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Polls Closed: Voting Starts Tonite

by IwoCPO on 09/10/07 at 09:36 PM ET
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It was mid July when the Red Wing marketing savants unveiled this little beauty, a campaign for the ages.  Designed by children, geared for the the ignorant and roundly criticized by smart people everywhere.  Yes, “Fire on Ice” made its debut and the brilliance of it was startling to us all.

The pure childlike genius of this creation prompted a groundswell of artistry unlike anything seen here since TeamDub danced in his garage on webcam during a live blog last April.  The contest to “replace the fire on ice logo because it sucks and sucks hard” began July 17th and wrapped up this evening.  Now, your voice will be heard.  We’ll open up the polls and determine a winner.  And oh what a winner that winner will be.  Displayed on the A2Y front page, a 25 dollar gift certificate to Ice Jerseys and the never ending admiration of all 13 of us.

Ready?  Excellence awaits you.

Here’s how this is going to work.  I’ll leave this as a sticky until mid-morning on Tuesday, then place it back on top every evening for a week.  One vote per person in the comment section of this post, or several if you feel like creating new usernames and all that.  Whatever.  Vote.  Vote for your favorite, or just vote for the one you think will embarrass the rest of us to see it on A2Y for the duration.

Gather the kids.  It’s democracy time.

HockeyinHD has proven himself as exactly the kind of juvenile reader who represents us all.  His entry, the first submitted, emphasized exactly that.

Entry 1: Thanks Gary

Where HinHD made us giggle with him like the children we are, Matt Schwartz used the contest to show off, to show us up.  That made me sad that someone would want us all to feel so badly about our own creative shortcomings.  Not since I stabbed Jimmy Karish with a pencil in 5th grade art class with Mrs. Curzon have I felt such shame.

Entry 2: Fire In Your Wallet

Pete at Yzerman is God impressed me since his debut last season.  His stock rose, yes I said “stock rose”, when he dropped a BJ on us with the third entry.

Entry 3: BJ’s For Us All

Aaron from Phoenix, clearly inspired by what Pete had to offer with Entry 3, chimed in next.  He preyed on our greatest fear and struck gold.

Entry 4: Dom..I swear to god if you don’t stay in that f&*ng net...

If Aaron took the easy way out by capitalizing on our insecurities, TeamDub went the opposite direction and lit the torches for the most unpopular Detroit sports figure since, well, since forever.

Entry 5:  Fire Millen

Saginaw John checked in next with concrete evidence that residents of his hometown are the most brilliant, wittiest, most socially responsible people in the history of mid-michigan towns mentioned by Simon and Garfunkel.  I have no idea where he scored the picture of Grampa Pinhead but it worked.

Entry 6:  Fun For All Ages

The pride of Sagnasty was far from done.  Oh no.  This one’s for Don Cherry.

Entry 7:  Soft Swede

And now we get downright dirty.  I can’t tell you the negotiations involved, but suffice it to say the version you’re about to see wasn’t the original.  That one’s hidden away in my sock drawer for the next time I go to sea.  An anonymous poster provided us our eigth entry and it put A2Y on the same map as that little vixen from High School Musical.

Entry 8:  Below The Fold

The contest went silent for three weeks after that anonymous entry.  Why?  I don’t know.  Perhaps we were in shock.  Maybe you all started surfing porn after seeing the 8th entry.  No matter the reason, we were about to wrap it up with 8 when Pete returned with an eye opener. 

Entry 9:  Emmmmma

And there you have them.  Pick the winner.  Pick the image we’ll forward to the Wing front office as our replacement for “Fire On Ice.” I’ll put it on billboards all over Detroit.  I’ll buy ad space in the local rags.  I’ll put it on t-shirts and send one to each of you for free.  No I won’t. I’m not doing any of that, but I will stick it on the A2Y front page.

When you vote, do so however you please: artist’s name, entry number, entry title. I don’t care.  You’ve got a week. 

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Comments

Gotta vote for Dom staying in the net. There were too many moments of shouting the slogan last year to not get the final nod.

Posted by Ryan from Syracuse, NY on 09/10/07 at 10:21 PM ET

Any way those of us who, you know, have a sock drawer, too, could get our hands on that original???

Posted by BobTheZee on 09/10/07 at 10:32 PM ET

For the record, the Wings have commercials rolling out using the “Fire on Ice” slogan, and will have radio and print ads coming out using the same slogan as well…

Time to call the Red Wings and stop this madness before it’s too late--perhaps Bill can arrange that the winner’s suggestions are submitted via official channels, to the Detroit Red Wings, by mail at 600 Civic Center Dr., Detroit, MI 48226, by phone at (313) 396-7544, or via fax at (313) 567-0296…

Now would we send those entries to John Hahn, Ilitch Holdings’ “Senior Director of Communications” (so the Wings’ disdain for their fan base comes from the very top of the organization?), or maybe Mike Bayoff, the “Director of Publishing/New Media?”

Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 09/11/07 at 03:28 AM ET

Aw man, I hadn’t seen the one of Emma...Fire In Your Wallet almost had my vote, but…

Emma for the win.  As a plus, having HER on the front page is sure to drive Thomas away.

Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from My Office on 09/11/07 at 03:29 AM ET

Although I’m one of the few people who laughs his butt off when Dom does what Dom does, mostly because it actually works on occasion, and I feel there needs to be solidarity amongst those of us of Czech descent who happen to possess excessive body hair (that would be Hairy Czechs)…

I’ve got to go with Saginaw John, because “Fun for All Ages” summarizes the Red Wings’ organizational goal to boldly go where no team has gone before in bending and twisting the rules of age limitations in sports, so proudly led by Chris Chelios.  We’ve been “too old” for the last fifteen or so years, and Cheli’s been here for half that time. 

From Igor Larionov to Slava Fetisov, the “Half Leaf Blueline” of Bob Rouse, Jamie Macoun, and Todd Gill, Brown, Dino Ciccarelli, Freddie Olausson, Larry Murphy, Dominik Hasek, and in honour of all those who’ve called the Detroit Red Wings “too old and too slow” for what seems like forever, “Fun For all Ages” sums up the Wings’ mantra--"We are the Belle Tire of hockey, getting more miles out of retreads than any other NHL organ-I-zation.”

Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 09/11/07 at 03:48 AM ET

I have to appeal to the lowest common denominator and go with the BJs one.

Posted by Nathan on 09/11/07 at 07:49 AM ET

Given that the Leos (and Sparty too?!) are undefeated (look, it’s pretty clear the state’s football karma took a seriously wrong turn when you consider that in addition to the aforementioned anomalies UM is winless...) I can’t vote for “Fire Millen” (yet, I want too).  Though if the state rights itself anytime soon, I’m sure it will become painfully relevant in no time.

I vote for “Dom..I swear to god if you don’t stay in that f&*ng net...” Because I have uttered that eloquent phrase countless times.

Posted by Hoser from Downer Peninsula, Michigan on 09/11/07 at 08:06 AM ET

Okay, so my reverse-mojo is working for the Lions so far. My vote goes to HockeyinHD - made me laugh out loud.

Working on banners, Chief - a leaky roof has stalled progress.

Posted by TeamDub from Toledo on 09/11/07 at 09:03 AM ET

I apologize for not getting a submission in, but I am computer challenged when it comes to graphics. 
I am laughing out loud all the way through this list.
‘Fun for all ages” comes in 3rd, but what a great picture of Chelios! 
Then there is Emma:  ...  If I could breath, I would say:  “I think I want season tickets!”

However, in the final analysis, I vote for the entry that most exemplifies my feeling when watching the Wings:
#4 “Dom, stay in the f*cking Net!!!”

Posted by w2j2 on 09/11/07 at 11:40 AM ET

A fine collection! I think I’ll go with the Red Alert one. Great graphic design, and yeah, *#$%@& you Don Cherry.

Posted by Pete K from Grand Rapids, MI on 09/11/07 at 12:01 PM ET

There are so many great entries. I hope this will become an annual event. I was going to submit something else, but I wasn’t sure about multiple entries.

However, in light of the prospects camp, I think I should share anyways. Enjoy.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l149/unlimitedab/funny stuff/grigs.jpg

Posted by Aaron in PHX from The Birdy South on 09/11/07 at 02:18 PM ET

Hockey in HD it is! I’m no art critic, nor do I play one on TV, but the combination of primitive folk art and the simple elegance of the minimalist insult speaks deeply to my inner cave artist.

That, and I just wanna see that BMP image on the header all season long! That would truly be hilarious.

Posted by dougie on 09/11/07 at 02:21 PM ET

I gotta go for the first one.  It’s a classic.

Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 09/11/07 at 02:38 PM ET

fire in your wallet.....cause I’m a college kid and even with loans I can’t afford tickets…

+ Lilja may be gone then the swede one won’t work

The redlight district and emma make me wanna go browse porn---too much time spent doing that already.

Posted by srt on 09/11/07 at 05:00 PM ET

I am also computer-graphics-deficient (and a charcoal rendering messes up my screen) so none of my half-formed ideas made it out of my head.

I love the first one, and “Fire Millen” is very true (the reason UM is losing is because the Detroit Lions virus has finally spread to Ann Arbor), and I have screamed myself hoarse at the wandering Dom…

But I’ve got to go with number 3 and the BJs, because that one made me laugh the most.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 09/11/07 at 06:47 PM ET

Polls closed? Voting starts tonight? Was that just a ploy so the Dive fans won’t taint the contest?

At any rate...I like “Red Alert” from Saginaw John.

Posted by The Freak on 09/11/07 at 07:15 PM ET

Red Alert. I’m a guy what can I say? #2 goes to Emmma, #3 to the BJ’s. Know where my mind is?

Posted by Left Wing Lock on 09/11/07 at 08:13 PM ET

Gotta go Red Alert, unless they somehow dump Lilja.  If that happens, go with Emmmmma and hope it banks up some Zetterberg karma for a stellar year.

Posted by Chris from Born in Detroit, exiled in DC on 09/13/07 at 02:25 PM ET

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