Vancouver Canucks - IXS

The Vancouver Canucks is widely known as theteam's existing jerseys, along with team's modern
professional National Hockey League NHL ice hockeycolors.
team Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.In 1970's, Some revolutionary changes were made in
For a long period of 18 Years i.e., From 1980 to 1998,order to give a new look to the Team which resulted
Vancouver Canucks was in the Ownership ofin the the most controversial appearance of the team
Mr.Arthur Griffiths Jr who was a local business andin the history. The design of the Sweaters was the
philanthropist. However, the circumstances forced himmatter of great controversy.The new sweaters
to sell his major shares of Canucks as He was moreconsisted of a huge yellow, orange, and black striped
involved in constructing a wonderful GM Place which"V" dropping down from the shoulders. Some
consumed most of his financial resources. Theconsidered the New designed Sweaters as the best
American billionaire John McCaw bought the majorityone whereas some rejected the new Designs as the
of shares of Canucks from Arthur Giffiths Jr.worst sweaters.
Aquilini Investment Group of Vancour also showedAs far as Logo is concerned, It was based on the
interest in Vancouver Canucks and the Leader of theword "Canucks" in a diagonal angle is actually part of
Aquilini Investment Group was successful in purchasingthe blade of a skate. The logo has almost a laser-like
50% share in the franchise and General Motors Placedesign, was at times mentioned as the "Star Wars"
sports arena on the 17th of November, 2004. Aquilinilogo, or, even the "Downward Skate". In order to give
still holds the remaining 50% share which he obtainedthe death blow to these controversies, some
of the franchise and General Motors Place from Johnfundamental changes were made in the design of the
McCaw. However, In January 2005, Aquilini had toSweaters and the Logos in 1989. The yellow home
face some difficult time when his old business partners,jerseys were fragmented for more conventional white
Tom Gagliardi and Ryan Beedie, filed a lawsuit againstones; in addition the triangular shoulder stripes that
Aquilini and OrcaBay, the group that at present ownsdecked the post-"V" jerseys were discarded
the Canucks. Gagliardi and Beedie complained of thesimultaneously. The new design was worn from 1989
bad faith of Aquilini and OrcaBay and not extendingto 92, when finally a subtle change was done. The red
their help when Aquilini and Orca Bay brokered theirtook place else than orange, plus the deep 'gold' color
deal, in spite of Aquilini having had to pull out of hiswas altered to a brighter yellow.The present logo is an
partnership with Gagliardi and Beedie to acquire theorca, bursting through cracked ice, making the shape
team due to financial causes.of a "C". This is most likely a reference to Orca Bay, a
The History of Canucks shows that they strived hardname of the company which owns the team.
in selecting a Single Logo and making an acceptableIt is worth mentioning here that the name "Canuck" is
design of Sweaters for their players. They underwentnot a part of current logo of the Canucks. Canuck is a
a process of making many logos and designs of theused as a slang word for a Canadian similar to
Sweaters from time to time. One of the team's first"Yankee" is for an American. Anyhow the team's
sweaters which are now worn on just the occasionalname is originally derived from Johnny Canuck. It was
"vintage night" is a blue rink-shaped rectangle with aa 19th century Canadian Cartoon that was several
hockey stick in it. This sweater was designed by Joetimes reincarnated throughout the 20th century. Johnny
Borovich of North Vancouver. An adaptation of theCanuck symbol was also on the very first Vancouver
same logo is in use till now, as a shoulder patch on theCanucks logo.