NHL jerseys have been reimagined before by fans as baseball and basketball jerseys, but now one hockey fan from Brazil has decided to explore what teams would look like on soccer kits.

Gabriel, 22, is a Blues fan who lives in southern Brazil near Uruguay. A programmer who is currently learning how to make video games, Gabriel started experimenting with design after being inspired by a YouTube show called Post to Post.

“It has reactions from a lot of concept jerseys and there were some videos with things like ‘what if they were baseball teams’ or ‘what if NHL teams had football helmets’ and as a Brazilian, I thought about soccer because of course! Since I didn’t find anything I started to make them.”

Gabriel used an online website called FIFA Kit Creator and went through templates to make the uniforms.

“I tried to make something different to almost all the shirts so they didn’t look boring,” he said.

On the left side of each kit, the NHL’s jersey partner, adidas, rests on the shoulder while the team’s logo sits on the right. Because soccer jerseys usually have a company sponsor emblazoned across the chest, Gabriel used the NHL helmet sponsor for nearly every team to replicate that. For teams like the Avalanche and Flyers, he used the company that has secured the team’s arena naming rights.

“The feedback has been pretty nice for something so different, especially because soccer doesn’t look like a big thing in United States,” Gabriel said.

Below is what he came up with.

• WHAT IF: NHL TEAM WERE SOCCER TEAMS • As a Brazilian hockey and soccer fan who likes soccer jerseys and loves to see jersey concepts for hockey I couldn't help but to wonder how they would look like and since I didn't find something like that I created one for each team! pic.twitter.com/TTIr463iQn

1 – Anaheim Ducks#FlyTogether @AnaheimDucks @DucksBRA

It's pretty simple but I think it looks fine, didn't want to mess something pic.twitter.com/fswq1muK99

2 – Arizona Coyotes #yotes @ArizonaCoyotes @CoyotaoDepre

I just love the color combo here and again basic but works well pic.twitter.com/gtuCLpjOym

3 – Boston Bruins#NHLBruins @NHLBruins @BostonStrongBR @BostonSportsBR

So… Stripes! It just makes so much sense when I look at your logo, hope you like it pic.twitter.com/bhnFoSYrjF

A different design here, love the alternate logo I think it looks cool and intimidating there pic.twitter.com/IIV3OgH99w

5 – Calgary Flames#Flames @NHLFlames @CGYFlamesBR

Pretty hard to combine the red and yellow without making it looks like a McDonalds shirt so a put some black in it and I think it looks 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MW91IsrYWq

6 – Carolina Hurricanes#LetsGoCanes @Canes I couldn't let that logo out of the shirt and it works really well as a side thing (also remind me of some kind of armor) pic.twitter.com/YqxMzFx2y3

7 – Chicago Blackhawks#Blackhawks @NHLBlackhawks @chihawksbr I tried to use a template that looked like Chicago flag but ir didn't worked out well but I thought the striping looked fine and really liked this one (and as a Blues fan that's something) pic.twitter.com/JUn4bTkccA

8 – Colorado Avalanche#GoAvsGo @Avalanche @BrazilAvalanche

Ok, this was way too easy, it's just like one your jerseys already 🙃 pic.twitter.com/SCnwQcIwa9

9 – Columbus Blue Jackets#CBJ @BlueJacketsNHL @BlueJacketsBR

I wanted to use the cannon just like I did with the Buffalo on Sabres jersey but since it has and different logo around it it made sense to use and the main logo here but the usual logo makes its presence as well pic.twitter.com/PGgtts7U97

10 – Dallas Stars#TexasHockey @DallasStars @DallasStarsBR

I think a Stars pattern just makes sense, couldn't pass the perfect opportunity to use it pic.twitter.com/D5HRe1HPKK

11 – Detroit Red Wings#LGRW @DetroitRedWings @RedWingsBR

I know how hard it is to make something new for such a classic jersey so I just made it simple as it would be. pic.twitter.com/OzCAptYZyg

13 – Florida Panthers#TimeToHunt @FlaPanthers @FlaPanthersBR

First I wanna apologize for the amerant logo, I just couldn't fine one without the white background but other than that it just looks perfect pic.twitter.com/nBDgS4LIT6

