Kavalos Electrics: Huge fan of this update, the Electrics always felt like the type of team that'd have had some really fun jerseys during the 90s, (I know we're not QUITE there yet, but we're close enough).  The drop shadows and italicized names and numbers work perfectly for this team!  Great work here!

Portarra Pioneers: Individually, I do like the update a lot!  The logo might not be the classic cowboy hat, but it's definitely a solid modern logo that fits the team perfectly!  I'm also glad you kept the orange alternate, as I'd started to get attached to it, but Navy and Orange was always the best color combo for them. 

I was gonna say that if I were in charge of making these uniforms, I'd have likely avoided using Navy for the primary color, since that's the primary color of what the hometown rival Portarra Whales wear, (especially since they've won the last 2 championships, draws unfavorable comparisons).  Then I remembered that the New York Rangers and Islanders wear about the same shade of blue as their primary, and figured that was just me being anal, haha!  But yeah, really good job here, I could definitely see this sticking around a long time!

Hockey on the Mount Uniforms: Once again, huge fan of these jerseys, definitely something to look forward to every offseason!  Obviously, I'm always a sucker for the Whales/Anchors rivalry, so that combo was always going to be a hit for me.  Really loving how simple and old school these are!

Loving the color vs color matchup of the Heralds and Captains.  The Isle of Kirk midnight and cream uniform is a thing of beauty, and the Heralds columbia blue and navy is really nice too!  

Gonna be interesting to see how the Bucks' rebuild goes.  Doesn't look like this was a great draft, being just one round, so all their wheeling and dealing to basically get the #2 pick (while trading away a former MVP goalie and a great defender) seems like they're putting an awful lot of faith on Byron Schwartz becoming a superstar when there doesn't appear to be much reason to assume he will.  That's a lot of pressure for a young player to have to perform at an extremely high level just to make all those trades worth it, so this could backfire pretty bad on Abrieden.

Great work as always!

I really like the new Electrics duds! The drop shadow works really well here and I like the new striping. Not quite as sold on the new Pioneers look, the yellow in the logo only seems a little awkward. I do like the striping, but I personally preferred the previous look. I love the Mountain jerseys though, glad that will continue!

Hey. What's that I hear? Oh! Hockey is BACK in Torland! It's been a wild summer but I've been working hard on a special Torland Wiki packed with all kinds of THL and historical information about this crazy country of Torland with the help of a few fine folks of this community. More on this will all be revealed in due time, but until then, I've got a special little infographic to jog your memories and a whole new batch of signatures to show your team pride before I post the new season and get this show back on the road.

I very much appreciate all the great feedback on the new identities from the previous offseason, I've taken them all into account, particularly the feedback on the yellow with the Pioneers. 

With that said, here are the top 25 most talented and skilled players in the Torland Hockey League as voted on by the hockey scouts for 1989. This list is based on pure talent, not necessarily career accomplishment. Some guys on this list have tons of talent and skill but aren't big names in the league or haven't achieved anything notable apart from being a solid professional player.


The far and away best player in the league is Bill Bronkowski and it's not even close. Lentini is the clear second most talented player in the league and it drops off considerably after that with the rest of the Top 6 being in their own tier. From 7-14, the talent level plateaus with some excellent players but squarely in a third tier. The group in 15-20 are a mix of young rising talent and veteran presence. The last tier was difficult to judge as the talent level is essentially comparing apples at that point. Some of the guys in the 21-25 range are in based slightly more on accomplishment because it's harder to separate without it.

A handful of teams did not have a player appear on the list, including the Abrieden Bucks, Dosa City Snappers, Fort Bevin Rockets, Narva Neptunes, Portarra Pioneers, Sina Serpents, and Yubay Glaciers.


I have also designed a new line of team sigs, feel free to use them! These are a little thinner to help free up some space in your signatures. Enjoy!



As always, thank you for your support of this project!
Up next: 1989 Season

Let's go Pioneers! Maybe we can do something these playoffs.

Aw Yeah!  THL is back!  Another interesting season to comment on!

Once again, the Whales and Electrics look like the class of the league and maybe we could get a rematch of last year's finals!

We get another possible opportunity to get an all Portarra battle (Whales and Pioneers), and maybe even an all Alko battle (Wizards and Barbarians and they both look really good this year).  Always love to see those city wars!

While obviously I'd have hoped the Heralds have made the playoffs (and won that Hockey on the Mount game against the Captains- looks like that was a great game!), it's nice to see them improve!

Really rough year for the tanking Falcons, having 86'd the '89 season, but they'll be interesting to watch going forward once they persumably draft Bobby Kozun.  It's always a risk when you tank.  If I recall right, the Whales tanked for Bronkowski (could be misremembering that), which worked out beautifully for them, but it doesn't always pan out.  

Going with Whales vs. Wizards for the finale, with the Whales getting their 3rd straight title 4 games to 2.