NHL jerseys have been reimagined before by fans as baseball and basketball jerseys, but now one hockey fan from Brazil has decided to explore what teams would look like on soccer kits.
Gabriel, 22, is a Blues fan who lives in southern Brazil near Uruguay. A programmer who is currently learning how to make video games, Gabriel started experimenting with design after being inspired by a YouTube show called Post to Post.
“It has reactions from a lot of concept jerseys and there were some videos with things like ‘what if they were baseball teams’ or ‘what if NHL teams had football helmets’ and as a Brazilian, I thought about soccer because of course! Since I didn’t find anything I started to make them.”
Gabriel used an online website called FIFA Kit Creator and went through templates to make the uniforms.
“I tried to make something different to almost all the shirts so they didn’t look boring,” he said.
On the left side of each kit, the NHL’s jersey partner, adidas, rests on the shoulder while the team’s logo sits on the right. Because soccer jerseys usually have a company sponsor emblazoned across the chest, Gabriel used the NHL helmet sponsor for nearly every team to replicate that. For teams like the Avalanche and Flyers, he used the company that has secured the team’s arena naming rights.
“The feedback has been pretty nice for something so different, especially because soccer doesn’t look like a big thing in United States,” Gabriel said.
Below is what he came up with.
• WHAT IF: NHL TEAM WERE SOCCER TEAMS •
As a Brazilian hockey and soccer fan who likes soccer jerseys and loves to see jersey concepts for hockey I couldn’t help but to wonder how they would look like and since I didn’t find something like that I created one for each team! pic.twitter.com/TTIr463iQn— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Anaheim Ducks
1 – Anaheim Ducks#FlyTogether @AnaheimDucks @DucksBRA
It’s pretty simple but I think it looks fine, didn’t want to mess something pic.twitter.com/fswq1muK99
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Arizona Coyotes
2 – Arizona Coyotes #yotes @ArizonaCoyotes @CoyotaoDepre
I just love the color combo here and again basic but works well pic.twitter.com/gtuCLpjOym
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Boston Bruins
3 – Boston Bruins#NHLBruins @NHLBruins @BostonStrongBR @BostonSportsBR
So… Stripes! It just makes so much sense when I look at your logo, hope you like it pic.twitter.com/bhnFoSYrjF
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Buffalo Sabres
4 – Buffalo Sabres#LetsGoBuffalo @BuffaloSabres
A different design here, love the alternate logo I think it looks cool and intimidating there pic.twitter.com/IIV3OgH99w
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Calgary Flames
5 – Calgary Flames#Flames @NHLFlames @CGYFlamesBR
Pretty hard to combine the red and yellow without making it looks like a McDonalds shirt so a put some black in it and I think it looks ? pic.twitter.com/MW91IsrYWq
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Carolina Hurricanes
6 – Carolina Hurricanes#LetsGoCanes @Canes
I couldn’t let that logo out of the shirt and it works really well as a side thing (also remind me of some kind of armor) pic.twitter.com/YqxMzFx2y3— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Chicago Blackhawks
7 – Chicago Blackhawks#Blackhawks @NHLBlackhawks @chihawksbr
I tried to use a template that looked like Chicago flag but ir didn’t worked out well but I thought the striping looked fine and really liked this one (and as a Blues fan that’s something) pic.twitter.com/JUn4bTkccA— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Colorado Avalanche
8 – Colorado Avalanche#GoAvsGo @Avalanche @BrazilAvalanche
Ok, this was way too easy, it’s just like one your jerseys already ? pic.twitter.com/SCnwQcIwa9
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Columbus Blue Jackets
9 – Columbus Blue Jackets#CBJ
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