Here, I'm outlining those markets (alphabetically) along with the acceptable locators (listed below) for your team name nominations — which I'll begin accepting today by comment only.
- DALLAS, Texas
Texas | Dallas | Fort Worth | Irving - DENVER, Colorado
Colorado | Denver | Boulder - HOUSTON, Texas
Texas | Houston | Beaumont | Galveston - NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
Louisiana | New Orleans | Baton Rouge | Shreveport - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Utah | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake
DO NOT SUBMIT NAME NOMINATIONS VIA EMAIL. THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Submit your team name nominations by leaving a comment below. Email submissions will be discarded. I will accept nominations for one week at which point new comments on this post will be closed. Up to 20 name submissions that fit within the following parameters will be included in the name selection process which will begin next weekend.
If you want your submission included, DO NOT:
• use any name that has already been selected for this project.
• use the name of any current or past NHL or WHA team.
• use the name of any current AHL or ECHL team.
• use the name or close variation of any current or past professional sports team within the same market or geographical area.
• use the name of any team from Project: IHA.
• use any name that would be considered vulgar, obscene or in any way inappropriate. (Sorry, this is my call.)
If you decide to use a locator not already on the list above, be prepared to have it discarded. I'm not setting that in stone as a restriction, but I'm also not guaranteeing I'll include anything not on the list. Sorry for all the restrictions but sometimes you have to "guide" originality.
It was suggested that when submitting names you also submit a short reasoning for that name. I won't require that but I will recommend it since it might help your submission get votes later on if folks know where you got your idea.
Don't forget to make your submissions for the Southeast Division. You have until September 27.
Start submitting!
Dallas Cyclones
ReplyDeleteDenver ?
Houston ?
New Orleans Gators
Utah Hornets/Sting
Texas Trix (aka, Hat Tricks)
ReplyDeleteTexas Twisters (Tornado alley babee)
Texas Steers (lol, think Full Metal Jacket)
Colorado Bighorns (for the indigenous sheep of the Rockies)
Denver Dynamo
Boulder Flatirons (for the rock formations of the area)
Houston Shooting Stars (cosmic reference plus state symbol)
Houston Orbits (another cosmic reference)
Houston Heralds (why not? sounds cool)
New Orleans Aces
New Orleans IceGators
Shreveport Sharks
Baton Rouge Brass
Salt Lake Surge
Utah Union
Dallas Brahmas
ReplyDeleteDenver Alpines
Texas Selects
Louisiana Leprechauns
Salt Lake Mountianeers
Dallas Matadors
ReplyDeleteDallas Bullfighters
Denver Mountaineers
Houston Apollos
New Orleans Brass
Louisiana Delta Force
Utah Bonnevilles
Salt Lake Speed
Texas/Houston/Dallas Armadillos
ReplyDeleteThere are so many in texas that they call them the texas speed bumps)
...In my opinion "Houston Armadillos" sounds the best but I wanted to give all three options.
ReplyDeleteTexas Longhorns
ReplyDeleteDenver Goldiggers
Houston Astronauts
Louisiana Bayous
Utah Pilgrims or
Utah Extreme (for the Mountains)
Texas University Longhorns.
ReplyDeleteFt. Worth Assassins
ReplyDeleteColorado Miners (I like Goldiggers, but think about young women with old men...)
Houston Tycoons (2nd most Fortune 500 companies in the U.S.)
New Orleans Flood
Utah Polygamists (What else do they have going for them?)
Dallas Armadillos
ReplyDeleteHouston Hurricanes
New Orleans gators
And can we please not put the word "ICE" in front of every team nickname like the CHL does down here. Austin Ice Bats, Corpus Christi IceRays.....those are stupid names. Almost as stupid as teams whos nicknames dont end with an "S".
Texas Outlaws
ReplyDeleteDenver Mountaingoats
Houston Saturns (named for saturn IV rocket)
New Orleans Riverboats
Salt Lake Swish (skiing reference)
sorry i meant saturn V rocket
ReplyDeleteDallas Stampede
ReplyDeleteDenver Yetis
Houston Hornets
New Orleans Masquerade (after Mardi Gras)
i got nothin for SLCity
Texas Sheriffs
ReplyDeleteColorado Wake
Houston LoneStars
New Orleans Royals
Utah Miners
I would agree with you motleybrent but in the case that I suggested "IceGators" it is a bit more than Ice(fillintheblank)...Do I really need to spell it out? OK, I will just in case "iceskaters" "ice-gators". Do you need more?
ReplyDelete* DALLAS Desperados
ReplyDelete* Denver Summit
* HOUSTON Hornets
* NEW ORLEANS Brass
* SALT LAKE Lions
New Orleans Spirits- Voodoo n all that jazz
ReplyDeleteDallas Giants- Everythings bigger in Texas, you could incorparate "Big Tex" the texas state fair mascot into the logo , itd be pretty dang cool
Houston Apollo- named after the Apollo project
its a gnarly name and could have a wicked logo
Denver Prospectors- After gold prospectors during the gold rush , those little chubby guys with cool hats and a pick axe.
or the Denver Rush- After the gold rush
Utah Buzz- The Beehive State!
