I lead show branding and motion graphics for A Clean Sheet: Gabe Landeskog. The six part HBO Max docuseries follows the Colorado Avalanche Captain as he navigates anxiety, recovery, and the realities of being sidelined from professional hockey.
“Told in the moment, the docuseries places equal narrative weight on the man, husband, and father, not just the captain, reflecting how today’s fans engage with athletes as multidimensional humans.”
Hashtag Sports Awards
Best Original Film or Series: Long-Form
Short List
Best Original Film or Series: Long-Form
Short List
Key Art
Gabe’s reality as an injured hockey player placed him on the outside looking in, sidelined in the locker room with his jersey hung behind him and dressed in street clothes.
Show Brand Strategy
The crux of the show was to convey Gabe’s rehabilitation and mental state as authentically as possible. As a autobiographical work, it was an absolute necessity that the graphics embodied Gabe Landeskog the person.
Since Gabe kept a handwritten journal to document his recovery, we decided the best approach was to recreate his journal and handwriting onscreen.
Timeline
To help the audience track a presentation of Gabe’s recovery timeline that was occasionally out of order, I led the creation of a modular animated timeline as a scene transition.
End Credits
The end credits were presented as a part of Gabe’s journal with additional pencil illustrations of his family and accomplishments telling the story of the man under the hockey helmet.