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A Salute to Hockey Slang

Hockey Slang

Is there any other sport out there that has a vernacular nearly as colorful as that of hockey players? I think not. Hockey definitely has a language all its own. And the use of unique phraseology goes back a long way in the history of hockey culture. The derogatory term ‘Hoser’, for example, comes from the days before the Zamboni when the losing team would have to hose down the rink after a game. The term ‘Rink Rat’ comes from 1940s Canada. It was used to describe a kid that spent all his time at a hockey rink, helping with maintenance work, often without being paid, in exchange for free ice time.
A stranger to the game could listen to a hockey player talk for several minutes without understanding a single word he said. It is in honor of players with these unique linguistic skills that I present the latest eBrush Design creation for Hockey Shirt Shop. Slugged ‘Hockey Slang’, this new design illustrates what you just might overhear at the rink if you happened upon a particularly talented hockey wordsmith.

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Real Men Watch Hockey

Real Men Watch Hockey

Bad back, wrecked knees, too many concussions, a complete loss of motivation; there’s a bunch of reasons many of us can’t get out there and knock heads anymore. But that doesn’t stop us from being part of the game. We can still butch it up from the La-Z-Boy. We could also drop some serious strategy on these guys, if they’d just listen to our screaming. “I’ll tell you what I would have done back in the day . . . Damn, guys, do not make me get up out of this chair! Hey, pass that plate of chicken wings, would ya?”

eBrush Design presents a new tongue-in-cheek design for Hockey Shirt Shop. One for the old warriors, the armchair playas, the sofa studs. Because we all know . . . Real Men Watch Hockey.
I even made a version for the football fans, too!

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ReBorn To Play (Hockey)

Born To Play Hockey

A while ago we released a design celebrating the diversity that exists in the sport of hockey. It was called ‘Born to Play’ and featured the different nations that feed this magnificent sport. Well, I’ve decided to reissue that slogan in a more generic design. Born To Play II is a simple declaration of your birthright. Available in both a black & white and muted color versions, this design is destined to be a classic of the eBrush Design collection. And you can get it right here at Hockey Shirt Shop on t-shirts as well as many other gifts including iPhone and iPad cases and the all-new frosted beer mugs!

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Give a Flying Puck and some love for the Meat Wagon

Flying Puck and Meat Wagon

Looking for a great gift for a hockey player? Give a Flying Puck! A sick new design by eBrush Design for Hockey Shirt Shop.

You demand respect for yourself and your teammates. True, you may not be BoDangles. But when the game ends, the other team knows your name. And they will be keeping their heads up next time. You’re a Meat Wagon, and proud of it.

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Goalie Moms and Sick Sauce

Goalie Mom Sick Sauce

Here’s a couple new designs from the eBrush Design collection for Hockey Shirt Shop. The first, Goalie Mom, is a tip of the cap to the toughest hockey moms of all. Seriously. Is there a more nerve-racking job in the sports world than being a goalie parent? Wearing this shirt to the hockey rink will send a clear message to everyone that you might not be the best choice to mess with during the game.

The second new design, Serves Sick Sauce, honors the sickest of all hockey passes – the saucer pass. But you know all about that, don’t you? You break out and the defenseman places the puck perfectly on your stick. You cross the blue line and see your teammate streaking for the net. Unfortunately there’s a defenseman between you and him. Time to break out some skills. Time to serve up some sauce. You feather a beautiful saucer pass about two inches over the blue-liner’s stick that lands right on the blade of your teammate’s twig. He buries it. You, my friend, Serve Sick Sauce!

Goalie Mom or Serves Sick Sauce are available now!

