tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89835665089346002842024-02-18T23:57:28.604-05:00HOCKEY JERSEYS DIY & OTHERWISE, etcfrom Will S [reignoferror00]Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-12142609943233841552020-02-21T22:26:00.001-05:002020-02-21T23:16:03.043-05:00Team Canada beaver jersey<div style="text-align: center;">
Bought some sort of blank uncrested Team Canada prototype, that River City
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Made a mock up of my idea. Figured it wouldn't be a bad Team Canada 3rd jersey idea with the beaver being a well know Canadian symbol.<br />
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Beaver logo is from Parks Canada.<br />
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The back 'CANADA' inspired by 1972 jerseys (though decided to tone down the size a little bit on mine). </div>
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A picture with many elements cut out but not sewn on. Instead of a number two, I decided to go with a number eight; number eight back number being recycled from a stripped jersey. Shoulder
patches I got in a patch lot off of Ebay.</div>
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<span dir="ltr"><span class="_3l3x _1n4g">Decided to go slightly differently way. Got a curved Canada crest off Ebay that I was going to use elsewhere, but decided to try here; with Canada now on front instead of back. Shoulder patches are also sewn on now. Just the numbers left to put on.</span></span></div>
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Canada had done the curved crest in more recent times (like those with the logo on the shoulders). That idea likely taken from earlier teams like in the 1928 Olympics:</div>
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and 1936 Olympics, etc.</div>
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Picture of finished jersey. The front.</div>
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and the back.</div>
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Maybe the arm numbers might have looked better as red and black instead of white and black but went with the recycled arm numbers I had.</div>
Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-39678488682633410382015-10-28T11:16:00.002-04:002015-10-28T11:16:49.173-04:00Baseball (Slo-pitch) Card<div style="text-align: center;">
Near the end of this Slo-pitch season made up a baseball card for myself.</div>
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Front is inspired by the1982 Topps baseball cards</div>
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Decided to go with a list of years of playing in the league for the back</div>
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At one point was thinking of making up some for other team members, but never got around to it and our end of season party hasn't come to be.</div>
Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-71080179152700899032015-08-01T12:04:00.000-04:002015-08-01T12:04:00.771-04:00Slo-pitch: more jerseys and a hat<div style="text-align: center;">
Have made a couple more Unleashed team Slo-pitch jerseys, and a cap. All re-purposed thrift store purchases.</div>
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First one was originally a Silver Bullets fast pitch jersey - as you can see from an inside out picture.</div>
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Covered the oval logo with grey tackle twill and put our sponsor's name in the Bazar font that I seem to have been using for all the Unleashed jerseys. The sponsor's logo above the 'A' was a late edition.</div>
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Kept the #1 on the back (and front) and added the dog that I have had on a previous Unleashed jersey. Stitched on the eye and mouth after putting the dog on the jersey.</div>
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First made a logo for the jersey that was the opposite colour arrangement (burgundy/white/burgundy) of the one I put on (white/burgundy/white). The original blended too much into the 'A' in Unleashed so I decided to use it to put on a cap I got at the thrift store. You can see the original printing on the cap here:</div>
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Here's the cap with the burgundy/white/burgundy logo on a grey oval to cover the original stiching:</div>
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Unfortunately I noticed after one game that the dye from the cap was bleeding over the logo. Tried rinsing the cap out but dye was coming out in torrents so just decided to throw it out. Will likely replace with a similarly styled cap sometime.</div>
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Another thrift store purchase was a local high school team jersey. Didn't notice at the time that it was a women's large and not a men's large. Decided to make a jersey for our team's rep.</div>
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The dog logos were an afterthought. Val owns 2 miniature pinschers. I had one pinshcer cut out and the template next to it. Noticed they made a shield like pattern when placed opposite each other, so made another pinscher. Stuck a 'U' for Unleashed in the middle and that was the end result. If I ever do the pinscher logos on anything again they will not be that small; sewing on the pointy ears was a pain.</div>
<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-77066303585331460632014-12-12T17:11:00.002-05:002022-12-03T23:01:06.732-05:00SporTimer clockIt turns out that the clock used in the Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens and elsewhere was made here locally (Thunder Bay). It was made by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company (aka PortShip aka PASCOL).<br />
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A Winnipeg Tribune article from Oct 28, 1931 tells of the SporTimer clock being shipped to the Montreal Forum.<br />
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Found a picture of that shows a portion of the clock at the Montreal Forum (above). Took a couple screen shots of the clock from YouTube videos of Stanley Cup playoffs.<br />
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Here's a blueprint for a proposed four faced clock for the Montreal Forum that obviously wasn't used</div>
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The one that was in Maple Leaf Gardens wasn't there the first season the Gardens opened (1931-32) but was there for the second season. Lasted there up until 1967. Sometimes referred to as the "Player's Please" clock because of the advertisement on it.<br />
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A Blueprint showing what looks like went into Maple Leaf Gardens: 19 feet x 9 feet is the dimensions shown here.<br />
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Another blueprint for Maple Leaf Gardens showing a slightly different idea for the arrangement of the speakers than what was done.<br />
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SporTimer was also at the Winnipeg Arena for a while. Here's a picture of it from the arena opening in 1955.<br />
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Close up of the clock.</div>
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The proposed installation for Winnipeg Arena.</div>
