Apparently I am not the only one who thought that the new logo that The Vancouver Canucks introduced last week looked familiar.

Upon looking for a picture of it to post here, I found it on someone elses blog. He was commenting about the exact same thing I was going to write about.

When I first saw the logo I was instantly reminded of the logo for Vachon Inc.. Vachon Inc. is a Canadian company who manufactures baked goods, like their chocolate covered chocolate layer cake called, Jos. Louis. I haven't had one for years but I they taste good.

The Vancouver Canucks really seem to struggle with their image but I do like the blue and green jerseys. It seems very suitable for a team situated on the beautiful west coast and it celebrates their history. They haven't won a Stanley Cup but they are a successful franchise in every other way.

Alot people like the old "Johnny Canuck" logo. But to me it has no association with any Canucks teams I'm familiar with. There seems only to be a few pictures of it and I haven't been able to find out when it was used.

Vancouvers new third jersey is a subtle change of the jersey they already wear. The changes are so sublte it makes me wonder what the point of introducing a third jersey was. You might think money, but introducing a third jersey that looks almost exactly like your current home jersey isn't going to get alot of people running to the store to buy. I think that they've fouled up so many times in the past that they're scared of doing it again.

I'd like to see the old V jerseys in the new colours or a version of the Vancouver Millionares jersey. The Millionares did win the Stanley Cup. That's worth a tribute, don't you think?

At the radio station I work at, The Peak, we broadcast some of the hockey games of The Central Interior Hockey League. Almost all the games involve the team from Smithers where I live or the team from Houston. Houston is 65 km from Smithers.

Last night we did, for the third weekend in row, a game between the Smithers Steelheads and the Houston Luckies.

It was a surprising final result as the weekend before Smithers dominated Houston in every facet of the game and won 7-1.

Proving that inconsistency is one of the more consistent aspects of the CIHL. Houston looked very comfortable last night shutting down the Steelheads 5-3.

Next weekend we're traveling to Kitimat to broadcast two Steelheads/Ice Demons games.

Kitimat, generally speaking, have been the best team in the C.I. for the last four or five seasons. It should be a good test for Smithers.

Look for a broadcast schedule and link on my website if you are interested in listening.

The photo above is of Luckies goalie Don Kenzle during warm up last night at The Claude Parrish Memorial Arena.

Cheers.

This is an endorsement.

We had our first real snow last night. Is it evil?