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Wax Your Twig Before Every Game

I Wax My Twig

Proponents of waxing profess that it is a natural, normal thing to do in the privacy of your locker room. They will tell you that a good waxing, which can be done with a variety of commercial products as well as common candle wax, will prolong the life of your stick as well as improve your handling – since it is not uncommon to lose grip on the puck if your your blade is wet. And, as we know, continually playing with a wet stick can shorten one’s life. Ideally, wax should be added to previously applied protection, such as tape, and applied generously to the bottom. So, with hockey players looking for any edge they can get, waxing your twig before every game might just be your ticket to improved performance!

Get your the new eBrush Design ‘I Wax My Twig Before Every Game’ t-shirts and gifts at Hockey Shirt Shop.

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Goals, Girls and Glory: The Real Hockey Hat Trick

Hat Trick: Goals Girls Glory

Two nasty new designs by eBrush Design can now be found right here through Hockey Shirt Shop. These designs share a common theme, the three primary reasons you rock the ice: Goals, Girls and Glory. Did I miss one? Really? I think not. You score goals, glory is laid upon you, girls dig you. It’s all really quite simple. These designs are available in black & white and muted color versions. So go ahead and just put it out there. No point in pretending it’s any more complicated than this.

Click here for Hat Trick: Goals. Girls. Glory. and Click here for Goals, Girls & Glory

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Time to DO WORK at HockeyShirtShop.com

Do Work Son

Hockey season is upon us. Teams are practicing already. It’s time for Hockey Shirt Shop to DO WORK!

Truth be told, I’ve been working hard all summer and I’ve got several really sick designs lined up for release this season. Not to mention a really whacked-out free hockey wallpaper ­– almost certainly my best yet.

But , hey! That’s all down the road. What about the here and now? Well, here’s the latest creation from eBrush Design for you. This one is for those of you who are ready to get on with it. Ready to hit the ice. Ready to DO WORK!

Click here to see the new DO WORK products

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Back to School and Back to Hockey

Back to School and Back to Hockey

It’s back to school time. It’s also the time of year that hockey teams start cranking it up for the long season. In the last few weeks We’ve added 4 new designs to the eBrushDesign collection here at Hockey Shirt Shop to get you back to school and back on the rink in style. For those of you that plan to ‘score’ this season there is the proud declaration ‘I Scored Last Night’. And as hockey practice ramps up, we’ve got the motivational ‘Think Practice Is Tough? Try Losing’. We’ve also added more goalie love with one we all know is true, ‘Chicks Dig Goalies’. And for those polishing up their face washing skills, there’s a membership to the exclusive ‘Stinky Glove Club’. Hit us up for one or more of these designs on lots of shirt styles for some awesomeness in your return to the classroom and the rink.

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A Twisted Pair: Crazy Designs to Rock the Hockey Rink

Twisted Sticks and Stickster

Here’s a couple new shirts for all of you hockey crazies out there. ‘Twisted Sticks’ merges the sport’s weapons of choice with just a touch of dementia.  And as far as Twisted Stickster goes, it’s a really good example of how one idea can beget another. As I was working through the Twisted Sticks design, the similar sound of the name kept me thinking of ‘80s rockers Twisted Sister. You know, Dee Snider and the boys. And It occurred to me that even young hockey players must be familiar with their music because I know I hear ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ played in hockey rinks all the time. There has got to be a hockey shirt in this. Twisted Fister?  Twisted Wrister?  Naw  .  .  .  Twisted Stickster! Hell yeah. There it is!

So there you go, a twisted pair. “Twister Sticks Hockey” and “Twisted Stickster”, two new slightly crazy designs from eBrushDesign and HockeyShirtShop.

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Roller Hockey leads to Ice Hockey Addiction

Roller Hockey Roll With It

I am a hockey addict. It’s Stanley Cup playoff time and I am unable to control the compulsion to watch. I go through agonizing withdrawal in the months that follow. I believe, however, that I’ve made an important step in being able to admit to you, and to myself, that I am an addict. But it wasn’t always this way. I wasn’t born into this dependancy. There was a time when I was hockey-free . . . before my son tempted me with the seemingly innocent game of roller hockey.