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SporTimer was also in the Stanley Stadium in Copper Cliff. Article from February, 1937.</div>
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Here's a picture of the inside of Stanley Stadium a couple years earlier for it's official opening in 1935.</div>
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And a postcard photo of the outside of the building.</div>
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Was home to the Frood Mine Tigers - Winners of the Allan Cup in 1937</div>
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Stanley Stadium was demolished in 1976 and replaced by the McClelland Community Centre at the same site; official opening in 1978.<br />
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Found this advertisement from the Syracuse Post Standard from March 27/53 online.</div>
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The Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company no longer exists. The company that took over the area as a repair yard was Lakehead Marine and Industrial. They went bankrupt this year and closed; they sold off all their equipment in auction.<br />
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Here's an old pic of the Port Arthur Shipbuilding yards:<br />
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Here's a couple links regarding the Lakehead Marine and Industrial bankruptcy and auction: <br />
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<a href="http://imdauctions.com/auctions/lakehead-marine-industrial-inc-complete-shipyard-featuring-large-capacity-turning-boring/" target="_blank">http://imdauctions.com/auctions/lakehead-marine-industrial-inc-complete-shipyard-featuring-large-capacity-turning-boring/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cluemachines.com/pdf/november-auction-2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cluemachines.com/pdf/november-auction-2014.pdf</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/lakehead-marine-and-industrial-auction-saddens-many-1.2832884" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/lakehead-marine-and-industrial-auction-saddens-many-1.2832884</a><br />
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Beside the Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum the SporTimer clock was in many arenas including at least a couple locally:<br />
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The Prince of Wales Arena building which was constructed in 1919.</div>
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(some trivia: a previous arena was also at this location: Fort
William's Arena Rink constructed in 1905 and burned down in 1912; site
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The Prince of Wales Arena was turned over to the Canadian Government and used for the Fort William Armouries. The Armoury had its official opening in April 1943 - here's the area as shown in this section of 1950 fire insurance map with the Armoury at 223 N. Archibald Street. <br />
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Here's a couple photos of the Fort William Armouries from May 1956:</div>
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From this photo you can see the Fort William Gardens (which opened in 1951) in the background:</div>
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Interior of Fort William Armoury from a April 1943 newspaper clipping.</div>
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Still have to verify it but a poster on a Canadian Army forum site has the Fort William Armoury burning down in 1965. Henderson Directories for that location have the Fort William Armouries there in 1959, the Post Office building there in 1966 and no listings of anything at that spot for the years in between.<br />
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Newpaper article in Chronicle Journal "Shares sold to build arena" by the Thunder Bay Museum Feb 15/15:<br />
"armoury ... in May of 1955, it caught fire. Though condemned by Chief Lockwood, the building seems to have been repaired but, by 1960, it was gone for good."<br />
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Post office building was built there after the Fort William Armouries building. Hasn't been a post office for a while but is being used some federal government departments - Canadian Grain Commission, RCMP, etc. Picture is from the same side as the photo above.<br />
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I heard the Fort William Gardens didn't have one of the SporTimer clocks but I did find a picture of the Fort William Gardens from the 1960 Brier that does show an analog clock with 'Players Please' advertised on it, so I quite possible they had a SporTimer for at least a little while in the building.<br />
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Looks like it may be the same clock in Fort William Gardens for the 1974 Ontario Winter Games.<br />
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Another picture of the Gardens that must be from around the same time period judging by the 7up ad on the clock.<br />
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And from The Squires at the Gardens in 1964 or 1965</div>
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Thunder Bay's Parks and Recreation Centennial Resource Package (1898-1988) makes reference to the clock that was put in Fort William Gardens in a reference to a March 15/51 newspaper article from The Times Journal:<br />
"Hanging over the centre ice area was a big hockey sport timer, donated by the Imperial Tobacco Sales Company of Canada Limited. The clock informed the fans of the period being played, the time remaining in each period and the score of the game. Additional features included eighteen loudspeakers., ninety 1000-watt bulbs and six large blowers which would heat the building during the winter and keep it cool during the summer."<br />
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The other local arena that the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame says the SporTimer clock was in was the old Port Arthur Arena Rink on Court Street (see the 2012 article near the bottom of this post) - built in 1923 and which burned down in a fire in 1931.<br />
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This is the arena that replaced the burned down one in 1932 and was later condemned and torn down in 1959. <br />
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From the Port Arthur newspaper of the time (The News Chronicle) - June 7/60. From this article looks like either there was a different clock in the 1932-1959 Arena, or there never was a clock in the the first Arena Rink that burned down in 1931, or possibly something else entirely ??? In any case looks like they were looking for a new home for the clock; not sure if it found one.<br />
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Location of where the Arena Rink was is currently home to a Safeway grocery store.<br />
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Since I've digressed quite a bit already. Here's an earlier rink that was in Port Arthur and predates the Sportimer by many years: the Lake City Rink. <br />