Dallas Danger
ReplyDeleteDallas Destiny
Colorado Cliffs
Houston Heat
Louisiana Lobsters
Louisiana Liberals
Louisiana Liberties
Dallas Devils
ReplyDeleteDenver Icedogs
Houston Hornets
New Orleans Jazz
Salt Lake Serpents
Texas Twisters
ReplyDeleteDenver Yetis
Houston Bucks
Louisiana Levees
New Orleans Beads
Utah Ta-Ta's
Dallas Steers
ReplyDeleteDenver Rush
Houston Cosmos
New Orleans Zydeco (musical style)
New Orleans Streetcars
Salt Lake Honeybees
Utah Rocky Elks
ReplyDeleteDenver Big Foots
ReplyDeleteDenver Sasquatch - although it normally is referenced to BC and stuff, I think it still works with Colorado... it makes sense with the lay out of the state, with the Rockies and large patches of forests.
Dallas Doom
ReplyDeleteDallas Dragons
Dallas Dynamite
Dallas Shooters
Fort Worth Blaze
Fort Worth Phoenix
Fort Worth Riders
Texas Traction
Texas Xtreme (TeXtreme for short)
Boulder Breakers
Boulder Bulls
Boulder Stampede
Colorado Chill
Colorado Conquest
Colorado Condors
Denver Diesel
Denver Demolition
Denver Impact
Denver Dynamo
Houston Captains
Houston Cadets
Houston Galaxy
Houston Invaders
Houston Voyagers
Baton Rouge Bengals
Baton Rouge Bombers
Louisiana Dauphins
Louisiana Lancers
Louisiana Lions
New Orleans Blues
New Orleans Cajuns
New Orleans Gumbo
New Orleans Jesters
New Orleans Mystic
New Orleans Battleships
New Orleans Fleet
(the above two because my dad's a Navy veteran-he served aboard the USS New Orleans)
Shreveport Buccaneers
Shreveport Swashbucklers
Shreveport Ratchet
Shreveport Shavers
Salt Lake Sting
Salt Lake Swarm
Salt Lake/Utah Oxen
Utah Elders
Utah Mission
mountaineers and miners were iha names.
ReplyDeleteim gonna puke if the colorado teams locator ends up being boulder
dallas drillers
colorado bighorns (maybe rocky mountain should be added as a locator??? what do you guys think)
houston problems
utah?
shreveport sharks is good or maybe new orleans cajuns or something with the french theme
Dallas Dessert Dogs
ReplyDeleteDenver Hills
Houston Heat
New Orleans Storm Watchers
Utah Steam
Fort Worth Regulators
ReplyDelete-I'm a native of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and have always wanted to see a team named this. It was the name Billy the Kid's group went by in the Lincoln County (NM) War.) Also works: DFW Regulators, North Texas Regulators, Dallas Regulators, Plano Regulators (Plano is a city of 250,000+ in Dallas and my hometown). Fort Worth is the preference though because though Dallas is the larger city of the market (the market being the 4th largest in the country by population), Fort Worth itself is a top-20 city population wise and a much nicer city culturally.
Denver Pronghorns.
-According to wikipedia, "Pronghorns were brought to scientific notice by the Lewis and Clark Expedition" and are "native to interior western North America."
Houston Generals.
-Would be named for Texas Revolutionary General Sam Houston, who was also a multi-term President of the Republic of Texas.
New Orleans Spirit.
-Name invokes imagery associated with the mythical spirituality of the Cajun lowcountry and can alternatively be used as reflecting the 'spirit' of the region in coming back from Katrina.
Salt Lake City Exiles.
-'Exiles' is a popular name for teams in rugby, hockey's ultra-physical cousin in the sporting world, and can be used to reflect the nature and history of the Mormon settlement of Utah, as Mormons were 'exiled' from mainland America only to build the strong state of Utah today.
*NOTE* I tried to pick names uncommon in the 'Big 4' of American sports and their respective minor leagues to produce a unique feel for the IceHL. Also, I've been creating imaginary teams, leagues, names, etc. as a hobby my entire life and can help with any organizational aspects needed. I've also served as a sports tournament director, commissioner, and organizer in my public life.
Dallas Drakes
ReplyDeleteDenver Boulders
Houston Space Cowboys
Louisiana Barons
Utah Regalia
Dallas Rattlers
ReplyDeleteDenver Icecaps
Houston Hellhounds
Baton Rouge Battalion
Salt Lake Smiths
Texas Rattlesnakes (stone cold steve austin reference) for both dallas and houston doesn't matter, applies to both.
ReplyDeleteLouisiana Zydeco - folk music that originated in southern louisiana, saw a movie in German class where a fat guy that was a fan of the music traveled to LA from Germany to experience the culture. I see this name as very fitting for this state.