He was 8-years-old and had worn out copies of all three ‘Mighty Ducks’ videos. Then he took to ripping out all the screens of my Florida screened-in patio trying to slap a hockey puck into his little sister’s big plastic play-house. There wasn’t much in the way of ice rinks around South Florida in those days. But I knew I had to get him on a rink somehow. That’s when we discovered roller hockey. I found an outdoor league and signed him up. That’s where the full-blown hockey addiction I suffer from today began.

In the years to come, The Florida Panthers moved in. Ice rinks began to pop up around South Florida and my son became very excited to get on the ice. He spent several years playing in the rec and high school leagues and a few playing around the country with a travel club. But he never quit playing roller hockey. With ice hockey came more discipline and a degree of pressure. Don’t get me wrong, he absolutely loves ice hockey. But when ice season was over and the roller hockey season began, there came a sense of lessened pressure and a unique joy that could be equated to a pick-up baseball game with your friends after a long little league season.

For those of you that haven’t seen roller hockey played at a high level, I feel sure you would be amazed at the beauty of the game. Yes, it certainly is a different game than ice hockey. While there is no checking allowed, don’t think for a second that it’s not physical. With only four skaters, it is a more wide-open game than it’s ice counterpart. And although it is certainly a team sport, there is much more room for individuality. The lack of checking allows players to hold the puck longer, creating displays of stick-handling like nothing you will ever see on the ice. I have heard it said that, although roller hockey players have much to adjust to when transitioning to the ice game, their puck-handling skills are often much more advanced than their ice-trained counterparts.

My son plays roller hockey at the collegiate level now. His Florida Gulf Coast University team, in their first year of existence, played in the DII national championship game in April. They beat teams from Denver, Missouri, Texas, Michigan, Illinois and California to get there. Only to lose a double-overtime championship game to none other than another Florida team, The University of Miami. It was an amazing accomplishment for a first-year team of all underclassmen. And, undoubtedly, an experience none of them are likely to ever forget.

But to be honest,  I really miss those cool evening games under the lights, on those outdoor rinks, against the backdrop of a beautiful South Florida sunset. As odd as it may sound to my northern friends, that’s where we discovered and fell in love with the game of hockey. That’s where my addiction began – on a cement rink with a chain-link fence.


I am thrilled to introduce the latest addition to the eBrush Design hockey collection – ‘Roll With It’, a tribute to the exciting sport of roller hockey. Check out the other roller hockey designs available at HockeyShirtShop.com: iDangle, DangleMeister and  Let’s Roll

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Mothers Day, Hockey Moms and Hockey Fans

Hockey Mom Hockey Fan

Mother’s Day is right around the corner. You really don’t want to wait until the last minute do you? I mean, you don’t live with the typical mother. You live with a hockey mom. They are a tough lot, those hockey moms. The wrong gift and you could find yourself being slashed with a broom or body checked into the laundry hamper.

Well, HockeyShirtShop is here to save your butt with a collection of awesome gifts for the hockey mom in your life. There’s our best-selling classic ‘Hockey Mom’ design and the brand new, just being introduced here, ‘Hockey Fan’. Either of these is sure to put a gruff smile on the face of good ol’ Mom on her special day!

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Born To Play Hockey

Born To Play Hockey

There are so many wonderful things about the sport of hockey. One of coolest is that it is an international sport – but in a very unique way.

I’m not a soccer fan, but I’ve always been impressed by the sport’s world-wide appeal. And although hockey doesn’t necessarily reach the level of soccer in that regard, it does surpass it on another. NHL hockey has the most internationally blended teams of any major sport that I’m aware of. Sure, the World Cup showcases more teams from more nations than anything other than the Olympics. But in what other sport do you find players from so many different nations playing – not against each other – but side-by-side on the same team?