Haven't researched it much but here's the first photo I've seen so far. In a newspaper article from November 1958.<br />
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From the description I believe its location was likely here (1908 Fire Insurance Map)<br />
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The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame put an article on the SporTimer in the local paper a couple years ago. They mention a donated SporTimer clock but it isn't currently on display there and is in storage. If I can in the future get pictures of it I hope to uploaded them here.<br />
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On Google ran across the patent drawings for the SporTimer. Here's the first drawing of eight.<br />
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All of the 8 patent drawings and information can be found here:<br />
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Found some information on the W. F. Martin that is mentioned in the "Where Legends Live On" article a bit above.<br />
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W.F. Martin inventing automatic hockey clock - from Port Arthur newspaper News-Chronicle. April 9, 1927.<br />
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The clock used for the first time in Fort William's Prince of Wales arena. News-Chronicle March 3,1928:</div>
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The clock in the Winnipeg Amphitheatre for the 1929 Allan Cup - from Winnipeg Tribune March 27, 1929:</div>
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His unfortunate death a few months later - Winnipeg Tribune May 27, 1929:</div>
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He he is pictured, but not in the caption below, in a photo of the Kenora Thistles team. He is in the middle row at the far left.<br />
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He is also in a picture for the 1902-03 Rat Portage Thistles. They challenged Ottawa for the Stanley Cup. They lost both games of the two games series 6-2, and 4-2<br />
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Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-45400491544409800422014-09-03T17:39:00.000-04:002014-09-03T17:39:37.140-04:00Slo-pitch : baseball cardsMade up one, then two, and eventually sets of six baseball cards for some members of the Slo-Pitch team I was on this year.<br />
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The first two (myself and Val) were originally of different sizes but remade the images so they were 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". The picture I used for myself was from a previous team I played for in the league because I didn't have any pictures of myself from this year.<br />
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The effects used for the pictures were just using a regular digital photo and
applying the the Hot Wax Coating (in Artistic Effects of Corel
PaintShop Pro X4) and then I think One Step Photo Fix. Added in a frame
and text (3 fonts used) for the front and the back, and an old paper background for the back.<br />
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Didn't get the back and front images aligned up perfectly when I printed two at home and eventually the set of six at an office supply store; the office supply store ones turned out a little darker and I think a slightly heavier cardstock was used by them.<br />
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All sets I left the white line along the bottom of the back of the card.<br />
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Some sets I went over the white line at the top of the front of the card with a black sharpie. <br />
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Here's the images (and not pictures of the printed out cards like above). <br />
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Just made up some stuff for the backs of most. Val has received more than a few bruises getting in front of the ball in the infield, pitching and other aspects of my game vary day-to-day, the ideas for Chris were from the San Diego cap he is wearing in the photo, for Mitch it was the shorts, for Nick it was the cowboy boots, Dan was completely made up.<br />
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If I end up making cards similar to this again, I will likely have a larger plain border around each so that if the front and back don't exactly align it won't look quite as off.Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-5788310345456262722014-07-20T14:19:00.000-04:002014-09-03T17:39:51.379-04:00Slo-pitch: Part IIMade another DIY to wear while playing on my Slo-pitch team - this
one a baseball vest. Letters stripped off of 2 name bars I had from
previous Ebay purchases<br />
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to be reordered and sewn on again (luckily most
letters included in the name I wanted - some modifications to make the L
and the 2 F's). In the picture the front logo still to be modified to match previous project 'U ff' front
crest. Rustclops burgundy main body cut out - gold still needs to be
cut out. Letters need to be sewn on name bars, and everything still needs to be sewn on jersey.<br />
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The finished product: front and back.<br />
Eyeballed the alignment of name bars on back before pinning and
sewing it on - probably should have spent more time and measured it
instead. I'm likely the only one that will be seeing it in person that
will look close enough to notice. Should also have had stuff on back of
vest higher and closer together since it's an XL and if I end up
wearing it with baseball pants I think the F.F. will disappear when
tucked in.<br />
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Here's a closeup of the Rustclops on back.<br />
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Almost forgot to mention this: Rustclops is from another Shadow league entry for the Clink Room.<br />
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As far as playing Slo-pitch, I played a game this past week on my brother-in-law's team. They were going to be short guys so I was an "emergency call-up" for The Benchwarmers. He plays in a 7 & 3 League (field is 7 guys and 3 girls). Played mostly the same as my 5&5 but I noticed some differences in rules. As far as strikes you get an extra strike if the second strike is a foul ball. If you walk a guy when a girl follows in the batting order, the guy gets 2 bases. Girls are allowed to intentionally bunt [no one is allowed to bunt in my league - though occasionally there are the unintentional "full swing bunts", and they are allowed. I've done those when I topped a ball. You just put your head down and start running hoping that the back catcher or pitcher don't get to the ball quickly or that they throw it away]. Also, it isn't a strike when the ball hits home plate only when it hits the "mat" behind the plate. The "mat" looked to be a little wider and I think shorter than in my 5&5 League, and it's made out of wood so it's easier to hear a strike. Fielders don't need to stand behind any line in the field and can be anywhere they want.<br />
