The Hockey News' WHL Jersey Rankings

The Western League spans from the Pacific Ocean to the wheat fields of Manitoba, so it’s no surprise there is a great variance in the jerseys worn by the kids of the ‘Dub.’

From classic to cartoony, big-market to small-market, it’s all here, for better or worse.

Big thanks to River City Sports for helping us with pictures, as the CHL is bringing in new Reebok sweaters for 2009-10 and photos were unavailable at the time of voting.

While logos (last year’s competition) are certainly a big part of the hockey jersey, we also considered shoulder patches, striping and piping – so teams gained and lost points based on those factors. You'll also notice both home and away jerseys are used to represent the teams. Simply put, we took the one we liked best out of the two. Third or alternate jersey weren't considered. Click on each thumbnail for a larger picture.

Once you've taken in our rankings, head over to the voting page to select your favorite from our top 10 and help it to move on in the Jersey Tournament that will follow the rankings of each league’s jerseys (find the rankings and tournament schedule on The Hockey News Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central page).

THE HOCKEY NEWS WHL JERSEY RANKINGS

RK.	LOGO	TEAM	THE SCOOP
1		Brandon Wheat Kings	Wheat striping is simply awesome in execution
2		Seattle Thunderbirds	Great colors, great logo. What more do you need?
3		Medicine Hat Tigers	Attention gets directed to best tiger mascot in hockey
4		Red Deer Rebels	Rebels always look intimidating in black
5		Kamloops Blazers	Blazers haven't strayed from original look and that's a good thing
6		Regina Pats	White jersey just looks so crisp and clean
7		Vancouver Giants	Solid logo, solid colors for relatively new team
8		Spokane Chiefs	Sweet logo on Habs-inspired sweater design
9		Edmonton Oil Kings	Gotta give Oil Kings points for bold color choices
10		Calgary Hitmen	Intimidating logo gets all the focus here
11		Swift Current Broncos	Clean look and some nice colors
12		Tri-City Americans	Generic, but still crisp-looking
13		Everett Silvertips	Swiping bear bad, colors and treeline trim good
14		Chilliwack Bruins	Cribbed Boston jersey at least has cool striping
15		Portland Winterhawks	'P' shoulder logo only difference between Portland and Chicago
16		Prince George Cougars	New logo a marked improvement on old cougar
17		Saskatoon Blades	Logo isn't bad and the colors are pretty good
18		Lethbridge Hurricanes	Not much to speak of, but it's not horrible, either
19		Moose Jaw Warriors	Jury wasn't sold on logo or striping
20		Kelowna Rockets	Colors aren't bad, but can't be sold on mascot
21		Prince Albert Raiders	Logo and design very sophomoric
22		Kootenay Ice	Ice took worst Caps jersey ever and added an amateurish mascot

Over the next two months, THN.com will leave the voting on the best jerseys up to you, the reader. To vote for your favorite, click HERE (WHL jersey voting ends at 9 a.m. EST on Sept. 10.). To see ratings from other leagues, visit THN.com's Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central.