forbin Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Rink Rats are now the South Pittsburgh Hockey Club Rebellion.... Looks like BBS is changing things up, I also heard the second sheet at Printscape is a sure thing for the winter this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbin Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) www.southpittsburghhockey,org Somebody must be a big fan of the Carolina Hurricanes... Edited June 14, 2021 by forbin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafa fohi Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, forbin said: www.southpittsburghhockey,org Somebody must be a big fan of the Carolina Hurricanes... This "rebranding" process only seems to happen in orgs that are suffering from a decline in players / teams. Note "Yeti" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Yay, new jerseys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb2j3z Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 5 hours ago, forbin said: www.southpittsburghhockey,org Somebody must be a big fan of the Carolina Hurricanes... Yeah, that's kind of what I was going for lol. I helped with the rebrand and we had to stay with the same colors. ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbin Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 minute ago, bb2j3z said: Yeah, that's kind of what I was going for lol. I helped with the rebrand and we had to stay with the same colors. ? Hey I don't hate it at all. I just hope the socks match the jerseys now. That always bugged the sh*t out of me about the rink rats haha. I see a lot of board member changes too, which I can only imagine is going to be a good thing. I live 8 minutes from the rink and choose to play elsewhere based on the experiences I have had in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb2j3z Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, forbin said: Hey I don't hate it at all. I just hope the socks match the jerseys now. That always bugged the sh*t out of me about the rink rats haha. I see a lot of board member changes too, which I can only imagine is going to be a good thing. I live 8 minutes from the rink and choose to play elsewhere based on the experiences I have had in the past. No, I just lol'ed when you said Carolina Hurricanes because you were partly reading my mind. Here's some more info on the rebrand. https://www.southpittsburghhockey.org/south-pittsburgh-hockey-club-rebrand-organization-update-the-rebellion-begins/ Here's info about the game socks. >Game socks will be invoiced through our organization as well. KO’s will have socks available for sizing. 10U-19U are moving to a fabric sock this year (as opposed to the knit) sizing with >shin guards is important. Team managers will get the socks when they come in and distribute to the teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duster19 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The Rebellion?!?! What an awful name! Who are they rebelling from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 11:32 PM, Duster19 said: The Rebellion?!?! What an awful name! Who are they rebelling from? Rinkrats ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelongbender Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 11:32 PM, Duster19 said: The Rebellion?!?! What an awful name! Who are they rebelling from? Is this a Whiskey Rebellion reference, at least? I don't hate the logo or the color scheme, but I do have my doubts about that name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb2j3z Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, Lifelongbender said: Is this a Whiskey Rebellion reference, at least? I don't hate the logo or the color scheme, but I do have my doubts about that name. Yes it is... very loose connection with the imagery. Couldn't have muskets or booze lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelongbender Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 That makes sense, then. My first thought upon hearing the new name was that you were a bit too far north of the Mason-Dixon line for that, but upon reflection I thought it might be aiming for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 So is it true that in 22-23 the Rebellion will also be fielding Tier 1 teams? That seems to be the prevailing rumor regarding the wishes of the new management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbin Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said: So is it true that in 22-23 the Rebellion will also be fielding Tier 1 teams? That seems to be the prevailing rumor regarding the wishes of the new management. I hope so! If there's anything that western PA youth hockey needs more of, its faux AAA teams! We need something to talk about on here. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUCKCOVID19 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, forbin said: I hope so! If there's anything that western PA youth hockey needs more of, its faux AAA teams! We need something to talk about on here. I would say they need to try to field half decent AA team or 2 before trying for AAA. OR could it be that Esmark moves down there with a name change ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, PUCKCOVID19 said: I would say they need to try to field half decent AA team or 2 before trying for AAA. OR could it be that Esmark moves down there with a name change ? I might get flamed for this but honestly more south hills options for decent hockey teams would be good especially if they move and don't try to do an additional tier 1 team. I think Pittsburgh could support (at least at some ages) 2 tier one teams, one in the north and one in the south. If they were really creative.they could create tournament teams that combined the top half of each. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racchi’s Rug Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I think the old brand and logo needed a refresh as it was cartoony feeling (then again in the mid-90s that was the thing even in the NHL plus it was directly modeled from the Albany River Rats)…really like the Whiskey Rebellion tie-in, not many people know that it was fought in those areas of the South Hills. Nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb2j3z Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Racchi’s Rug said: I think the old brand and logo needed a refresh as it was cartoony feeling (then again in the mid-90s that was the thing even in the NHL plus it was directly modeled from the Albany River Rats)…really like the Whiskey Rebellion tie-in, not many people know that it was fought in those areas of the South Hills. Nice work. I absolutely agree with you. I lobbied to keep the Rink Rats for Mites only, but it wasn't in the cards. They did opt for a different chest logo for mites versus Squirts and above. There is a flag for the Whiskey Rebellion which had an eagle so I used different versions of the eagle in the Mite design. Of course with all things, they didn't pick my favorite one, but I think it looks decent. I really like the Rink Rats logo, but I think it was time for a brand that appealed to all ages in the organization and that's what they wanted. It can always be brought back in some form. I went for the simplicity of nhl logos in my design. As someone that doesn't do design on the job, it was a fun exercise... hope to do it in some capacity again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbin Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 @bb2j3z Ironically enough the mite logo is the one I don’t like at all haha. I wish they would have decided to go with the same flag logo for the mites personally. You did a really nice job with the jerseys and I think it’s exactly what SP needed. I am optimistic that a fresh look and some fresh faces on the board will help this program out. We live close but don’t play there for the simple fact that the guy I reached out to initially for my oldest son about playing with them was a complete a$$hole and now it seems that every time my boys teams play the rink rats they outwork them and the players and coaches don’t seem to have a clue what was going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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