NHL jerseys have been reinterpreted by fans as baseball and basketball jerseys before, but now a hockey fan from Brazil decided to explore how teams would look on soccer jerseys.
Gabriel, 22, is a blues fan living in southern Brazil near Uruguay. A programmer currently learning how to develop video games, Gabriel began experimenting with design after being inspired by a YouTube show titled From post to post.
“There was reaction from a lot of concept jerseys and there were some videos like ‘what if they were baseball teams’ or ‘what if NHL teams had football helmets’ and as a Brazilian I naturally thought of football! Since I couldn’t find anything, I started making them.”
Using an online website called FIFA Kit Creator, Gabriel went through templates to create the uniforms.
“I tried to do something different for almost all the shirts so they wouldn’t look boring,” he said.
On the left side of each jersey, NHL jersey partner adidas rests on the shoulder, while the team’s logo sits on the right side. Since football jerseys typically have a corporate sponsor emblazoned on the chest, Gabriel used the NHL helmet sponsor for almost every team to replicate this. For teams like Avalanche and Flyers, he used the company that secured the naming rights to the team’s arena.
“The feedback has been pretty good for something so different, especially as soccer doesn’t look like a big thing in the United States,” Gabriel said.
Below is what he came up with.
• WHAT IF: NHL TEAMS WERE FOOTBALL TEAMS •
As a brazilian hockey and soccer fan who likes soccer jerseys and loves to see hockey jersey concepts, I couldn’t help but wonder what they would look like and since I couldn’t find anything like it I created one for each team ! pic.twitter.com/TTIr463iQn— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Anaheim ducks
1 – Anaheim Ducks#Fly together @AnaheimDucks @DucksBRA
It’s pretty basic but I think it looks good, didn’t want to mess anything up pic.twitter.com/fswq1muK99
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Arizona coyotes
2 – Arizona coyotes #yotes @ArizonaCoyotes @CoyotaoDepre
I just love the color combo here and again simple but works well pic.twitter.com/gtuCLpjOym
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Boston Bruins
3—Boston bruns#NHLBruins @NHLBruins @BostonStrongBR @BostonSportsBR
So… stripes! It just makes so much sense looking at your logo, I hope you like it pic.twitter.com/bhnFoSYrjF
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
buffalo saber
4 – buffalo saber#LetsGoBuffalo @BuffaloSabres
Another design here, love the alternative logo. I think it looks cool and intimidating there pic.twitter.com/IIV3OgH99w
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Calgary Flames
5 – Calgary Flames#Flames @NHL Flames @CGYFlamesBR
It’s quite difficult to combine red and yellow without it looking like a McDonalds shirt, so put some black in it and I think it looks 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MW91IsrYWq
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Carolina hurricanes
6 – Carolina Hurricanes#LetsGoCanes @Canes
I couldn’t leave this logo off the shirt and it works really well as an aside (reminds me of some kind of armor too) pic.twitter.com/YqxMzFx2y3— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Chicago Blackhawks
7 – Chicago Blackhawks#Blackhawks @NHLBlackhawks @chihawksbr
I tried using a template that looked like a Chicago flag but that didn’t work out well but I thought the stripes looked good and really liked these (and as a blues fan that’s something) pic.twitter.com/JUn4bTkccA— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Colorado Avalanche
8 – Colorado Avalanche#GoAvsGo @Avalanche @BrazilAvalanche
Ok, that was way too easy, it’s already like one of your jerseys 🙃 pic.twitter.com/SCnwQcIwa9
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Columbus blue jackets
9 – Columbus blue jackets#CBJ @BlueJacketsNHL @BlueJacketsBR
I wanted to use the cannon the same way I did with the Buffalo on Sabers jersey, but since it has a different logo all around it it made sense to use the main logo here, but the usual logo is also present pic.twitter.com/PGgtts7U97
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Dallas Stars
10 – Dallas Stars#TexasHockey @DallasStars @DallasStarsBR
I think a star pattern just makes sense, couldn’t miss the perfect opportunity to use it pic.twitter.com/D5HRe1HPKK
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Detroit Red Wings
11—Detroit Red Wings#LGRW @DetroitRedWings @RedWingsBR
I know how hard it is to do something new for such a classic kit, so I just made it the way it would be. pic.twitter.com/OzCAPtYZyg
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Florida Panther
13 – Florida Panther#TimeToHunt @FlaPanther @FlaPanthersBR
First I want to apologize for the Amerant logo, I just couldn’t find one without the white background, but other than that it looks just perfect pic.twitter.com/nBDgS4LIT6
