Stars Uniform Survey
With a new owner and team president in place, and most Stars fans not really a big fan of the current Stars uniforms (either because of the lack of green, the lack of logo, or the blankness of them), I thought now would be a good time to poll Stars fans on what exactly they'd like to see in a Stars uniform.
I'll get a general idea by polling you guys, and then take what you say and try to put it down on paper and see what it looks like.
Choose one from the following categories.
Primary home color: Black, Dark Green, or Kelly Green. Or if you want some radical new color scheme, tell me about it.
Primary home crest: Traditional STARS logo, Texas secondary logo, or DALLAS wordmark.
Pants/Helmet/Gloves color: Black, Dark Green, or Kelly Green.
Uniform Design: Traditional (think Devils, Leafs, Oilers, or Bruins), Simple (think Coyotes, Blue Jackets, Current Stars sweaters), Modern (think Capitals, Predators, or Kings). Use your own words to describe what sort of look you want, and I'll do my best to find something that pleases most of us.
Which shade of gold?: Metallic gold (Stars, New Orleans Saints), Athletic Gold (aka yellow, Bruins, Green Bay Packers, Predators), Vegas Gold (Pittsburgh Penguins, or even Minnesota Wild "wheat")
Color Hierarchy: Black/Green/Gold, Black/Gold/Green, Green/Black/Gold, Green/Gold/Black, or any other radical new color schemes... or the omission of one of the colors (like just Green and gold, no black. Or just black and gold, no green. etc)
Number/Name font: Go with the standard block letters we've always had in Dallas? Maybe something more western like the Texas Rangers? Modern?
Who knows... the Ottawa Senators just unveiled their fan-made alternate that I think looks pretty good. Maybe the Stars can get some fan-created new uniforms based on the results of this survey?
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Some Green and Gold please.
And logo of Stars in front, not text “Dallas”.
Trevor Daley is my cup of tea.
Glad you brought this up
Primary home color: Dark Green
Primary home crest: Traditional STARS logo
Pants/Helmet/Gloves color: Black, with dark green and gold mixed in
Uniform Design: I don’t know… I like the 99/00 – 06/07 sweaters… but I also like the current Texas Stars 3rd sweater.
Which shade of gold?: Metallic gold
Color Hierarchy: Green/Black/Gold or Green/Gold/Black
Number/Name font: Block letters are fine – I think that a unique font (Texas Rangers/Colorado Avalanche) is gimmicky.
Carpe diem!
As long as it has some green and the stars logo of some sort, I'll be happy with it.
Our unis right now are just horrible.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
i concur
i like the black because it can give the team a tough image, but at the very least the road jerseys have got to go. more green please.
by the way worst e-news ever...
by heyitsthatguy! on Jan 6, 2012 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
Hell, I'm even okay with one or the other.
But you can’t have carbon copies just in black or white, with no 3rd to change it up. Especially when they have nothing to do with your team.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
i disagree...
neither are good, but the white jersey at least has green gold and black. the black jersey is just black and white with a little gold thrown in.
the home could just as easily be a penguins jersey to someone that can’t read. the road is at least in our team colors.
I was going to get a Nystrom Jersey for my birthday, but I don't know if I want to wait until we get new jerseys....
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
i made these a while ago...
sort of a mix of kelly and dark green, and using the old alternate as a base.


Darker green for me, and i think that's the perfect starting point.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
I'd be happy with these
I want traditional unis with plenty of green and the alternate logo on the shoulders.
by StarzenheimerSchmidt on Jan 6, 2012 4:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wow!
My comment has been shunned! So I’ll just go with something similar to these would m-m-m-make me happy! Maybe a little darker green, or even black like the originals.
Sorry, I’ve never claimed to be pc!
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by James on Bass! on Jan 6, 2012 5:34 PM CST up reply actions
no worries :)
that’s what we’re here for, to be your filter lol.
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by Tsudbury on Jan 6, 2012 7:40 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
These are nice.
I am one of the few that actually likes the current black jerseys. Yes, they’re simple, but classy looking, IMO. Or maybe I just like black and gold, what with being a Saints fan and living in Iowa (Iowa Hawkeyes). Either way, I like them. But I definitely want to see a green jersey, either as an alternate or as the new home jersey, with the current black being an alternate.
I’m also a fan of the alternate Texas logo and wouldn’t mind it getting some use.
Nice Start
I would like to see a little more black. I was wondering how this would look if the sides were black. You probably wouldn’t have the strip along the belt anymore but it would be a more modern look.
these are really cool
but i would like the neck/shoulder area of the jersey to be a different color from the rest, similar to the oilers or sharks jerseys
Good look
Plays to the original Dallas look. It could possibly use a little more black on the sweater, but overall it looks really good.
by Speebump Joey on Jan 7, 2012 10:59 AM CST up reply actions
These
Maybe even a deeper green. Pants are great and claasic, socks are fine, letters good. Green/Gold/Black, I wouldn’t mind possible the white texas with the green star logo as a primary.
