New Seattle team's logo looks like a Canucks/Seahawks mashup (PHOTO)
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Well if that’s the case, the Canucks should be feeling pretty flattered lately.
Less than four months after we discovered a Canucks skate logo ripoff design from Versace, of all places, it appears our friends down the I-5 are rocking a look familiar to Vancouverites.
The Seattle Seawolves, a brand new rugby union team that will begin play in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby this April, have a logo that might remind you of Vancouver’s NHL team.
The Seawolves, with a name and colour scheme that resemble the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, appear to have a leaping orca in their logo.
Image: Seattle Seawolves / Facebook
(Thanks to Reddit user RonSwansonsStache for pointing this out)
You’re not alone if it reminds you a lot of this:
Image: NHL
Now, that’s not to say the logos are the same – because they’re not. It’s just… Where is the wolf? And what the heck is a ‘seawolf’ anyway?
If you’re like me and had to use Google to find out what a ‘seawolf’ was, apparently it’s a mythical creature founded in Tlingit and other Alaskan native cultures. Because it’s mythical, its appearance is open to interpretation.
Unlike the Vegas Golden Knights, who might have a legal battle on their hands for the use of their name, it doesn’t sound like the Canucks or Seahawks have a problem with the design (nor should they).
There’s actually another organization that one could envision having a problem with this though, as remarkably Seattle isn’t the first team to use ‘Seawolves’ as a nickname. It’s currently in use by the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Their version of a ‘seawolf’ is certainly more wolf-like:
Although now that reminds me of the Seattle SuperSonics…
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