Team: Hyletville Penguins 
Location: Hyletville, TK
Founded: 1952
Rink: The Durant Oil Dome - “The Pumphouse”
Owner: Harlan Durant
Sponsor: Narva Neptunes/Durant Oil Investment 

Hyletville is a city that checks all the boxes for a stereotypical northern Torland establishment. It is cold, it is driven by the community, it is based on oil and it has an intense love for hockey. Long before anyone cared to record dates of events, the kids of Hyletville could be found on the ponds from dawn until dusk playing the only game appropriate in their harsh weather conditions. These are ponds that have produced many talents that have been spread across all levels of the hockey pyramid. The most important being Harlan Durant, the owner of both the Narva Neptunes, a THL team, and the Hyletville Penguins. 

Durant was not a talent of hockey, but a business talent who loved the sport. He grew up around the ponds, like any Hyletville child, and grew to find a deep appreciation of the sport despite his lack of skill. Instead he grew into the oil business, establishing the well known “Durant Oil Investment” in his earlier days, prior to becoming a highly influential individual for the sport. Once financially secure for his life, Durant found himself living a boring day-to-day from his lakeside home, watching the kids come and go weeks at a time. He always found the play amusing, but was frustrated by constant bickering, thinking to himself, “If these children weren’t at each other's throats, they might become something”. This is when he decided to make his first major move in the sport by establishing the Hyletville Penguins. 

Since becoming a team, the Penguins have been a dominant presence in their region. Outside of winning an uncountable amount of hardware, they are also the only team to claim back-to-back undefeated seasons, going 24-0 in 1967 and 31-0-2 in 1968. They are the purest form of powerhouse, and plan to carry that reputation into the TYHDA when competing against others who have also earned that title. All eyes will be on them, and they will make sure that all jaws are on the floor. 

Identity



Name and Logo
The Penguins have a simple name that has some history to go with it. During Durant’s days on the pond, teams were picked daily between two captains who distributed red and blue sweaters amongst the boys. The captains then picked a name to write on their chalkboard that held the score, and they would start their day long game immediately after. In these games, Durant always felt he played better when he was with Clyde Longfellow, an older kid who was constantly a captain based on popularity. Longfellow named his team the Penguins when given the opportunity, and was usually stuck with the old, faded red jerseys because he had first pick of name, giving the other captain first choice of sweater. Tragedy struck in Longfellow’s senior year when he fell victim to a severe concussion that happened during a tournament game held by the city. He would pass away a week later, being a talent who was prepared to make the next big leap, but was never given the opportunity. Harlan pays respect to his old friend, naming the team after Longfellow’s preferred mascot and giving them a worn red color to accompany off-black and Torland cream. The primary logo is a simple diagonal text that clutters the jersey’s chest, but has not been changed since 1952. They also have a secondary penguin logo that was made by a player in the organization who won a “make the logo” contest in the early 60s. 

Primary
Hyletville shows a more conservative jersey that has an off-black base and an even, four striped arm that alternates the accent colors for the uniform. Their primary text logo is smacked across the front, as usual, and their secondary can be seen as a large shoulder patch. Hyletville is the only team to have their sponsor’s logo on the shoulder, but it is recolored by Durant to better go with the team’s look. The jersey is complimented by a wild pairing of gloves, breezers and helmets that are the team’s red color, giving an extra pop on the ice. 

Clash
The clash is a tribute to the team’s main red color. It is crazy for the time, but a look that the kids love. The Torland cream is removed, and a true showcasing of red and off-black is done by matching the jersey and socks to the gloves, pants and helmets. Completing the eye candy with their signature off-black being placed on the four stripes found on the primary and on the logo.

Section30 wrote:

The Penguins look good, I like the backstory behind the name.

I would suggest moving the text up on the jerseys a bit though, right now it looks crammed on near the bottom of the sweater.

 
Looking farther out than how zoomed in I was when making it, I agree that it needs some adjustments. Top right looks empty, kinda seems like the text is droopy. Goal was to make it obnoxiously cluttered though so I think they will hold it for a few years. Wanted a Duluth East feel with way too many letters.

Team: Tri-City Triangles
Location: Usko, TK
Founded: 1971
Rink: North Angle Shopping Mall
Owner: Mike Bolduc
Sponsor: None 

We will stay in the Tri-Cities for the next team, but head north to Usko to meet the organization that claims the whole area as their stomping grounds. The Tri-City Triangles would appropriately be described as a Frankenstein team. They are a combination of high talent, low finance clubs that sprawled across the Tri-Cities, strung together in a last ditch effort by Mike Bolduc to join the TYHDA.  

Bolduc, the former owner of a competitive Usko youth team, was heartbroken when he heard that his team did not qualify financially for the new league. To him it was an opportunity to generate revenue and establish a program that could be the future of hockey in Torland, but the selection board seemed very skeptical of letting a struggling team in right after accepting the Harps. In response, Bolduc showed his will power by leading the charge to combine 5 separate teams in the area to create a super team that had just enough money to persuade. The governing body was impressed by Bolduc’s push and decided to let the Triangles claim the final bid into the league as an experiment.  