I would like to see some looks at like a Minny or St. Louis TIE UP style neck, I dig those.
We had this already
It would be great to see something new.
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Which shade of green?: Dark, never Kelly
Which shade of gold?: Metallic gold
Home
Primary color: Black
Primary crest: Traditional STARS logo
Secondary Colors: Dark Green, gold, Ie Green stripe or shoulders outlined in gold.
Pants/Helmet/Gloves color: Black, with dark green and gold mixed in, ie stripes logo
Color Hierarchy: Black/Green/Gold
Road
Primary color: White
Primary crest: Traditional STARS logo
Secondary Colors: Dark Green, gold, Ie Green stripe or shoulders outlined in gold.
Pants/Helmet/Gloves color: Dark Green, with white and gold mixed in, ie stripes logo, white socks, green and gold stripes
Color Hierarchy: White/Green/Gold
Alternates
Primary color: Dark Green
Primary crest: Stars Texas shape logo in black with a Gold star over Dallas
Secondary Colors: Black, gold, Ie Black stripe or shoulders outlined in gold.
Pants/Helmet/Gloves color: Black, with dark green and gold mixed in, ie stripes logo
Color Hierarchy: Green/Black/Gold
forgot the numbers
Numbers
Home: White, outlined Green
Road: Green, outlined Gold
Alternate: Black, outlined Gold
I'd like to see
what a third jersey in gold would look like. I’ve always been a fan of the (old) Atlanta Thrasher jersey’s. They were always unique.
Something Clever.
I can see two options
The first is a clean look. The white jersey has the primary logo and not much else, with numbers and letters in the same font, green (either) trimmed with gold. The dark look simply replaces white with black, keeping the numbers and letters the same color. Maybe add a green and gold tailstripe on both jerseys for flavor.
The second is a traditional minnesota north stars look, with the lime green, athletic gold and the shoulder yolk and a D with a star, or maybe a cowboy hat, on the northwest corner of the letter. Something exactly like this http://www.nhluniforms.com/NorthStars/NorthStars11.html except with the yolk on the white jersey as well.
Either way, lose the stupid front-of-the-jersey numbers and make the captaincy designations a LOT bigger.
In addendum
The best option would be to bring this look back http://www.nhluniforms.com/Stars/Stars04.html but “that won’t fit the reebok design…”
the angle of the star on the jersey and the angle of the star on the crest being different always annoyed me about that jersey. Honestly I think that jersey would work fine with reebok. It would have looked incredibly silly with their initial design being so much tighter but the players have ended up wearing these jerseys pretty loose so it should be easily workable.
Never like this one, sadly.
The Star cut-out pattern always bothered me.
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NO,NO,NO
A thousand times no…. That piece of rubbish needs to go in the bin right under the Mooterus.
Now, if you want to go throw-back you go with this…
http://www.nhluniforms.com/Stars/Stars1995-96.html
On the dark version you swap the green and black…
Holy Crap YES!!!!
I was actually about to suggest White Shoulders on the pics Cole Jones posted.
This is a standout design with old school Stars flavor- very nice!!!
The 3D number font is an awesome throwback to the days in MN. I like the Bid D on the crest too but I think the uni needs to say “Dallas” somewhere. Maybe ditch the threee stars on the shorts for the traditional version and we’d be good.
This SHOULD BE the Winter Classic jersey against the Minnesota Wild
THAT is good 24/7 television. Am I right or am I right?
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 7, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
Love the North Stars uni
My fave of all time.
Exchange the “N” with a “D” and put the star in the center. Done.
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Would be interesting just for the hissy fit that the entire state of Minnesota would throw.
Actually saw someone comment somewhere the other day (maybe PHT) that the Stars didn’t own the right to the North Stars, that the NHL did and that if Minnesota wanted to take the rights back, they could.
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Really?
The rights to the North Stars didn’t transfer to Dallas with Norm Green? That strikes me as kind of odd…
Carpe diem!
NHL technically owns the rights to team identities, i believe.
It’s what allowed the Thrashers to become the Jets, even though the Jets are really the Coyotes.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
Right, I get that...
But it seems to me that the team identities sticks with the founding franchise… Right? While the Jets in Winnipeg are the Jets, they aren’t the original Jets, and therefore have no right to the lineage and history of the original Jets. So they’ve basically aped the name and nothing else.
Which in the end is what I’m referring to – the namesake may be up for grabs… but what about the team colors and logos? The Winnipeg Thrashers went with the Jets name, but the logo and colors are new… So, if another Minnesota team decided on North Stars, would they be able to take the colors and logos? Or do the colors and logos stick with a franchise?
Carpe diem!
Not sure. I'm in agreement with you though.
The franchise records from the original Jets still belongs to the yotes, so i’d think you’re right.
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I want these… Some one on HF boards came up with them
They would never go through though because they look too good
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 7, 2012 5:00 AM CST reply actions
I like those.
Still want black to be involved, just not the main color. These jerseys do that.
by Travis Drybread on Jan 7, 2012 8:12 AM CST up reply actions
Good Look..
