Florida Everblades Logo PNG
This ice hockey team from Estero, Florida came into existence thanks to an article in National Geographic about the Florida Everglades. While reading the article their current General Manager came up with the idea of bringing a hockey team to that part of the country and naming it by analogy with one of the former AHL franchises the Kentucky Thoroughblades. So the Everblades appeared. It was in 1998.
Meaning and history
Florida Everblades, founded in 1998, today play as a part of the South Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL, a prestigious mid-tier league, which was established in 1988, and is composed of 28 ice hockey clubs from the USA and Canada.
Throughout the years, the Everblades have won quite many prizes: four Regular Season Titles, eight Division Titles, seven Conference Titles, and four Kelly Cups. By the way, the club has appeared in the Kelly Cup finals seven times, and only once in its history has failed to qualify for playoffs, which makes the Florida Everblades one of the strongest teams in the league.
The strength and professionalism of the club are also proved by its highest-tier affiliates: the St. Louis Blues from the NHL, and the Springfield Thunderbirds from the AHL.
1998 – Today
At a glance it is clear that the team logo is an alligator depicted in green and navy blue. No wonder, there is a vast population of these reptiles in Florida. So why not use the image of a gator in the logo of a hockey team based in the state?
But suffice it to look at the logo more closely that you see that the gator is designed in the form of a hockey skate. Its head with laces on the nose is a shoe, while the wordmark “Florida Everblades” is made to look like the blade. The letter “S” is stylized in such a way that its “tail” forms the edge of the blade. The white letters are especially showy against the navy blue background.
This gator-inspired logo seems to be one of the best sports emblems.