<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-17475552322874324572014-07-14T22:53:00.000-04:002014-09-03T17:40:04.900-04:00Slo-pitch & baseball jersey for Slo-PitchAfter many, many years of working nights I am back working days. Joined a Slo-pitch team back in my old league : Thunder Bay 5 & 5 Fun Slo-Pitch League. Small independent (one of the few that wasn't absorbed by the Molson or Coors Light leagues years ago) non-competitive league.<br />
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If you are wondering what is 5 & 5 ? and what is Slo-Pitch ? : <br />
5&5 means you field 5 guys and 5 girls - 10th player is an outfield rover. Batting order alternates guy-girl-guy-girl, etc. All outfielders stand behind a line in the outfield until the ball is hit<br />
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and infielders must stay on the infield dirt until the ball is hit. Slo-pitch is of the lob style of pitching - under handed and the arc of the ball must go over the batters head (or is it 6 ft.? I need a recent copy of the rules) and is unlimited (can go as high as you want). Ball is a regular softball (think league is using grey dot this year).<br />
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All games are 3 balls and 2 strikes; all foul balls are strikes and if the ball hits the plate or the mat behind it it's a strike.<br />
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There is also an orange safety base on first. Runner goes over orange - first baseman uses white; to avoid collisions at first. There is also no lead offs, stealing, or sliding.<br />
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Regular season games are 7 innings (so league can get 2 games/day in all season before it is dark - league only has the one diamond). Tournament games are 9 innings.<br />
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I had previously played in the league from 1992-2007. Towards the end I was the team rep. and league V.P. for a couple years. After I was working straight nights I had to quit playing and my brother in law ran the team for 1 more season before it folded (he then joined a more competitive league). Team I was on had many sponsors over the years Country Home Cabinets, Twin City Stingers II (original was before my time on the team), Pier 61, L.A. Blues, Da Vinci , Friend's [Bar & Billiards], Glory Days, and Buzzy's.[Jerzee City]. One year we did the improbable and won it all:<br />
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Enough on Slo-pitch - on to the jerseys. I joined the team late and they only ordered so many jersey to start with so I decided to make my own.<br />
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I had acquired a grey maroon striped grey baseball jersey a while back with this logo on it (turned sideways).<br />
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Blue lines are just showing what I am did to convert it into a U f f crest instead (main sponsor for the team I'm on this year is Unleashed Fighting Fitness). Part of the reason I did this is to save what burgundy twill I have for the team name on back and the main logo. Here's how it looks on the front: If the jersey looks familiar, it's because it's the same jersey I got off Ebay for one of my earlier Ryberto's jerseys (but with a different number on it).<br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-61287658594987128882014-03-22T22:38:00.000-04:002014-03-22T22:38:21.977-04:00Game of Thrones Faux-Knit conceptSparky Chewbarky is a member on the Chris Creamer Forum. I think I first became aware of his work with his Halifax Highlanders concept. He went all out with his concept; not only logos and several jerseys but goalie masks, mascots, loads of different merchandise, an arena, and a video.<br />
<a href="http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/84509-halifax-highlanders/?hl=%20halifax%20%20highlanders" target="_blank">http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/84509-halifax-highlanders/?hl=%20halifax%20%20highlanders</a><br />
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More recently he came up with some Faux-Knit Olympic Sweaters for Canada, USA, Finland and Sweden:<br />
<a href="http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/96515-faux-knit-national-olympic-hockey-sweaterswant-one-also-new-template/#entry2144574" target="_blank">http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/96515-faux-knit-national-olympic-hockey-sweaterswant-one-also-new-template/#entry2144574</a><br />
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I slightly modified his Faux-Knit template (designed more for Photoshop and the like) so it could be used by the more low-tech MS Paint or Paint.net users. Just use the 'Paint Bucket' aka 'Fill with Colour' to colour in the blank spaces one by one. <br />
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Here's one for the back:<br />
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Made a Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire concept with the template. The Stark hockey sweater concept is in a style similar to Dave's Olympic Faux-Knits. If it's not readily apparent, it's supposed to be a direwolf on the front with snowflakes on the shoulders:<br />
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If you want to see some other Game of Thrones jerseys concepts a great place is Dave's Geeky Hockey:<br />
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Some of concepts have been produced as actual jerseys by the Geeky Jerseys site <a href="https://www.geekyjerseys.com/index.php" target="_blank">https://www.geekyjerseys.com/index.php</a> and are usually only available for a limited time and are gone after that (unless enough people show enough interest for a later re-issue).Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-23501576439704359632014-03-17T14:54:00.001-04:002014-03-17T14:54:38.332-04:00Jofa goalie helmetsWhile I have previously posted the pic of my Soviet goal jersey and my San Diego Samurai goal jerseys a while ago, I didn't post the helmets I wear with them when wearing them in goal.<br />
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Both of them are decorated with vinyl decals. Most of the decals were obtained through the website stickeryou by using my icoke.ca points - unfortunately the free icoke deal is ending the end of next month.<br />
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With all the roundness in the Jofa helmet getting the larger decals to lay flat can be a bit of a challenge. With certain types of vinyl some people use soap and water mixture on helmet or mask to help it lay flat. I think some heated it up to help stretch the vinyl when laying it down. There is some info on these methods in the goaliestore.com thread on vinyl mask graphics:<br />
<a href="http://goaliestore.com/board/forum/equipment/equipment-forum/96191-vinyl-mask-graphics" target="_blank">http://goaliestore.com/board/forum/equipment/equipment-forum/96191-vinyl-mask-graphics</a><br />
may be something in the thread on 'Helmet decals' also.<br />
Myself, if I remember correctly, I don't think I used soap and water or heat but just tried to stretch the large ones out a bit when putting them on. Takes a bit of patience - more than I have much of the time. The results were far from perfect but not too bad.<br />
