This is a map from my early days of sports maps, around 13 years ago. As you can see, I was way more into the unbridled use of color and form, and less into accuracy. I can remember, halfway into the map, deciding to put in minor-league hockey clubs, only to realize (pre-internet) that I had little chance of finding the logos for most of these small clubs. So I improvised: Ontario Hockey League trading cards I had helped; and for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams, I just used their names alone. This map has teams from the National Hockey League; the American Hockey League; the aforementioned OHL and QMJHL; and the East Coast Hockey League. Minor league affiliations of AHL clubs are noted by small logos of their parent NHL clubs. The player in the map’s legend is New York Ranger goalie Mike Richter, in his 1994 All-Star team uniform.
October 26, 2007
Hockey of the North Atlantic, circa 1994.
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Wow!
Being a fan of the defunct Nordiques, i loooooooove the Nordiques belt around Montréal.
Comment by Vincent — November 1, 2007 @ 12:37 pm
<p>Have you ever thought about having your hand drawn maps made into posters?</p>
I want to try and see if that is possible.
Comment by Alex — November 1, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
Wow very cool map. I am a huge fan.
Comment by Stomach Exercises FAQ — November 4, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
This is phenomenal. Do you have a copy of it without the digital text (team names) placed over the fully hand drawn map? And some of us in northern Vermont are Canadiens fans…
Answer: Thanks. I don’t really have the time to make another version of this map. And I know there are Montreal Canadiens fans in northern Vermont, but I wanted to keep the integrity of the border. This sort of thing is why I stopped outlining fan bases with color swaths, and started just showing the logos (sometimes sized to refect average attendance, sometimes all at the same size).
Comment by Sav — October 22, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
This is awesome.
I lived in Montreal for a while.
Allez Les Candiens!
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Comment by Flat Stomach — December 2, 2008 @ 4:59 am
Great job! I’m very impressed!
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Answer: Thanks.
Comment by Flat Stomach — January 24, 2009 @ 2:31 pm