Get On Board for the New Admirals

Photo courtesy of the Milwaukee Admirals' Facebook page

With all of the talk about AHL teams relocating and changing affiliations with their NHL parents, here is some rather "rare" uniform news.  The Milwaukee Admirals will be going from black as a primary color to return to their navy roots while going from the cartoonish "Deadmiral" to a more menacing version of the "Deadmiral."  As you can see, though, the cartoonish version will remain on some level, as their third jerseys from last year will still be intact, thus giving the team their usual white, new navy, and light blue jerseys to choose from this season.  Black is all but gone from the color scheme, which is a great thing for a team that is one of the few AHL teams to maintain their own identity as opposed to looking more like their NHL parent.  Also, as you can see, the shoulder yokes on the new jerseys are done to subtly make an "M," which is one of the more clever things a team can do.  As for the negatives, the lack of a waist stripe does knock the look down a notch, as does the new shoulder patch:

Here, it seems that the Admirals were trying to do a little too much here, as the previous shoulder patch, an anchor, worked just fine.  Beyond those nitpicks, the Admirals did a great job with their re-brand.  While they maintained a piece of their previous look in their third jersey, it works well in that role.  As for the primary looks, it does manage to tie in all of the looks the Admirals have had over the years on some level.