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Here's the Soviet one. A Jofa 390 helmet with the Jofa 267 cage and a lacrosse dangler:<br />
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Here's the Japan one. A Jofa 390 Helmet with a Cooper GL100L cage/dangler.<br />
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The clips on the side of the Japan one are homemade; just doubled up and cut some of the metal strapping of the kind that is used to hold up duct work. The clips on the side of the Soviet one are some picture hanging clips. Have since found and bought some of the clips made for this helmet (have one set installed on one of Jofa helmets I use to play "out" - defence and forward).<br />
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You may have noticed a couple stickers that don't match the Japan/Samurai theme - the IVO and Czech shield stickers were a memorial for one of the players, who passed away a few years back, in the afternoon group I currently play in.<br />
<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-33081614318978531022014-03-16T13:13:00.000-04:002014-03-16T13:13:01.581-04:00Dock Placement ChartA while back made a "fun" placement chart for work.<br />
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Work at a courier company; the name of it is close to the one in the image below. If there was a coffee machine still on the counter in the lunch room at work this would make a good logo for it.<br />
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A placement chart just shows where each dock employee is working that shift. I'm sure you're not interested in the minutiae of the internal set up of the night dock at work so I'll spare you those details. The usual placement chart while serving it's purpose is rather dull, so I made a video game themed one. I think the last time it was used was on a dock employee's last day at work before he transferred to another city.<br />
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Most of the characters I got from font packages by 'Goatmeal' called 'The First Six Year' (it also comes in six parts). It's a collection of six arcade video game dingbats [1978-1983]:<br />
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I just found pics of the girders and ladders online - they aren't the best quality images at that size but they do the job. Modified a Donkey Kong logo to make it Dock Monkey. It can be taken as a term of derision for the dock employees, the lowest guys on the totem pole at the company, but it has been adopted many of the dock guys to describe their jobs.<br />
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To tack on a bit of humour, Here's a link to David Thorne's site with the entry regarding the subject of couriers:<br />
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Some of the back story on its inception and on Ryan's various Ryberto creations:<br />
<a href="http://www.theclinkroom.com/taco-shop-league/rybertos-dyi/" target="_blank">http://www.theclinkroom.com/taco-shop-league/rybertos-dyi/</a><br />
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If interested in the Ryberto character Ryco (Ryan) has a Facebook group for him:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/177814542267970/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/177814542267970/</a><br />
Ryan's old blog 'Project 840' also has Ryberto's Burritos things on it:<br />
<a href="http://project840.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://project840.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
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Did some of my own DIY takes on Ryberto's Burritos. Here's the front of my creations.<br />
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First one started off with this Ebay purchase and stripped the front patch and made a Ryberto's 'R', and stripped the name off the back.<br />
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On the back cut out 'Ryberto's Burritos' in twill and sewed on. Font used was Sancreek.<br />
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The next one I did was the white jersey. Got a blank white jersey from Liquidation World. The font I used for this jersey is also Sancreek. Used ribbon from a fabric store for the stripes, tackle twill for the name and number, and the arm patch came from Ryan Connelly. Here's the back.<br />
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The final Ryberto's jersey was originally an Ebay purchase. Specialty day? or fan giveaway? of a Padres affiliate - Eugene Emeralds. Here's a before shot when I had the burritos cut out but hadn't sewn anything on the jersey. The font is Baron Black DB - I found a closer font to the '78 Padres one but liked this one better. The front number font was a slightly modified Ornitons Serial-XBold to get it close to the number font already on the back.<br />
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Got a couple caps from the thrift store and couple online. Added the Ryberto's 'R' logo. Had to zig-zag twice around the letter, as near the bottom of the letter it would sometimes skip stitches. Did one 'R' in the Sancreek font for the pinstriped hat<br />
The first cap I did was the padres bell style hat. Cut out some gold twill for the bell shape and took the top button (<strong>Squatchee)</strong> off another cap and switched it with the one originally on the brown cap.<br />
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Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-82398527121782288522014-03-02T01:32:00.001-05:002014-03-02T01:32:57.426-05:00Hockey HaikuQuite a few years back stumbled onto a site called Hockey Haiku.<br />
<a href="http://www.hockeyhaiku.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hockeyhaiku.com/</a><br />
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Decided to try making a few of my own; sent them to the author of the site but he wasn't really updating it much anymore.<br />
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On the Hockey Forum site there was a thread on Hockey Haiku so I added them there:<br />
<a href="http://www.hockeyforum.com/hockeyforum-chit-chat/38921-hockey-haiku.html" target="_blank">http://www.hockeyforum.com/hockeyforum-chit-chat/38921-hockey-haiku.html</a><br />
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My contribution is below: <br />
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<i><span class="main"><span class="spacing">here's a few i made up last night. first one "paraphrased" from Slapshot:<br />
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It took my quarter<br />
Gimme grape or orange and<br />
no stinkin' root beer.<br />
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thought puck was shot wide<br />
heart races, sweat runs down brow<br />
when post rings loudly<br />
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the puck, once spinning<br />
now lays flat trapped motionless<br />
under glove's mesh cage.<br />
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line of red is gone<br />
straying forward picks cherries<br />
now more plentiful<br />
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Daneyko D-Man<br />
feels no need to play offense<br />
patrols his own zone<br />
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Irbe the goalie<br />