14 – Los Angeles Kings #GoKingsGo @LAKings @lakings_br

Stripes again but different stripes this time and it's classic for teams black and white. It just made sense to follow these steps! pic.twitter.com/D1C3Xl8ZNL

15 – Minnesota Wild#mnwild @mnwild @wildbrazuca

Love your colors and the basic template already looked soooo good I didn't want to mess with it. (I made other things but my friend from @wildbrazuca said this was better) pic.twitter.com/Y7eVCIG7J2

16 – Montreal Canadiens#GoHabsGo @CanadiensMTL @br_habs

Another classic. Just added some stripes so it didn't look too lazy from myself pic.twitter.com/ZsKEKdQtDZ

17 – Nashville Predators#Preds @PredsNHL @PredatorsBr

It's hard to do something with the colors, hope it wasn't too basic 😬 pic.twitter.com/5XfBamm6zi

18 – New Jersey Devils#NJDevils @NJDevils @NJDevilsBR

Black and Red look so good together that I just had to mix them in the entire jersey pic.twitter.com/fLpxA20weS

19 – New York Islanders#isles @NYIslanders @NYIBR

Different stripes, I think it looks close to the one in the logo it's a lot of them so "isles" 🙃 Also thanks to my friend @nyibrazilianguy who helped me chose between three designs pic.twitter.com/x0CIkdAQ4p

21 – Ottawa Senators #GoSensGo @Senators @SenatorsBrasil

Another example of red and black together but with some gold details to make it better. For some reason a couple of stripes looked like the right thing to do pic.twitter.com/vtFGSqoBIg

22 – Philadelphia Flyers#BringItToBroad @NHLFlyers @PhillyFlyersBR2

Black jersey with just some orange things to make it looks like it's moving since it's Flyers pic.twitter.com/00XQtp91iF

23 – Pittsburgh Penguins#LetsGoPens @penguins @Pens_Br @PittsburghBR

Horizontal stripes because of the well known bridges of the city pic.twitter.com/5ANlPPSH9e

24 – San Jose Sharks#SJSharks @SanJoseSharks @SJSharksBRA

It was really hard to come up with something that mixed well the teal and orange so the white makes the balance between them really well pic.twitter.com/MdoNdJq7lf

25 – Seattle Kraken#SeaKraken @SeattleKraken @Deptofthekraken

So many shades of blue to play with and I think this looks really cool because it reminds me of a dark water where I guess a Kraken could live pic.twitter.com/91CiqxLOlt

26 – St Louis Blues#STLBlues @StLouisBlues @STLBluesBrazil

US Soccer capital, right? This was the hardest one since I'm a Blues fan but in the end I think it looks cool 🙃 pic.twitter.com/QWkC49H8br

27 – Tampa Bay Lightning#GoBolts @TBLightning @TBLightning_BR

As soon as I saw this template I just knew it would fit perfectly. That's it pic.twitter.com/gJdVnJyjNt

28 – Toronto Maple Leafs#LeafsForever @MapleLeafs @mapleleafsbr

Your jerseys are cool as it is, it's a no miss just like the Red Wings, less is more. pic.twitter.com/groMDhYHPn

29 – Vancouver Canucks#Canucks @Canucks @BrCanucks

I was really inspired by the reverse retro style. I think it looks so cool pic.twitter.com/8SYwY0za0d

30 – Vegas Golden Knights#VegasBorn @GoldenKnights @BrasilKnights

I think the shiny sleeves speaks for itself Just some red details in a black jersey that looks better than gray pic.twitter.com/D4IV0rqWbb

31 – Washington Capitals#ALLCAPS @Capitals @WCapitalsBR

The usual logo wasn't good as a primary logo of a soccer shirt so I put the eagle there and added the "capitals" as a nice background detail pic.twitter.com/xNuuO9iomL

32 – Winnipeg Jets#gojetsgo @NHLJets @winnijetsbr

Last but not least, I thought about making it a camo jersey because the brand reminds me of a military thing but the camo didn't work well and this did pic.twitter.com/uM37eUwaG7

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