So, to the spirit of this unique team diversity, I dedicate my new design line, ‘Born To Play’. Created for those of you that wish to show some pride in your roots, and for our brothers from Russia, Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Germany that are dying for a hockey t-shirt printed in English ;-)

Find the ‘Born To Play’ line as well as all eBrush Design hockey designs at Hockey Shirt Shop.

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Two New Hockey Goalie T-shirt Designs

crease police and cool goalie
I’ve just laid some serious love on the net minders. Two new designs that celebrate the epic awesomeness that is the hockey goalie. I’m proud to introduce ‘Crease Police’ and ‘Cool Goalie’ into the eBrush Design collection. As always, these designs are available on everything from t-shirts and neckties, to mugs and iPhone cases. Check ‘em out now!

To read about the other goalie designs in the HockeyShirtShop/eBrush Design collection, CLICK HERE

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It’s Payday. Time to Deliver the Hockey Checks!


Hockey Checks

I think I got carried away again. Three different variations on the theme. But ya know, sometimes when I’m working on these designs, one approach clearly stands out. It’s pretty obvious. Other times, I like a couple approaches equally well. The wording might be slightly different and one not necessarily better than the other. I think that was the case here. So I decided to offer all three versions. These all look sick on any of the awesome t-shirts, mugs, neckties, and other gifts available from Hockey Shirt Shop and eBrush Design. The decision is yours. You choose the one you like best. But face it, we can all use a Payday!

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Sit Down and Watch The Game!

watch the game
I have a little commentary to go with the release of this new product design. Actually, it’s a bit of a rant. Most of you will conclude that I’m a joyless whack job, devoid of a soul. But I’m willing to bet there’s one or two of you that will nod like a bobblehead as you read along.

I used to think the phrases ‘the game’ and ‘sporting event’ were synonymous. I don’t anymore. I think ‘sporting event’ is, in fact, a much closer relative to to the term ‘party’.

You’re thinking, “What the hell is this douche bag talking about?”. Ya see, I’ve become one of those fans who would rather watch ‘the game’ on TV, in the comfort and tranquility of my home, than to actually attend the ‘sporting event’.

“WTF?”, you may ask.

See here, I consider myself a fan in the truest sense. I love to watch the game – to really watch the game. Now don’t get me wrong. I’ve been known to enjoy an adult beverage or two while the boys are hashing it out. But it’s just not a party to me. Especially if it’s my team on the field or rink. I enjoy the actual contest, the action, the strategy, and every nuance of the game. And I enjoy it most without the distraction of a party going on all around me. That, I’ve found, has become extremely difficult when I’m actually attending the event. More and more, it seems to me that the large majority of those in attendance are more interested in the concession stand, the restroom, getting hammered and trash-talking with the fans of the opposing team. It’s a party with a game going on in the background. I swear, if you asked most of these idiots who was winning, half of them wouldn’t be able to tell you without looking at the scoreboard. Football is the worst. Hockey, not quite as bad. On the infrequent occasions when I actually do get up to find the restroom – sometimes just to escape the moron behind me from spilling any more beer down my back – I see crowds of people in the club lounges, sitting at tables talking, standing in food lines, and socializing. All while ‘the game’ plays on small monitors that nobody seems to notice. I just don’t get it. Isn’t there a less expensive place to have dinner and a drink?

I mean it’s bad enough that I have to sit, with my arms folded across my chest, in seats that make airplane seats feel like a La-Z-Boy. But there’s also the weather and the traffic. And going ten deep for a beer is simply not ever gonna work for me.

Back to my seat. Here we go again. Up and down. Back and forth. To the restroom. To the concession stand. Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me. The same people, over and over. Please! For the love of God, sit down and watch the game!

Click here for a ‘Sit Down and Watch the Game’ t-shirt to wear to your next ‘sporting event’ ;-)

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Rink Life: Hockey Life Goes On

Rink Life
It’s a lifestyle, really. The whole hockey thing. The ‘Rink Life‘. It’s not limited to the player. It wraps it’s arms around the whole family and takes them along for the skate. It possesses you, and there is no real exorcism. It’s like the mob. Once you join the family, there ain’t no gettin’ out. But that’s all a theory, of course. Because as far as I know, nobody has ever actually looked for the exit door.

