The Winnipeg Jets logo has undergone a makeover ahead of the launch of the hockey club’s first Ukrainian Heritage Night next year.
The team’s classic blue jet sits at the centre of the updated design, flanked by geometric patterns from traditional Ukrainian embroidery often found on the sleeves of shirts, called vyshyvankas, and the edges of towels, known as rushnyks.
The design also features eight-pointed stars, known as mallows, which the team said ‘symbolize the joining of masculine and feminine energies and the stable order and harmony that prevail in the universe and in each person’s life.’
The design also switches up the traditional red, black and white associated with Ukrainian embroidery in favour of blue and yellow to reference the Ukrainian flag.
True North said these colours also represent the sky and wheat fields – significant elements in both Manitoban and Ukrainian cultures.
The Ukrainian coat of arms sits …