Albert Lea was the only current team to change their logo, removing the shield and leaving the Dragon on his own as the new logo.


The Dragoons uniforms were mostly untouched, but they did make some tweaks. The Dragon replaces the shield on the front of the home jersey. Other than that the only changes are adding sleeve numbers, removing the white cuffs on the home jersey, and removing the orange shoulders on the away.

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Also set to join the Twin Cities Hockey League West are the Coon Rapids Bandits. Coon Rapids is a city with about 30,000 people, it's a suburb of Minneapolis located north in Anoka County. Their official team name is the "Coon Rapids Hockey Club", but they will almost never be referred to by their full name. The Bandits will call Crooked Lake Park home for the upcoming season.

They are called the "Bandits" referring to the cities name of Coon Rapids. Their logo is a very minimal Raccoon head and their colors are simply black and white.

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I don't know how you do it, but this is ANOTHER fantastic set of new brands!

1. I see Winona got a jersey to match the blues their fans have been singing...hopefully it leads to a successful new era.
2. AWESOME job with Albert Lea.  The dragon INDEED stands out on his own.
3. The expansion teams are lookin' pretty spiffy...I KNOW the B's-Terriers and Warriors-Bandits rivalries are gonna be swell! (If I had to pick a favorite look, it'd be the Bandits for sure)

I am all-in on those Bandits. Killed it on that logo man. Looks great!

I'm a sucker for cream but the Lakers look real sharp with the white and new layout.

Lots of great updates and additions.

Burmy87 wrote:

I don't know how you do it, but this is ANOTHER fantastic set of new brands!

1. I see Winona got a jersey to match the blues their fans have been singing...hopefully it leads to a successful new era.
2. AWESOME job with Albert Lea.  The dragon INDEED stands out on his own.
3. The expansion teams are lookin' pretty spiffy...I KNOW the B's-Terriers and Warriors-Bandits rivalries are gonna be swell! (If I had to pick a favorite look, it'd be the Bandits for sure)

Thank you! I'm glad you like them.

1. Winona has been the lovable loser for what seems like forever now, I hope for their sake things improve eventually.
2. Thanks, I always preferred the away jersey without the shield so I decided to just make it the primary.
3. Thank you, I'm looking forward to the cross town rivalry in Bloomington in the years to come.

Thehealthiestscratch wrote:

Let's see..
Warroad Lakers - Made the right move of thicker outlines and the white seems crisp. It is an upgrade for sure, and don't let Steelman tell you otherwise just because you took the cream away.

Winona Wildcats - The team that had to change their look to finally make it on a new template. Like the promotion of their blue, it is uniquely theirs in such a big league and I wish we saw it more. They do look like the Chicago Blackhawks though... and Dallas Stars.

Albert Lea Dragoons - Uncage that dragon! Always have been a preferred logo for me in the league, and the removal of the shield makes it even better. Another team that looks better on the new template that I wish I got to look at more.

Bloomington West Terriers - GO VIKINGS!!... No wait that is a W. Well, you get what I mean. A unique color combo that I wished the name matched.

Coon Rapids Bandits - This will be a team I cheer for, maybe second tier though. Nice and simple raccoon in a roundel looks great and I am one that is all four the vertical stripe. Hope they get silver involved at some point!

Marshall Pheasants - This is an absolutely hilarious name. So much so that I want to root for them despite my dislike of their uninspired UM block letter replica. This makes the Blue Earth League the biggest competitor for my tier 1 team out of the division. A race between the Dragoons, Moose, Pheasants and Packers that will most likely be decided by brand progression. 

Since it has not been done in a very very long time, here is the breakdown:
Blue Earth: Sioux Falls Packers
Granite: Little Falls Pilots (Once was the Cyclones)
Iron Range (and overall): Grand Rapids Moose
Lake Superior: Duluth Hornets have grown on me. Could fully commit if they used their shoulder logo more. This one is not a clear first place. (Cloquet use to be my #1 way back when)
Northland: Kenora Muskrats.. maybe? Not 100 percent on that
Red River: Thief River Falls Railers
TC East: Probably the St. Paul Saints. I would put the Rockets close at second.
TC West: This is tough too. I'll give it to the Minneapolis Bakers because it fills a spot in my mind that tells me I played a part. The Bandits, Screaming Eagles and Burnsville are also close.
Valley: Rochester dominates this league, but the Robins have always been the top one.

Wow my 1 team per league might be a little much now that we have gotten this big. What a crazy ride!

1. Thanks, I think the white really makes the uniforms pop.
2. The Cats will definitely "own" that blue in the Valley, with Austin being the only other team using blue at all there. I based it off of their old uniforms and as it went I realized I basically had made a blue version of the new Dallas Stars jerseys, but I felt that it was a classic look that works well for Winona.
3. Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
4. Haha, I wanted to go with a unique color scheme in their league, and something that will stand out against the Bears claret and blue.
5. Glad you like them, I could see silver accents being added at some point, but I kinda like the idea of having one just black and white team in the MAHL, kinda like the Armada in the QMJHL.
6. Haha, I already have logos planned to add, I just wanted something simple for their first logo. As for the crowding in the Blue Earth... I'm just gonna say that things might be getting spaced out in the next year or two...

I always like hearing who you guys root for, thanks.

Steelman wrote:

I am all-in on those Bandits. Killed it on that logo man. Looks great!

I'm a sucker for cream but the Lakers look real sharp with the white and new layout.

Lots of great updates and additions.

Thank you, I was trying to make something kinda like the old Chicago Cubs logos that were very simple, I'm really happy with how the Raccoon turned out.

Dan O'Mac wrote:

The updates to Winona are a thing of beauty.

I love that Bloomington West seems like the group starting it are all like "What should we name the team?" and one guy points to another and says "Well, he's got a terrier, so how about Terriers?" and everyone is all "YEAH!"

Thank you, and lmao that decision making is now canon.