When my son was living at home, he would take his little 7-year-old cousin to the rink to skate. Roller rink or ice, it didn’t matter. As long as the little guy could wear his skates and a helmet like his big cousin. Every little boy needs to find something he loves. Sports, camping, skateboarding, art, it doesn’t matter. But somehow I knew that this little guy had been exposed to an irresistible force. That he really would have no choice from this point on. He would play hockey.

He started playing organized hockey this year. He’s decided that he’ll go ahead and be the next great goalie. He spent a season on a developmental team and was immediately picked up by the travel program. I knew at that moment that my brother’s life was about to change. He was about to embark on the journey. He was being swept up by the irresistible force. And he was destined to join his son in some of the greatest memories of their lives.

Just when I thought my ‘Rink Life’ was sadly coming to an end, with my son heading off to college this year, it has caught a second wind. It has started all over again, reborn in the hopes and dreams of this little boy. My nephew, the next great goalie.

“Rink Life’ goes on, indeed.

Do you live and love the ‘Rink Life’? Check out the ‘Rink Life’ t-shirts and gifts.

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Hockey Parents Behavior

parental behavior
We’ve all seen overly zealous hockey parents. Perhaps we’ve even been one in a weak moment. Sometimes it’s more entertaining than what’s happening on the ice. Sometimes it’s ugly.

For whatever reason, we tend to behave differently at the rink. You know exactly what I mean. We’ve all seen the accountant father of the goalie, so quiet outside the rink, but he turns into this raving lunatic when an opposing player drifts into his son’s crease. Screaming and clawing at the glass. Demanding that one of his son’s teammates rip the 9-year-old player’s head from his body.

Then there’s how we treat our own kids. We tend to put demands on our hockey-playing children that we would never apply to other activities meant for enjoyment. In fact, I’ve always found it particularly disturbing how so many parents place much higher demands on hockey than they place on their child’s schoolwork.

Several years ago Hockey Canada and USA Hockey teamed up to develop a series of ads called ‘Relax, It’s Just a Game’ meant to show parents how they look when they ice their normal parenting guidelines inside the hockey rink. If you’ve never seen these, I’ve included links.
And for those of you that stand by your right to misbehave, or would like to make a tongue-in-cheek confession, I’ve designed a t-shirt just for you! It’s the official ‘I Didn’t Sign the Parental Behavior Form’ t shirt.

More “Relax, It’s Just a Game” ads:
Manhole
Grocery Store
Traffic Ticket
Potato Sack
Golf

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Three New Hockey Gift Designs

3 New Hockey Designs
Although two of these designs have  been up on Hockey Shirt Shop for a few weeks, they weren’t given any love on the blog. So for those of you that don’t routinely check Hockey Shirt Shop for new designs, here are my latest efforts; “Red Ice“, “(Take The Shot) Rip The Net” and “Hockey: We Don’t Play With Balls“.

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For Hockey Dudes that Dangle

Hockey dangle design
It’s all about the dangle. We here at Hockey Shirt Shop understand this. Our eBrush Design collection of hockey t-shirts already has a few designs that promote the art of the dangle, as well as your personal dangleness. We’ve just added new color and shape options to our classic ‘iDangle‘ iPod parody design. And don’t forget the two dangle-ized definition designs, ‘disendangle’ and ‘endanglement‘. And, of course, there’s the fruits of your labor ‘Dangleberries’.
But four dangle designs, my friends, are simply not enough. Because we all know you really can’t overstate one’s dangleocity. So, allow me to present an eBrush Design creation for those with the sickest of all sticks  – ‘The Danglemeister‘ – now available in admittedly way too many variations (I got a little carried away).

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