Frozen Four Pick Em 2016

I recently read that the odds of picking a perfect bracket in the other sport is the virtually impossible one in 9.2 Quintilian. I would like to re-introduce you to the nation-wide phenomenon of prognosticating the tournament winners in this year's Frozen Four tournament aka the NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey Championships.

Confessions of a Hockey Fanatic Official Bracket for 2016

Above is the bracket that I carefully picked based upon the college hockey that I've been steadily increasing in watching now that the major 24/7 sports cable networks have been airing them. Of course, I'm a little disappointed to see my alma mater not on that bracket just yet. But I'm still giving them time to grow the program and develop some cache credibility.

But based upon the actual teams listed on this tournament, I feel that it's a real exciting opening first round as many of these schools have been visited the last four remaining in prior championship runs.

The biggest first round game standing out has to be the Notre Dame and Michigan game. With the recent news that Notre Dame will be joining the Big Ten (B10) next season, this is a measuring stick for Notre Dame against one of the biggest teams in college hockey and will be facing them on a regular basis. Michigan has clearly benefited from the area willing to make a big spectacle. They've been playing outdoor games and I'm sure a lot of the top quality kids who want to play NCAA level want to play in Michigan just for that experience alone.

I'm giving the more dominant Michigan Wolverines the benefit of the doubt to take their dominate Big 10 (B10) run and take care of the Hockey East conference teams.

Tampa Bay will return to be the host city of the NCAA Frozen Four since they last hosted it in 2012.

Happy Thanksgiving 2015

Once again, it's the annual tradition of The Pond Ice Arena Classic Hockey Tournament where young kids who travel from all around the area compete in the age-comparable groupings. I've been a fan of their graphic arts artwork, anticipating just what this year's design is going to look like.

Courtsey of The Pond Ice Arena, Newark, DE

The Pond Ice Arena

Happy Thanksgiving 2014

It's the time of year again where many school kids (mites) are out of their curriculum routine and on to the holiday vacation. Those who are serious about their hockey training take part in the annual tradition of traveling to Thanksgiving tournaments all over the States.

My favorite tournament in the States has got to be featured here as one of the oldest traditions on Confessions of a Hockey Fanatic. Sharing the creative logo of the The Pond Arena in Delaware, I hope that it fits in the holiday and the hockey theme at the same time. You can check out the rest of the scheduled tournaments at this link here as well as find information about registering your teams in time. 2014-15 Pond Tourney list.

Lets take a look at this year's logo:

The logo is still a cartoon anthropomorphic, but with a more detailed facial and neck features. But the pose is almost like the one they used last year. The colors are still in the familiar autumn shades. The font is different in that they put the year off into the corner, but used the text title to focus on. The leaves are a nice touch.

Who knows,.. maybe after years and years of promoting this thing, I'd actually play in it someday.

Thanksgiving Holiday Tournaments 2013

It's that time of year again where Americans settle in for some turkey and pie and be thankful for each other and our prosperity (no matter what level). But for other families it means that hockey moms sometimes dread the long weekend of hauling off to some tournament while the kids are off of school. The Pond Ice Rink in Newark, Deleware, USA has been doing many of Thanksgiving tournaments for pee-wee teams from all over for many years.

Since considering myself a graphic arts design enthusiast, I will share this years logo with you as I have done with the yearly tradition.

This year's logo is a little different from the usual sharpness and attention to detail like the other ones have. It has a faded look, but still would look great on any brown, orange, or burnt sienna colored t-shirt. The anthropomorphic turkey is still cartoon looking compared to thee years ago which was a more formal distinguished look.
Good luck to all those teams participating in the week's festivities. - Be respectful to your teammates as well as your opponents.
Happy Thanksgiving!

2013 NCAA Frozen Four Predictions

Confessions of a Hockey Fanatic, since it is Pittsburgh-based, is proud to have the NCAA Frozen Four championship tournament hosted in the city of Pittsburgh and played in the new CONSOL Energy Center.

Here is my tournament brackets filled out with the predictions (like NCAA Final Four) in the proper brackets. If you want to participate with me, then get your brackets into me by THIS Saturday March 30th.

Canada Day Championships 2010

I would Like to take this occasion to wish everyone who regularly visits the COHF blog a very happy and safe celebration of Canada Day!

I am stuck at work and will come back to re-edit this later on this afternoon with a tribute video and perhaps link up some other videos that I have made in prior years!

(Watch This Space Real Soon for the video blogging youtube video)

Who wins the video game simulated Canada Day Cup 2010? Who knows? Check back with us real soon!!!



Previous Canada Day Champions
2002: Toronto Maple Leafs
2003: Edmonton Oilers
2004: Quebec Nordiques
2005: Montreal Canadiens
2006: Montreal Canadiens
2007: Winnipeg Jets
2008: Calgary Flames2009: Vancouver Canucks

Thanksgiving Hockey Traditions

It is that time of year again where we Americans sit around the table with family and close friends and indulge in the finely cooked extravagant meals. Ironic that the bird that was stuffed eventually makes us all feel stuffed!

But what else do we have to be thankful for? Hockey! I have decided that this will become another annual post by sharing with my readers how thankful I am that you all have found your way over here. It started with a little web surfing one day wondering if there was ever a Thanksgiving hockey tournament being played over the holidays. Sure enough, the Delaware ice rink does a yearly kids tournament and features a well designed logo for the event. Check out this years logo at the bottom!

I am also thankful for the Fadoo.ca friends and FAN 590 fans who have favorably helped provide for a much larger audience. I couldn't have done it without you guys!

Thanksgiving and Hockey Traditions

While our good neighbors to the north may have already celebrated their Thanksgiving holiday, a lot of more militant hockey moms and dads today here in America will be taking advantage of the time their kids will be out of school and cheering them on the ice. Surely, the majority of Americans are feasting on back-to-back football games, but since hockey is my fanatical passion, I wanted to share with you a couple of nice logos that I found through random chance internet searches.
I don't have any association with this rink out in Delaware, but as I study logos and graphic arts, I really enjoyed these logos. I hope you do too. Why not relate a Thanksgiving Hockey story at the bottom in the comments section?



Happy Thanksgiving.