throw back to bygone era<br />
still repairs own gear</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="main"><span class="spacing">HF Boards also has a thread on Hockey Haiku:</span></span><br />
<span class="main"><span class="spacing"><a href="http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=853475" target="_blank">http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=853475</a> </span></span><br />
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<span class="main"><span class="spacing">Of course, I went out and bought a copy of a little book on the subject:</span></span><br />
<span class="main"><span class="spacing">Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection by John Poch and Chad Davidson</span></span><br />
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<span class="main"><span class="spacing">Here's on review on the book:</span></span><br />
<span class="main"><span class="spacing"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/missouri_review/v029/29.4parmentier.html" target="_blank">https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/missouri_review/v029/29.4parmentier.html</a> </span></span><br />
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<span class="main"><span class="spacing">and page 2 of that review</span></span><br />
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Logo was created by RossTaylor. It's a mash-up creation combining the California Golden Seals and the San Jose Sharks. Think I first saw it on the Chris Creamer forum, but have also seen it posted in Icethetics, and Hockey Jersey Concepts.<br />
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Originally got the jersey off Ebay. It had an Azure Dynamics front crest and shoulder patches that I removed. Left the two colour sewn on #27's on the back and sleeves.<br />
If the striping of the jersey looks familiar it's the same style but different colours than the Sens 3rd jerseys used from 2008-2011.<br />
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Printed Ross's logo out and reproduced a template of it and made a tackle twill crest and sewed it on the jersey.<br />
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Here's the crest:<br />
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and the jersey:<br />
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Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-73620581471037274262014-01-02T12:10:00.003-05:002014-01-02T12:19:14.475-05:00Hamilton Steelheads 3rd jersey?Found a jersey on Ebay with the same striping pattern as the Hamilton Steelheads one.<br />
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Removed the crest on front but was a fair bit of glue residue left so I used some Goof Off to remove the majority of the residue. Also removed the Concrete Pond front patch. Left the back number and 'A' on as is.<br />
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Decided to use the fish from the shoulder crest of the actual Steelheads jersey as the main crest. Was originally going to recreate the shoulder patch as a main crest with the gold shield like shape, but decided instead to just use the fish. Scanned and made an enlarged photocopy of shoulder patch for template for the crest and went through my usual procedure for making the crest.<br />
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Here's the back of the crest. You can see where I forgot to sew on the black eye shape before putting it on the jersey.<br />
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Sewed the crest on jersey and then sewed the black eye area I previously missed.<br />
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With the gold around the collar, jersey looks a little incomplete without gold anywhere else. Could cover up the gold on the collar. Maybe I could add a thin diagonal stripe or a add a variation of the 'STEEHEADS' that is diagonally across the lower section of the actual jersey. Arm numbers with gold is another idea. Thought of adding a shoulder patch, but haven't as of yet thought of a design I like for the shoulder patches - if I'm making it, it has to be fairly simple as embroidery would be the best way for very small detail and my couple attempts at hand embroidery sucked. As the goalie in the crest of the actual jersey has a welding mask, was thinking of a welding mask or something to do with welding or steel working - sketched a few ideas but nothing I came up with really grabbed me. Another idea would be to get a patch to do with the Department of Fisheries (or DFO or Fisheries and Oceans Canada as it is known now) as that Canadian Government department took over the team for a while in Season 2. Another Possibility is an old Steelworkers Union patch.<br />
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In any case, the jersey is done - at least for the time being.Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-68042478033429455052013-10-17T12:45:00.000-04:002013-10-29T12:29:03.054-04:00Power Play Hamilton Steelheads jerseyMy jersey arrived in the mail today. Purchased a jersey from Mr. Murdoch in St. Catherines, ON. The jersey is a Hamilton Steelheads jersey from a television show from the late 90's called Power Play. It originally was broadcast on CTV and the series lasted 2 seasons; it was also repeated years ago on Showcase. Apparently it briefly played in the U.S. on UPN but was pulled after 2 episodes after it bombed there. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Play_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Play_%28TV_series%29</a><br />
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The best fan page on the show that I found that is still running is this one: <a href="http://www.g2creations.qc.ca/powerplay/" target="_blank">http://www.g2creations.qc.ca/powerplay/</a>.<br />
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A 1998 article from the film magazine "Take One" that the author has either quoted or has personally interviewed the producers of the show is online here: <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Power+play%3a+putting+drama+on+ice.-a030155914" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Power+play%3a+putting+drama+on+ice.-a030155914</a><br />
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A Canadian online movie and tv guide has a brief description and review of the series: <a href="http://www.pulpanddagger.com/movies/p2_b.html#bot" target="_blank">http://www.pulpanddagger.com/movies/p2_b.html#bot</a> <br />
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If you are looking for the series on DVD or even VHS you are out of luck; none were made. Tough to find even clips of the show. A fan of the show made a video montage set to the Tragically Hip's song 'Fireworks'. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snvI_P7CfzE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snvI_P7CfzE</a> <br />
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I would say the most well known actors/personalities that were on the show were Don Cherry (Coach's conrner on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada), Gordon Pinsent (Due South and many others), and Al Waxman (King of Kensington, Cagney & Lacey, etc.). Famous hockey players that made appearances as themselves in the show include Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, and Jean Beliveau.<br />
