest is the same as the one Ryan used for his 'Red Alert' jersey and his blue jersey just recoloured with white, yellow, and black for this jersey.

Bought an Invader's handmade toque this past year (knit hat, beanie, skully, or whatever the kids are calling it these days for my non-Canadians).  Got it (the coloured one pictured) off Etsy from moderncrafter, but originally found it online here: http://gadgetsin.com/space-invaders-knit-hat.htm

Finland jersey

Continuing on the International theme, here is a jersey I customized for a friend of mine.  His son (who I think was in the wedding party) wanted to give a couple gifts to the bride and groom: A soccer jersey for the bride with the nation of the groom's ethnicity and a hockey jersey for the groom with the nation of the bride's ethnicity (it may have been the other way around but I'm pretty sure it wasn't).  In any case he game me the name and number to put on it.

He had a 2010 Finland replica hockey jersey.  He wanted me to customize this one.  He wanted it done fairly quickly and wasn't concerned about the fonts for the name and number, but I looked online at game worn jerseys and tried to find some fonts that were close to the ones actual used.  I used League Gothic for the numbers and Alternate Gothic 1D for the name.  The #12 was chosen for the year they were getting married (2012).

another Germany jersey - Mighty Ducks D2

Took some pics today of my 3rd Germany jersey.  Couldn't find any previous photos on my computer or on Facebook.   Thought I had a pic or two; maybe I had them on Webshots (lost any photos I had only on there - forgot to download because the company changed).

Got this jersey off Ebay.  It's a 'movie worn' jersey from the second Mighty Ducks movie.  Got a COA with the jersey.  The jersey was missing the D's in Deutschland; I made some out of tackle twill and sewed them on.  You can tell the D's are a bit different in the pic as they reflected more light from the camera flash. 

Also noticed an outline on the right sleeve where a patch previously was.  Not sure what it looks like.  Have never watched any of the Mighty Ducks movies.  Saw some clips of the Flying V online but you can't make out fine details on the Germany jerseys in the ones I have seen.  If anyone has a pic or link that you can see the right sleeve patch it would be appreciated.

Here's a pic I downloaded of the Flying V scene.  You can see #22 on the top right of the photo.