A look at the logo history of the CHL

As the CHL celebrates its 50th year, it has only undergone a handful of logo changes throughout that time.

For 11 years, the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League operated under that name with its original logo as of 1975.

But ahead of the 1986-87 season, the league rebranded. It dropped ‘Major Junior’ from its name and took on a new identity.

Gone was the circular bilingual logo that originated with the league in 1975; it was instead replaced by red words ‘CHL’ with a black hockey stick piercing through the middle of the verbiage to where a black puck lay with a red maple leaf inside. The league’s full name sat to its right.

But a decade later, another change took place. The words CHL were merged into a maple leaf that also featured a player silhouette, while a black puck shot through the verbiage. The league’s full name was written underneath.

The other notable change in 1996 was the addition of purple as the CHL’s primary colour. For the past 29 years, this has been the official logo of the CHL.

To celebrate the CHL’s 50th season, a special 50th edition logo was created that includes the number 50 behind the current CHL logo while gold trim accompanies it to highlight the significance of the milestone.

For more on the CHL’s 50th anniversary, click here.