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Onto my jersey.<br />
Here's some pics.<br />
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[EDIT - Oct 24th - found complete series online on You Tube. They were uploaded by 'Twee de bourg' 3 years ago. Here's a link to the first part of the first episode: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KhsyrO0BM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KhsyrO0BM</a> ]</div>
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Here's a team pic of the Duluth team.<br />
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and here's the Minneapolis team.<br />
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If this mini tournament goes ahead next year they have a trophy they are going to repurpose for it.<br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-19101242904953119762013-10-12T22:48:00.000-04:002013-10-12T22:48:01.699-04:00Ball Hockey 2013 & other stuffHaven't put anything up in the blog for quite a while. Call it part not having much to put up (unless I put up something other than DIY jerseys or dug up some pics of some old ones), and being either sick, busy, and/or lazy.<br />
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Got some pics of this past summer's annual Ball Hockey game. Very humid and hot that day at Charry Park in Thunder Bay. Dave Scott, a man comfortable in goal, was goalie on one side.<br />
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With no other takers, I put on the pads on the other side either for the first 2 periods or game 1 of 2 (however it went down in the books).<br />
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A couple people had to leave after that intermission and a couple more filled in; my wife who doesn't play hockey replaced me in goal played a more stand up style and had a better GAA than I did (I had 10 goals against). I performed a fair bit better when playing out for the last period of the game. Dave Scott had 5 or 6 goals against after the 2nd period; not sure if this pic was taken at end of the 2nd period or a bit earlier. <br />
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A couple more pics from earlier on in the game. One with a player about to shoot and one that may or may not have been a goal (I think that's the orange ball hockey ball just on top of my pad).<br />
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There were a couple team pics taken, but at this point it isn't known whose camera was used. I will post them if and when I see them.<br />
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Here's some pics of the Yothers crest I made and put on a jersey for the ball hockey game.<br />
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On a more recent event. Last week my dad and a bunch of the over 60 guys went down to Duluth to play a couple games in a sort of mini tournament. They played one game against a team from Minneapolis and one from a team from the Duluth area. They lost the first game and won the second one. I'll have to see if any pics were taken.<br />
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Also, made a rare appearance in goal last Thursday afternoon. Wore the red, black and white striped German eagle jersey (and socks). Stunk in up the first 10 minutes and switched from the dark to the white team after five quick goals. Was a bit shaky at first for the white team but after some lucky saves, the turning point was a left pad kick save followed by a double stacked pad save the other way on the rebound and finished the play with a glove save while still down. Got my head and body into the game and ended up with a shutout for the white side.<br />
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In addition, may have soon have some pics of a jersey I purchased. Jersey is from a hockey television show from a little while back. It should be arriving in the mail this coming week.<br />
<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-82054165223714063772013-06-22T21:03:00.002-04:002013-06-22T21:03:53.545-04:00CoffeeNothing new completed on the DIY front. Working on a Ball Hockey 'Yothers United' crest for a jersey but it's just in it's starting stages. Will post something when further along.<br />
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So here's what's become my addiction in the last couple years - coffee. Never used to drink it unless I had to get up early in the morning, but now drink it on a daily basis. Brother got me into drinking his brand - Kicking Horse; my favourite blends are Three Sisters and Kootenay Crossing. It's pretty expensive so I almost always wait for it to go on a half decent sale. Kicking Horse is a company from B.C. <a href="http://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/home" target="_blank">http://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/home </a><br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-72796650174072856812013-06-16T15:56:00.002-04:002013-06-16T15:56:30.525-04:00BHL ticket and poster variationsWith the BHL game being a little more than month away, and with me with my ass parked in the computer chair this Sunday afternoon decided to create a ticket for this year's game based on the poster.<br />
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Fonts used include, Bazar, FoglihtenNo01, Ballpark, Old Typography, and
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-77867431355993183182013-06-10T15:42:00.003-04:002013-06-10T15:42:56.656-04:00Squirrel jersey - againGot a few goal jerseys from a local goalie a few years back who was considering hanging up the skates soon. One of them was blank on front and had his name in yellow vinyl letters on back.<br />
Decided to give to one of my regular spare goalies for afternoon hockey.<br />
Couldn't find a navy or grey crest that would work in my collection so since I already had the template for the large squirrel decided to make that.<br />
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Most people involved I met through my cousin Mike. Many no longer live in town and come back from Calgary and other places to visit relatives and friends plus play in the annual game. Dave Scott is the Commish and has a page on Facebook for this game; page is called The Ball Hockey League (even thought it's really just an annual game).<br />
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I made up some souvenir tickets for last years game. I got the old paper background from somewhere on Deviant Art. Fonts used were Beauty School Dropout, Georgia, Fake Receipt, and Bellerose. BHL logo I vectorized, made sepia and faded.<br />
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This year I have been working on a poster. Main part of poster is taken with permission from some artwork entitled 'Hockey Team' by AngusMcLeod that I found on the Deviant Art site.<br />
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I cropped out two of the players from a jpeg of his artwork, cleaned up some jpeg residue, and tried to fill in the areas where necessary. It's pretty well finished; only thing that may change is putting a date on it when a date is chosen for the game. Poster is supposed to look a bit like an old time boxing poster.
