SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers unveiled a new logo and uniforms at a special event at the BB&T Center on Thursday night. Panthers Chairman, Owner & Governor Vincent Viola and his son John Viola were on hand for the rebrand and addressed the fans at the event.
Panthers players Aaron Ekblad, Vincent Trocheck, Shawn Thornton and Steven Kampfer revealed the new uniforms to the crowd. Panthers alumni Ed Jovanovski, Olli Jokinen, Radek Dvorak and Billy Lindsay also made an appearance for the franchise’s first major logo change since its inaugural season in 1993.
«The idea when we came into Florida and took responsibility for the stewardship of the franchise, was to start anew and create traditions that were unique to this new start,» Vincent Viola said. «I think the logo harkens to the vanguard of courage; the idea that you put a shield on the hockey uniform. It’s something to protect, but you also protect it. We wanted something that began a new tradition of winning and demonstrated courage and selfless dedication to a team pursuit of victory.»
«We wanted to really put a bold emphasis on the idea that this was a new era for the franchise,» added John Viola, who took the lead for his family in working with Reebok to bring the new uniforms to life. «It’s not necessarily a new direction, but a new evolution, a new maturity for the franchise.»
The new Panthers primary logo includes a more mature and stoic panther inside a shield with «Florida» set in a tab across the top of the mark. The primary logo will be used on the Panthers away uniforms. The same logo design will be on the front of the home uniforms with «Panthers» in the tab. The three primary colors for the new look logo and uniforms are Panthers Red, Panthers Blue and Panthers Flat Gold.
Por fin se develo la nueva imagen de los Florida Panthers que cambian por primera vez de logo y uniformes desde su creacion en 1993….el anuncio lo hizo el propietario del equipo Vincent Viola acompañado de su hijo Jhon y cuatro de los jugadores insignias de la franquicia como Aaron Ecklabd,Vincent Trochek, Stefen Kampfer y Shawn Thornton….ademas de ex-jugadores como Ed Jovanoski, Olli Jokinen, Bill Lindsay y Rdek Devorak…
El nuevo logo incluye una Panthera mas madura y estoica…y de perfil, muy diferente a la agresiva y frontal del logo original….los uniforms luciran asi…..