Maybe a little darker on the green. I wonder what the black, or white as primaries would look like.
by Speebump Joey on Jan 7, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
These look very nice.
Should we submit these on Twitter?
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP AT 5 AM?!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 7, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Hah because I still live with them… Oh wait
by can we get hatcher back on Jan 7, 2012 12:16 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I think...
Those are the best looking designs on here.
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by James on Bass! on Jan 10, 2012 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
Anything that isn't as lame as the current ones.
I was thinking about them making an RBK version of the original Dallas Stars jerseys (black and whites) 
I miss these jerseys so much
Can we bring these back for nostalgia’s sake? I mean, we won the cup wearing these as home jerseys.
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 7, 2012 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
I think they are the only modle that would look good in RBK
Don’t get me wrong I loved the forest green gold and black (the gold star trim on the bottom half), but I don’t think that they translate well on the edge jersey.
I agree... we should stick with what many of us love.
Making a RBK version of the 90’s jersey would suit this project well. The remake would have a certain degree of updating from the newer materials, cut/shaping, and details like the NHL shield at the collar. This jersey design has the green, gold and black componts most fans are asking for and the look is 100% Dallas Stars. Let’s not reinvent the wheel, we just need to make the wheel a little better.
I think they are the only modle that would look good in RBK
Don’t get me wrong I loved the forest green gold and black (the gold star trim on the bottom half), but I don’t think that they translate well on the edge jersey.
I have a few ideas.
The first one is a bit out there. I saw them on CCSLC forums, and was blown away. I’m not usually one to be into modern uniforms like these, but something along these lines would be awesome as an alternate. Here’s the lighter one, and here’s a darker green.
The other idea is the jerseys we use on the online team. We’re pretty limited on choices (create a team is less than stellar on nhl 12), but you get the basic gist of it. Here’s the home and away.
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I like the darker one here.... add a splash of black, and I think it's perfect!
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Noooooooooo!!!!!
As long as the lame rings around the elmbow and forearm are gone
I’m good.
As a North Stars fan, I’d love to see a third jersey with the “D” encircled and a Star kinda like the earlier link – think the Blues or Wild. It’s a classy look. In North Stars green – which is not kelly green.
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hmm
if i knew how to post pictures, i’d make something to show what i mean, but i don’t, so
Home:
Primary: Dark Green
Secondary: Black
Accent: Metallic Gold
Helmets/Gloves: Black
Away:
Primary: White
Secondary: Dark Green
Accent: Metallic Gold
Helmets: White
Gloves: Black
Alternate:
Same as home, but swap secondary black for silver, just to change it up
Tradition logo on the chest for all 3, with a modern style. Keep the secondary on the shoulders. Modern style generates a new look while everything else keeps all the things (I think) the majority of the fans find most important
I never, never, EVER liked the old North Stars color.
I can see why people like it, nostalgia and all. But as far as like… color scheme? Bright green? Ew. Any of the mid 90’s Stars jerseys are cool. And I do like the Star cutout one too.
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i’m putting together four or five concepts right now, using all this feedback…
it’s a shame you guys love dark green so much. i was hoping to use kelly :)
so far i’ve got something green with white shoulders, something based on an updated version of the 90’s sweaters, pretty much a straight translation of the 90’s sweaters to the edge template, and a dark green version of what i posted above.
i might come up with one more, based on what you guys think.
then i’ll make a blog post about it where we can all vote on which design is the best, and i can tweak it from there :)
Can you put one together like the ones we have on NHL 12?

Mainly the jersey portion of it. The rest you can do with what you like. Just one that has the dark green jersey with black on the shoulder area and gold as an accent color.
Like Hutch said before, our jersey layouts were pretty limited as I think there were maybe 10 different ones to choose from. I like what we came up with and they look decent on the video game, so it’d be cool to see how they look in reality.
by Travis Drybread on Jan 10, 2012 7:38 AM CST up reply actions
The Kelly Green/North Stars style would be a good third jersey.
The one referenced up there with the big D in the middle.

by Travis Drybread on Jan 10, 2012 7:45 AM CST up reply actions
I like this as a third...
still not sure about the color hue though….
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
well I figured that if the normal home jersey was the dark green
that a third that we wore here and there as north stars green wouldn’t be that bad especially if it’s reminiscent of where the team originated.
And it’d definitely look different unlike the two white jerseys we have now.
by Travis Drybread on Jan 10, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions
Okay, if we have a home jersey that's a dark green...
then heck yes to this as a third.
"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil
Put the star in the hole of the "D" for symetry
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Or use the artwork from the shoulder as a primary logo
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The Star needs to be a bit bigger...
We are the Stars after all, and the item from which we get out namesake needs to be more prominently featured.
Carpe diem!
If you go dark, dark green
you might as well keep black. Nothing wrong with kelly.
Heika said in a previous post that the Stars already have a third jersey in kelly that may be unveiled next season.
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