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Script BT. Top corners are just some clip art corners.<br />
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Dave and his brother Kevin had provided souvenir shirts and jerseys in many of the previous years. Last years was this one.<br />
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Here's a close up of the front and back printing.<br />
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Here's a pic of the players in last year's game.<br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-51081050730250791792013-04-17T11:57:00.001-04:002020-02-21T23:15:19.433-05:00San Francisco Spiders jerseyI no longer have a Spiders replica jersey (sold it years ago) but I still have a picture of it. The Spiders played in the IHL for one season 1995-96 at the Cow Palace (same arena as the Shamrocks from decade before).<br />
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When I had it I was thinking of customizing it as one of my favourite players, who was the player/coach for the team but never did.<br />
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Here's a pic of the front and back of a game worn Langway jersey.<br />
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On one jersey, hockey, or other online forum (maybe game used universe, maybe somewhere else???) someone had a picture of a prototype for the Spiders numbers. Apparently they didn't go with this option for the numbers because of the additional cost.<br />
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The Spiders were going to move to Victoria, B.C. but the deal fell though due to Victoria not replacing it's aging arena.<br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-43115424348201782072013-03-30T15:17:00.000-04:002015-09-23T10:17:00.897-04:00DIY Squirrel hockey jerseys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
While bouncing around the internet landed on The Canadian Design Resource page and the signage for Expo 67. <a href="http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/graphics/burton-kramer-expo-67/" target="_blank">http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/graphics/burton-kramer-expo-67</a> Burton Kramer designed the signs and the iconic CBC logo first used in 1974 (unfortunately modified in 1992). The CBC shop online has some items with the retro logos. <a href="http://www.cbcshop.ca/cbc-retro/1970s.html" target="_blank">http://www.cbcshop.ca/cbc-retro/1970s.html</a> . Here's a clip of the 1974 logo. </div>
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There is a book of his designs out <a href="http://www.burtonkrameridentities.com/" target="_blank">http://www.burtonkrameridentities.com/</a>.<br />
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Decided to use the squirrel from the Expo 67 parking lots signs for some DIY jerseys. Had a white, gold, and maroon jersey. Didn't have much maroon twill left so made a white squirrel. Sewed the white squirrel on the jersey but was kind of small on so decided to add something to it. Found a town in Ontario (Exeter) that has white squirrels through some Flickr images. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2686726915/in/set-72157614394297544" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2686726915/in/set-72157614394297544</a><br />
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Wasted too much time looking through fonts. Ending up using 'City of' for the Squirrels, 'Grange' for Exeter. When added the acorn on the back also added 67 in a font (Consort-RR Bold Condensed) like the one used by the Expos (as a nod to the Expo 67 signs).<br />
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Only maroon jersey I had laying around was an old maroon, green and white CCM jersey. Made the squirrel much bigger and put it on that one. Jersey ended being to small to fit over my hockey equipment - will probably split the seam down the armpit and add some white or green or white&green material to enlarge it. The #12 on the back has a heat pressed #1 and a sewn on #2; I suspect I put the sewn #2 on because the 2 was coming apart when I got the jersey.<br />
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Wore the white jersey for the first time last Tuesday at hockey and got one goal playing forward on a shoveling lob shot off a pass and one goal playing defence on a shot along the ice from the point in a low scoring 3-2 win for the white side over the dark.<br />
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<br />Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-7533765679860883032013-03-17T17:02:00.001-04:002013-03-17T17:02:55.087-04:00St. Patrick's Day items - hockey and otherwiseHaven't posted in a while. Am probably going to start to run out of jerseys to post unless I include some jerseys I don't have. If you don't already have your own blog, feel free to email me with some of your DIY or favourite personal hockey jersey and some info and I'll probably post it all here. Maybe I should start posting some of my wife's crafts or some other stuff.<br />
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Usually wear one of a pair of a set of green jerseys at hockey at whatever day is closest to St. Patrick's Day. The green one is a practice jersey. I found the logo online, like it, and decided to made it out of twill and sewed it onto a blank green jersey. The white one I later found on Ebay. Wore them both this past Thursday at hockey.<br />
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Also picked up this booklet off Ebay on the San Francisco Shamrocks of the PHL league of the 1970s.<br />
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When I am out and about on St. Patrick's Day usually wear my cable knit sweater along with my green Irish hat and if wearing a belt this belt buckle; the hat and sweater probably need a good cleaning. I have some Irish heritage on my mother's (Baxter is her maiden name) side. Apparently generations ago those ancestors lived around Cork in Ireland.<br />
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Yesterday was St. Urho's Day. <a href="http://www.sainturho.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sainturho.com/</a> . The Thunder Bay links are ones I sent to this website, and the button is one I found at a local thrift shop.<br />
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I guess that's all for today. Going to have supper soon and maybe do some work on a DIY white, maroon and gold squirrel hockey jersey. Will post some pics when further along with it.Will Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970361409883072585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983566508934600284.post-71507268908688152532013-02-14T12:40:00.001-05:002013-03-17T23:35:38.522-04:00Afternoon 'scrub' hockeyAfter leaving the beer leagues, went back to playing 'scrub' aka 'pickup' hockey. My dad put together hockey that ended up being on Tuesday & Thursday afternoons at the Fort William First Nation Arena. We usual play at the larger Rink#1 but due to tournaments and other events sometime play on Rink#2. With him being away in Arizona almost half the year, I eventually ended up being the one running it most of the time. It's an older group consisting of players mainly in their 50s and 60s with some in their 40s and 70s and one player in his 80s with a varying degrees of speed, skill, and hockey sense.<br />
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The most recent pics I have at the moment are from 2012. Here's a team pic.<br />
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Here's a few "action" shots from around the same time.<br />
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Another team pic from 2010.<br />
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