2030 Winter Olympics - Finland

As I mentioned before, I had a plan for Finland. Their blue is on the verge of royal, and light. To add a bit of color, I went straight light blue. Paired with navy, I thought it was really unique in the hockey world. The crest is a modified version of their coat of arms, geared toward tying it all together.

2030 Winter Olympics - Denmark

I loved the Finnish cross used in the last Olympic games. I had a plan for Finland though, so I had the idea to push it off to Denmark. One problem I ran into was that there were so many red teams, I had to be creative when I made them. That's part of the reason I didn't do Austria. I did the cross, and knew I could throw in colors using the crest they have. So I put that in the middle, then as a focal point to the white version. I used black to add to the bland red look, that Switzerland had first.

2030 Winter Olympics - Czech Republic

Hard to believe this is toned down for the Czechs, but I went modern and colorful for them. There's only so much I can do with Red, blue,and white. So I decided to keep them unique, with a lot of both. The white borders the top, middle, and bottom of the jerseys, with red and blue halves. I tried to make sure there was an obvious light and dark version. So I simplified their crest, and tried to make sense of an ambitious design. The white is pretty toned down in comparison, despite alternating colors.

And no, Jagr is still not playing in 2030.

2030 Winter Olympics - Croatia

Croatia was a team I wated to do because of how unique of design they have. Checkered everything. This spurred from Dylan suggesting that the World Juniors be in Slovenia/Croatia. I thought it'd be cool because they COULD grow in 15 years, so who knows. I wanted a mix of modern with diagnal stripes, but with a classical look mixed in. Add a little table cloth, and that's the concept! I thought the white version was better than red, so decided to make that the home jersey.

2030 Winter Olympics - Canada

It's really easy to do Canadian concepts. You need red, black, and white, with a maple leaf somewhere. 15 years from now, I feel like modern, with a traditional spin would be the way to go. I went with a Habs stripe across the chest, and the silouette of a maple leaf cut out of the band. I feel like that's all the jerseys need, because it's a recognizable look. Originally there was gonna be no white at all, but I ended up including it with the numbers. The roads are a white version of the home.

2030 Winter Olympics - Belarus

This concept is carried over from a sim hockey league I wanted to start up, but ended up failing. Belarus has a cool patterned stripe on their flag, and I thought that it’d be cool to see on a jersey. I could’ve gone modern, but I went with a traditional look, just because it’s a juxtaposition to the crazy pattern. The colors are unique too, how often do you see red and green on a jersey? It’s a big difference from the red and blue teams you’ll see later. The front has Belarus running down it, because it has to be somewhat simplistic for the Olympics.

WIHF - 2030 Bozeman Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympic bids came down to Beijing and Astana, Kazakhstan. Voting occurred in 2015, and Beijing won the bid due to infrastructure and previous Olympic structures. The Russian team geared up and won the gold over Canada with help from KHL stars. The Winter Olympics returned to Europe in 2026. After voting was held in 2019, Dresden, Germany won over Quebec City, and Barcelona. The Germans were great hosts, and provided the stage for one of the best Winter Olympics in recent history. The Fins won their first gold medal in their history over the Americans.

At our time in history, North America hasn’t hosted the event since 2010. So the bidding process naturally came down to an American and Canadian city. Edmonton was selected to host the event for Canada. They had the Eskimos stadium, a new NHL rink, and mountains readily available. The American bid was more interesting. The smaller city of Bozeman, Montana wanted the games. Before you call out my bull shit, let me explain. Bozeman’s Metropolitan Area’s population had passed 250,000 people due to a technology boom, and natural wonder. The mountain views, and new airport gave the city some nice pros. It was a college town, which meant that there were facilities available to use. The Bobcats began upgrading their football, and basketball facilities when they leaped to FBS with Montana, joining the Mountain West. The Montana Tourist Board, and USOC teamed up to bring the games to Montana, since the bid for the 2022 games were too soon. Probably the biggest thing is the 50th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, also held at a small town in the US.

The bid had modern amenities with plans that could be used after the Olympics are over. Bobcat Stadium expanded to 40,000 seats with the division jump. With help from alumni donations, Montana State would build a new 10,000 seat indoor arena would be built on campus for indoor sports. Current basketball arena, Worthington Arena, was 7,000 seats and would be used for curling and speed skating, and eventually demolished after the games. A 15,000 seat arena would be built near downtown by the city. They promised an AHL team would be playing in the arena by 2030. Improved ski facilities would help the tourism of an already world class resort. The Olympic village would be built next to Montana State, with the building going to the college for student housing after the games.

The voting took place in the summer of 2023. That year, the people of Edmonton protested the cost of the games. The city also had record snow fall the week the Olympics would be hosted if there was a 2023 edition of the games. The news came from Switzerland that the small mountain town would host the games, and construction started.

The United States lost to defending champion Finland, but then won the last 2 of their group games to advance as the runner up of group A. The Swedes, Russians, and Canadians all breezed by their groups. The Americans beat the Swedes in the first knockout game. That set up a match against Russia in a rematch of that game 50 years ago. Ironically, the Americans won 4-3 in 2030, wearing throwbacks reminiscent of the 1980 jerseys. Canada had beaten up on Slovenia, and Finland. This set up for a border war of epic proportions. The US scored with 4 minutes to go in a 1-1 game, ultimately sealing the gold medal.

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I saw Bozeman’s name on the list of Olympic bids in 2022, and I thought the games there would be funny since it would have to beat out world cities. I had an idea for a logo. It’s a silhouette of a mountain, in the shape of an M. Pretty simple, but I thought it fell under the style of Olympic logos.

I'm gonna release the jerseys in alphabetical order