There are really only two ways you can go with a hockey logo. You can try for a classic look, which usually means something simple and neutral, like a crest, a letter or a script. Or you can go for intimidating, which usually means a somewhat sinister-looking depiction of the animal of creature from which the team takes its nickname.

The intimidating logos can make your team look tough, which is all well and good in a sport that celebrates toughness, but when you make the choice to sport an intimidating style of logo, you have to be careful with the design. It can go from tough-looking to creepy-looking. That's a problem in every league from the NHL to Britain's EIHL.

With Halloween just a few days away, and now being the perfect time to appreciate all things spooky, creepy, and spine-tingling, we present to you our list of the 50 creepiest hockey logos of all-time.

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50 | Adirondack Icehawks (UHL)

Lots of hockey logos are just a cartoon animal brandishing or breaking a hockey stick. That can work. It totally doesn't with the Adirondack Icehawks of the old United Hockey League and their bird, which is clearly on some sort of drug-fueled bender. Get it away from the hockey equipment until it comes down.

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49 | Houston Aeros (AHL)

The Aeros are no more, having been transformed into the Iowa Wild. But maybe it's for the best, since it means the retirement of their strange plane-with-teeth logo that, for whatever reason, looks a little uncomfortable to have flown through that puck. It always made me feel weird.

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48 | Topeka Tarantulas (CeHL)

Bad logo idea: a giant, hairy tarantula cartoon, with uncomfortably realistic hair. Hey look, it's already been done. Yep, just as bad as I imagined. This team only lasted one year in the Central Hockey League, and I suspect it's because they couldn't sell a single t-shirt.

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47 | Michigan Warriors (NAHL)

It's not even that the Warriors' logo is a skull and crossbones, with bright red glowing eyes. It's that the teeth appear to be flapping in the breeze. Teeth aren't supposed to do that and it creeps me out.

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