Minor league teams in all sports focus on marketing to bring fans into stadiums. One way for these teams to get media attention and help generate revenue is through their team name. Team names get support from fans, sell merchandise and give teams an identity. In seemingly desperate attempts to come up with a name, many teams have failed miserably. Here are the worst minor league hockey team names both past and present.
– Greenville Grrrowl (1998-2006 ECHL
What could be more masculine than adding extra r s to your voice? The only surprise in the joint team is that lasted in full eight seasons with such infamy.
– Denver Cutthroats (CHL)
That striking type of trout doesn’t make the name any better. Calling a hockey team after a fish that has a double meaning as a cruel and violent act is plain wrong.
-Columella Cottonmouth (SPHL)
Cottonmouths are nicknamed ‘Bloods’, but why do they decide to go with a specific species of snake with an odd name? Even snakes are associated with the country, so why didn’t they just name snakes? No fans want to shout “Cottonmouth! Cottonmouths!” Just hearing about Cottonmouth makes me very thirsty. I guess the name will increase sales of soda and beer.
– Fayetteville FireAntz (SPHL
Superfluous z is enough to make the list, but is there anyone who wants to enjoy fire ants? I attacked the fire ant before the hill, and although it hurts a little ice, which happens in every Ice hockey rink, sure it is still
– Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL
Whole tigers? Aren’t they like verbs to matchup through nouns with animals? What wonder bears should hate chickens, or listen to doves?
– Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
People living near or on the river are fearful, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. The ship’s crew logo is an angry pilot holding the ship’s wheel. We all know from the Titanic that the ice sank that ship, which makes this choice of company name even more confusing.
This is hard to be precise! Replace g in the Everglades to provide a hockey team with a similar name and then have your ‘Swampee’ Alligator. Plenty of creativity in Florida.
– Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL ).
Don’t tigers and sun bears get their names the same way? You can guess what the logo looks like without even seeing the picture. A Polar Bear with sunglasses holding a hockey stick in front of the sun. I wonder if they pick the name Donec and the three.
Mysticks (1995-2002, ECHL).
This could be the worst. Attempting to use a word that can be mistaken to make a lame hockey point, like changing the mystical word to ‘my’-‘sticks’, is downright pathetic.
Honorable Mentions: New Orleans-Area, Wheeling Keys, Charles Checkers
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