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- Anaheim Ducks. The Walt Disney Co. was awarded a Southern California-based expansion franchise on Dec. 10, 1992. Looking to capitalize on its hockey film "The Mighty Ducks" from earlier that year, Disney named the team the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
- Arizona Coyotes. After the Winnipeg Jets announced on Dec. 19, 1995 that they were moving to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season, the new ownership group had a name-the-team contest that attracted more than 10,000 votes.
- Boston Bruins. Art Ross is credited with designing the modern hockey puck and changes to the net that lasted 40 years. He's also responsible for the name of Boston's franchise.
- Buffalo Sabres. Wanting something other than a variation on buffalo or bison, owners Seymour Knox III and Northrup Knox had a contest after being awarded a franchise that would take the ice in 1970.
Dec 14, 2013 · Brooklyn Nets — Early on the team, which started in the American Basketball Assn., played in New York and the name rhymed two other teams in the city, the Jets and Mets. The NBA team kept the ...
- New York Rangers. In 1925, the New York Americans joined the National Hockey League and played their home games at the old Madison Square Garden.
- New Jersey Devils. Given that New Jersey has never been known for its mountains, the team needed a new nickname after the Colorado Rockies relocated to the Garden State in 1982.
- New York Islanders. When New York's expansion Major League Baseball franchise held a name-the-team contest in 1961, Islanders finished third behind Mets and Empires.
- Philadelphia Flyers. The team sponsored a name-the-team contest after Ed Snider, then-vice president of the Philadelphia Eagles, brought hockey back to the City of Brotherly Love in 1966.
In Russia, for example, the professional hockey league is the KHL (which actually is a league including non-Russian professional sides) and the vast majority of teams in this league have nicknames of a sort - those that are in a city with more than one team in the league always have a nickname, and most of the others do as well. So, Moscow has both Spartak and Dynamo (among others), but Astana ...
May 2, 2024 · Over the years, many NHL clubs have solicited opinions from fans to choose a nickname, launching a variety of name-the-team contests. Other teams landed on their nickname without public ...
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Seattle hockey fans have been buzzing about their new team's name since the NHL picked the city to have its 32nd franchise back in 2018. With the July 23 announcement of the Seattle Kraken and its logo that is reminiscent of the city's first team—the Seattle Metropolitans—fans can now get excited about a franchise that already evokes feelings of mystery and power, and will bring another ...
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Dec 10, 2022 · Ottawa Senators. Ottawa hockey teams have a history of great names, so these options might be a little obvious. Ottawa 67s – a great name that is used by the Ottawa 67’s Major Junior hockey team, who have played in the Ontario Hockey League from 1967 to 2023.