Tri-City is a team with no sponsor, no home and no proven experience to the name. They will call the local mall’s free skate rink their facility for the season, and will likely use ponds for most practices. The odds are heavily against them, but they do certainly have talent on their side. The owner’s funds show he believes, the parent’s funds show they believe, the player’s time commitment show they believe and it is time for Tamokeva to believe, or they are in for a very rude awakening.

Identity  



Name and Logo
The Triangles have a very on the nose name for what they are trying to represent, but it definitely is fitting. The 5 teams combined rightfully claim all three cities as home. Although they are located in Usko, the players can be seen commuting some distance to participate at the top level. Because of the commitment to the club, the team acknowledges every single player in their logo. It is simple and meant to represent the Tri-City as a whole, including everything in between, but highlighting the three main cities with their three colors of blue, red and yellow. Inside the triangle an angled “TC” monogram can be found to fill the empty space. 

Primary
The main jersey for the Triangles is vibrant, balancing their three colors as much as possible with a three stripe pattern that is held between thicker white stripes. The most unique feature is the vertical use of stripes on their shoulders, a look that had not been seen by many at the time, but was ultimately done because of a miscommunication with the manufacturer. The gloves and breezers are a worn red, pre-owned by players who were part of Bolduc’s previous team so costs could be cut for the jerseys. 

Clash
The clash jersey is the same idea with a white base instead of blue, and an extra arm band to give more color. These jerseys are favored by the ownership because no color dominates, but it was decided to keep them as the second option so that they would clash less with others in the region. This cuts the cost of extra luggage on a road trip, saving the much needed money to go back into operations.  

I feel obligated to be a fan of the Ambassadors simply due to my allegiance to the Falcons. The colors, logo and striping all fit the identity very well.6.5.0

Team: Yubay Drillers
Location: Yubay, TK
Founded: 1966
Rink: Falcons Training Facility - “The Rig”
Owner: Mark Warden
Sponsor: 

The Drillers are a team on the rise that have closely been tailing their cross town rivals in recent years.  This organization was originally a passion project for Mark Warden, a successful Indy league coach turned youth team owner/coach. It has now grown into a desirable place for youth to pursue their dreams of skating professionally.  

Much like Louis Overstreet, Warden spotted the talent drop off between youth and pro level hockey  and realized the nation’s reliance on foreign players. To combat this, Warden decided to develop a top tier youth program to strengthen the foundation of hockey in Torland. The players who start at the club are usually not the top of their class, losing many higher level players to the Ambassadors, but where they lack is made up for by a professional development team constructed by Warden. In this coaching staff there is a variety of experienced individuals that have taught at college and indy levels, most  having success at their respective organizations. With this staff, the Drillers have built from very little to a point where even the TYHDA couldn’t help but introduce them as the second organization in a city with plenty to offer.

Following the news of the team joining the TYHDA, the program announced a deal made with the Yubay Falcons to immediately make the THL team’s renovated practice facility the home of operations for the Drillers. The Falcons made it very clear that this was not a sponsorship, wanting to avoid upsetting other teams in the area, but instead a business agreement to benefit both parties. While the Drillers gain full access to the facility along with a designated ice surface and locker room for their top team, the Falcons will save on spending by making Warden and his team directors of rink operations at a discounted salary. The initial shock of the news had local teams enraged, but these clubs were quickly quieted when they learned about the amount Warden was giving for the opportunity.  

Being a program who starts their youth teams at 8 to 9, Yubay will go into the 1972 season with their first crop of completely homegrown players who have been in the organization for all 7 years of existence. These players are pure products of the Driller’s coaching staff, molded into what the ideal indy inspired team would look like. These boys might only be at the youth level, but have grown their game under professional coaches, and soon a professional facility. Will this be the year that the Drillers finally get to taste the fruits of their labor? Only time will tell.  

Identity
 

Name and Logo
The Driller name is directly inspired by the city the team comes from. As many might already know, Yubay is one of the few places in Torland that houses oil refineries and crude oil businesses that use the seaport to monitor rigs in the Pacific ocean. The team is named to pay homage to these rigs and acknowledge the industry that fuels the city. The logo is a basic cursive script that replaces the dot of the “i” with a drill head. The team continues the Tamokeva tradition of red by using maroon, or "Liquid Red", the color of offshore rigs owned by a better known company of the town. This is paired with baby blue to represent the sea and sky that surrounds the rigs on the horizon. If one were to look closely at the sea from the city, they would be able to spot a large, distant, maroon blob surrounded by baby blue.  

Primary
The main set utilizes the team's "Liquid Red" as the base, and highlights baby blue and black as accents. The use of the multiple dark colors makes for an ominous outfit, but escapes drab by including the baby blue. The striping on the jersey takes from the drill head used in their logo, creating a busy four stripe look that works for the team. 

Clash
The clash is labeled the “horizon set” by Mark Warden, who claims to be inspired by the distant rigs that are seen off the coast of Yubay. The jersey uses blue to surround the maroon logo, replacing black with white to represent clouds off the coast. In reality, this is just a reverse of the primary with a maroon yoke, but not many complain about it because the jersey gives a refreshing alternative to the dark primary.

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