A Brief History: New York Islanders Logo

A hockey jersey would not be complete without its logo, and over the last forty years (excluding their awful Fisherman logo) the New York Islanders have made a very minor and often times unrecognizable change to their logo.  This change was the addition of a fourth orange band around the hockey stick in their logo versus the original three.  The team did this to symbolize the organization's four straight Stanley Cup victories from the 80's.

Interestingly enough, however, the change occurred over twenty five years after the four cups, when the team resurrected their classic sweaters in 2010.  In addition to adding a fourth stripe, the Isles made all four of the stripes thicker and bolder so no one would ever forget their historic past.

Check out the evolution below:

The original logo with three thin stripes

The new logo with four bold stripes

We hope you enjoyed this week's "A Brief History" and let us know what you think below in the comments!  Here is a link to a video discussing the Islanders jersey/logo history in more depth: http://video.islanders.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=72671


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