Skating Dead Jerseys

Originally written last October.  Forgot to hit post. ;-)

It was a complete bitch to make, but after over a month in development, the team jerseys finally came in.  I’m probably biased, but I think they’re really sweet looking.  The logo is 100% original, and I specifically designed it as a simple single color stencil for the jersey.  I kept our original green/white color scheme as well.

Putting together the logo was a real pain in the ass.  I won’t go over every pain staking detail, but converting the small tiny logo I had made last spring into something that could full on be printed in huge size on a jersey was hard.  Had to learn a bunch of stuff in Photoshop and Illustrator.  In late August I made a first attempt at a logo and printed it on a t-shirt celebrating our championship from last season.  After that I made a bunch more tweak to get to the final design.

For the actual jersey printing I went with Hockey Tron.  They had both the jersey color I was looking for, kelly green, and they could screen print the jerseys for us too.  It broke down to $28 for the jersey, logo, name, and number.  Pretty good deal.  I did try to go with Hockey Giant, Hockey Monkey, and even a local store; but they all either never got back to me or took way too long to answer questions.  Hockey Tron did a great job at responding immediately, putting all the info on their website, and making it really easy to place the order online.  They did forget to send me one extra blank, but quickly responded back and are sending me a replacement already.

Initially I was weary of their jersey quality as I had never seen one before.   I only even thought about getting Hockey Tron jerseys because someone on the SAS forum Hockey Players thread posted a little info about them as their rink used them for house leagues.  When I got the jerseys I was worried they might be too thin, but it’s actually really great as it makes them very breathable.  The shoulders are double-layered for extra strength, but then rest is kept light.  They still feel high quality and strong though.  Overall a great buy.

We may not be a pro team, but at least we now had a pro look.   If you want to join our fan club, you can also buy this as a t-shirt: http://www.redbubble.com/people/loqieu/works/9406304-skating-dead-hockey-club