LOVELY refreshes for Kenora and Little Falls!

Ken O'Porter would be my name for the muskrat (Ken O for the city, and Porter for its former name of Rat Portage)

The St. Paul Saints have been declining since the addition of Como and Highland Park with more options for St. Paul residents, less have been needing to join the Athletic Club, causing the Saints to decline in the last few seasons. There is talk of potentially opening up the team to people outside of the Athletic Club, but some within are fighting hard to keep the teams history intact.

The Saints are still private, but in an attempt to increase interest in the team, the Athletic Club decided that it was time to finally make a change to their identity that has remained almost untouched for over 30 years, updating their classic StP roundel and replacing cream with white.


The Saints refresh included new uniforms which have the StP roundel prominently placed on the chest, this is the first time the Saints have used a logo rather than a script or wordmark on the front of their jerseys. The new uniforms are completely new, using a classic stripe style meant to mimic the logo. The Saints also updated their numbers, added them to the sleeves, and adjusted the striping on their breezers.

Mora is a town of around 2,500 in central Minnesota. Mora is a proud Swedish community named after a town of the same name in Sweden. Perhaps the most well known for their giant Dala Horse sculpture that proudly shows the towns Swedish heritage to all who pass through or visit. The Dalas will play outdoors at Library Park on the shores of Mora Lake. Mora will be joining the Granite Hockey League.

The team will officially be called the "Dalecarlians" (Doll-uh-car-lee-ans), but they will almost only be referred to by their shorter name "Dalas" (Doll-uhs). A Dalecarlian, or Dala, horse is a traditional Swedish carved horse that is painted bright red and decorated that have become a symbol of Sweden. The giant Dala Horse sculpture in Mora was built in 1972 and the team decided to embrace the symbol by naming themselves after it. The Dalas logo is a roundel with a Dala Horse on the inside in team colors "Dala Red", "Water Tower Blue", and navy.

Our third and final expansion team will be joining Detroit Lakes in joining the Red River Hockey League. Pelican Rapids is a relatively small town having less than 2,000 residents. It will definitely be a challenge to keep up with the big boys of the RRHL, but the Petes feel that they are capable of being competitive. They will play their home games outdoors at Sherin Park while the city begins construction on an indoor arena.

They will be called the "Petes" named after the 15 foot Pelican statue in town by the name of "Pelican Pete". Their logo is a roundel with the team name and stripes on the outside with a pelican head in the center. Their colors are black, orange, and white.


Let me know what you think, comments are appeciated!

Some thoughts...

THE AXE: My Moose battling the Trout for THE AXE will be a fun new rivalry for us!

Grand Rapids Moose: I really like the new white eyed moose on the home jersey.  Interested to see how'd it's look for the away jersey too!

Ice an Chiefs:  Since their redesigns were more about striping, there isn't much to say other than they both look better, and that's great!

Kenora Muskrats: For a nickname.... well since maize is one of the team's colors, why not try "Maizy" for the mascot's name?   It's simple, (and feminine, but girl mascots are certainly not a problem) and I think it could work for this team!  The hightlights are a nice touch, by the way!

Little Falls Pilots: I love this logo, definitely an upgrade for sure!  Looks more professional, even though this is an amateur team.  I'm actually glad that's the only change you made, the uniform was already a winner.

St. Paul Saints: Definitely appreciating the use of white over cream, that white really helps the red and green pop more in the uniform. I do think the last uniform's wordmark would have been fine to keep, I'm personally not too crazy about the current logo, (I know it's their main logo, but the word mark always did look better, IMO)

Warroad Lakers: This was such a simple changee, adding a red W in front of the anchor and losing the red outline, but I'm a huge fan of this new logo!  The new uniform is really nice too. 

 Mora Doll-Uhs ($$$):  It's a pretty fancy looking team, judging by the logo.  I do like this though, hadn't ever thought about an orange and double blue team before, (I know the orange is supposed to be "Dala Red" but that looks orange to me).  I like it!

Detroit Lakes Wood Ducks: That's a really creative logo they have there!  Those simple letter logos that somehow also look like a complete image are some of my all-time favorite designs ever!  (See, Milwaukee Brewers BiG-Ball in Glove, and this one can hold its own against that).  No team will ever replace the Moose for me, but this one is a good contender for #2, (it's a good match between them and the Coon Rapids Bandits).

Pelican Rapids Petes: A good uniform and a good logo, but I sort of wish they'd just go by the name "Pelican Petes".  Pelican Rapids Petes doesn't roll off the tongue as well for me personally.

Overall, awesome round of updates as always!