Getting Our Hoser On!
Here is a more in depth look at the first 3 (of many) custom colored NHL new era fitted we will be designing for Cap City. First up is a take on the NJ Devils. I decided to marry my favorite team with my favorite color palate of purples, sea foam and black. Why is a team from Jersey my favorite when I grew up in Brooklyn? Well for one they were one of the first NHL teams to go heavy on bringing over Russian talent in the 80s, which as Russian kid caught my attention and heart. But besides that, the Devils are run exactly how I think all sport teams should be… team first and built up upon smart drafting and their own farm system of talent! Couple that with the fact that Cap City is in Jersey and I just think the devils logo is one of sports best logos of all time and it was a no brainer!
This one will probably bring me more ire from NY sports fans as the Canucks are who battled the Rangers for the cup in ’94. Pavel Bure, the Russian Rocket is my favorite player of all time (along with Alexander Mogliny). He was an unstoppable goal scoring machine and one of the fastest players ever to lace up his skates. The Canucks have since switched logos to an orca like C in the past few years, but I’ve always loved their old skate logo from the 80s and 90s. I used various tones of green with a pink accent to pay tribute my favorite player. I just had a thing for green while designing this cap.
The Minnesota Northstars (now the Dallas Stars) were a team whose logo, uniform and color scheme I admired much more than the team. It was simple, impactful, sleek yet classic. A great example of less is more when it comes to sports logo design. I really just wanted to take their classic N and marry it to a very unconventional hockey color scheme… orange! I think the results came out quite nicely.
Like we mentioned on our frontpage these are the first of many custom colors we’ll be doing for Cap City. There will only be 30 produced of each and they will ONLY be available at Cap City, with a handful making it down to our Pop-Up Shop.
Cap City
5806 Bergenline Ave.
West New York, NJ
The Mishka Pop-Up Shop
218 Bedford Avenue (entrance on N. 5 th)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Open daily from noon to 8 PM.
L Train to Bedford Ave.
December 30th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Hey,
This first collab for the NHL caps is phenomenal. I am a long time employee of the NJ Devils and no doubt about it need one of the blk/purp customs. I need a 7 3/4 and if theres anything I can do let me know. Pair of tix for an upcomming game on me? Let me know what we can do. I assure you I am an employee of the organization.
Thanks!
December 30th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
This is the greatest news I’ve heard all year!!!
Being the end on 07 thats good shiite!
honestly I’ll probably pick up each one if I can because a big hockey fan yet always hating the shitty hats they only sell
these however are the ill shit!
huge props to mishka nation!!!
January 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
When will I have the honor of owning the Flyers logo on one of these. Nice to have it in kelly green, optic yellow and blakakakakakak…..BOOYA!!! Sign me up fo five of dos!