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Kings of Los Angeles
14 – Kings of Los Angeles #GoKingsGo @LAKings @lakings_br
Stripes again but different stripes this time and it’s classic for teams black and white. It just made sense to follow these steps! pic.twitter.com/D1C3Xl8ZNL
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Minnesota Wild
15 – Minnesota Wilderness#mnwild @mnwild @wildbrazuca
I love your colors and the base template already looked sooo good that I didn’t want to play around with it. (I did different things than my boyfriend did @wildbrazuca said that was better) pic.twitter.com/Y7eVCIG7J2
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Montreal Canadiens
16 – Canadian from Montreal#GoHabsGo @CanadiensMTL @br_habs
Another classic. I just added a few stripes so it didn’t look too lazy on my part pic.twitter.com/ZsKEKdQtDZ
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Nashville predators
17 – Nashville predators#preds @PredsNHL @PredatorsBr
It’s hard to do something with the colors, I hope it wasn’t too easy 😬 pic.twitter.com/5XfBamm6zi
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
New Jersey Devil
18 – New Jersey Devil#NJDevils @NJDevils @NJDevilsBR
Black and red look so good together that I just had to mix them throughout the jersey pic.twitter.com/fLpxA20weS
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
New York Islanders
19 – New York Islander#islands @NYIslanders @NYIBR
Different stripes, I think it looks very similar to the one in the logo, there are a lot of them, so “islands” 🙃
Also thanks to my friend @nyibrazilianguy who helped me choose between three designs pic.twitter.com/x0CIkdAQ4p— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Ottawa Senators
21 – Ottawa Senators #GoSensGo @ senators @SenatorsBrasil
Another example of red and black together but with some gold detailing to make it better. For some reason a few stripes looked like the right thing pic.twitter.com/vtFGSqoBIg
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Philadelphia Flyer
22 – Philadelphia Flyer#BringItToBroad @NHLFlyers @PhillyFlyersBR2
Black jersey with just a few orange things to make it look like it’s moving since they are flyers pic.twitter.com/00XQtp91iF
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Pittsburgh penguins
23 – Pittsburgh penguins#LetsGoPens @ penguins @Pens_Br @PittsburghBR
Tucks because of the city’s well-known bridges pic.twitter.com/5ANlPPSH9e
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Sharks of San Jose
24 – Sharks of San Jose#SJHaie @SanJoseSharks @SJSharksBRA
It was really difficult to find something that mixes teal and orange well so that the white balances them really well pic.twitter.com/MdoNdJq7lf
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Seattle Kraken
25 – Seattle Kraken#SeaKraken @SeattleKraken @Deptofthekraken
So many shades of blue to play with and I think this looks really cool because it reminds me of dark water where an octopus might live pic.twitter.com/91CiqxLOlt
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
St. Louis Blues
26 – St Louis Blues#STLBlues @StLouisBlues @STLBluesBrazil
US soccer capital, right? This was the hardest thing since I’m a blues fan, but in the end I think it looks cool 🙃 pic.twitter.com/QWkC49H8br
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Tampa Bay Blitz
27 – Tampa Bay Blitz#GoBolts @TBLightning @TBLightning_BR
As soon as I saw this template, I knew it would be a perfect fit. That’s it pic.twitter.com/gJdVnJyjNt
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs
28 – Toronto Maple Leafs#leaves forever @maple leaves @mapleleafsbr
Your jerseys are cool as they are, it’s a must, just like the Red Wings, less is more. pic.twitter.com/groMDhYHPn
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Vancouver Canucks
29 – Vancouver Canucks#Canucks @Canucks @BrCanucks
The reverse retro style really inspired me. I think it looks so cool pic.twitter.com/8SYwY0za0d
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Vegas Golden Knights
30 – Vegas Golden Knights#VegasBorn @GoldenKnights @BrasilKnights
I think the shiny sleeves speak for themselves
Just some red details in a black kit that looks better than grey pic.twitter.com/D4IV0rqWbb— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Washington Capitals
31 – Washington Capitals#CAPITAL LETTER @Capital Cities @WCapitalsBR
The usual logo didn’t do well as the primary logo of a football shirt, so I placed the eagle there and added the “capitals” as a nice background detail pic.twitter.com/xNuuO9iomL
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022
Winnipeg Jets
32 – Winnipeg Jets#gojetsgo @NHLJets @winnijetsbr
Last but not least I thought about making it a camo jersey because the brand reminds me of a military thing but the camo didn’t work well and it did pic.twitter.com/uM37eUwaG7
— Gabriel (@bielvr__) April 15, 2022