ReplyDeleteHouston Hard Hats
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans Revival
ReplyDelete(Creedence Clearwater Revival song Proud Mary, talks about NO / the obvious Katrina reference)
Houston Buffaloes
Houston Submarines
Houston Hunters
Louisiana Pelicans
ReplyDeleteDallas Outlaws
ReplyDeleteDevner Ice
Houston Scorpions
New Orleans Dukes
Salt Lake City Blizzard
Colorado 14ers
ReplyDeleteBecause Colorado does have the most 14ers... and if you don't know what they are, well they mean the altitude of the peaks of mountains
Colorado already has a team called the Colorado 14ers. They're in the NBADL.
ReplyDeleteIrving Mustangs (Account of the mustang statue in irving)
ReplyDeleteor Texas Rattlesnakes
Gulf Coast Admirals (its basically all of houston)
Colorado Corporals
Louisiana Freedom
Salt Lake City Slickers
Texas Outlaws
ReplyDeleteDenver Pinnacle
Houston Launch
New Orleans Jazz
Dallas Destroyers
ReplyDeleteDenver Demons
Houston Hornets
New Orleans Blues
Salt Lake City Scorpions
Texas Chainsaws
ReplyDeleteDenver Mountainlions
Houston Vipers
Dallas Highjackers
Boulder Crocs
New Orleans Storm
Louisiana Millionaires
Utah Bombers
Salt Lake City 21's
Salt Lake City Blackjacks
Texas Hold Em's
* DALLAS, Texas
ReplyDeleteTexas | Dallas | Fort Worth | Irving
(the Texas barbwire, the Texas T (tea?), the Dallas dime, the Irving ivy, the fort Worth fringe, the Texas panhandlers)
* DENVER, Colorado
Colorado | Denver | Boulder
(the colorado redrocks, the Denver dudes, the Denver the last dinosaurs, the colorado river, the Colorado square states)
* HOUSTON, Texas
Texas | Houston | Beaumont | Galveston
(the Houston Houstonians, the Beaumont Beau's, the Galveston Galvinizers, the Texas Wranglers, the Houston rustlers, the Beaumont cow poke, the Houston Texicans)
* NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
Louisiana | New Orleans | Baton Rouge | Shreveport
(the New Orleans crypts, the Louisiana voodoo, the Baton Rouge bastions, the Shreveport shrimp, the New Orleans creole crawdads, the Shreveport steamers, the Louisiana big daddies, the new orleans cajuns)
* SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Utah | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake
(the Utah flats, the salt lake city settlers, the salt lake salt dogs, the utah stranglers, the salt lake slashers, the Utah raptors, the SLC strikers, the Utah dry heat, the Utah transcontinental, the Utah Continentals, the Salt lake city pike, the utah trappers)
Colorado Cannons
ReplyDeleteDenver Peaks
Colorado/Denver Stallions
Denver Dynamite
Forth Worth Wildcatters
Dallas Demons
Dallas Dynamite
Dallas Stallions
Houston Wranglers
Houston Storm
Houston Hellcats
New Orleans Crescents
New Orleans Armada
Baton Rouge Beasts
Salt Lake Slope Skiers
Salt Lake Stingers
Utah Hive
- Dallas Rustlers
ReplyDelete- Colorado Headwaters
- Houston Smog
- New Orleans Flood
- Salt Lake Mormons
- Salt Lake City Saints
Dallas Stampede
ReplyDeleteDenver Dreadnoughts
Houston Challengers
New Orleans Snappers
Salt Lake City Fightin' Mormons (I got nothing.)
New Orleans Nightmare
ReplyDeleteHouston Surge
Dallas Rattlers
Utah Raptors
Denver Reapers
# DALLAS, Texas
ReplyDeleteTexas | Dallas | Fort Worth | Irving
Dallas Desperados
# DENVER, Colorado
Colorado | Denver | Boulder
Colorado Snow Cougars
# HOUSTON, Texas
Texas | Houston | Beaumont | Galveston
Houston Marauders
# NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
Louisiana | New Orleans | Baton Rouge | Shreveport
Baton Rouge Boomers
Louisiana Lightning
# SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Utah | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake
Salt Lake Sea Dogs
Sorry Adam, the Dallas Desperados are our arena football team.
ReplyDeleteD-Town gets a team! Hell yeah! Sorry, that's my hometown.
Okay...
Dallas Metros (unless that was used in IHA, can't remember)
Dallas Marshalls
Dallas Enforcers
Dallas Texans (old name of the KC Chiefs but I don't think anyone is using it now)
Dallas Destroyers
Dallas Roughnecks
Dallas Daredevils
New Orleans Jazz (which is what the Hornets, should be called)
New Orleans Revival (rebirth after Katrina)
Houston Sattelites
Houston Universe
Houston Galaxy
Houston Sun
Houston Liftoff
Houston Rockets (oh wait...)
Houston Tycoons
Houston Oil Barons (I like the concept of the name but there's a better way to say it...)
Utah Bees
Utah Hive
Utah Swarm
Salt Lake Serpents
Salt Lake Monsters (get it Salt Lake...Lake Monsters?)
New Orleans/Shreveport Casino
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans Jackpot
New Orleans Royal Flush
Louisiana Pelicans
@ Rugbysevens
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm from Plano too. Plano East graduate and whatnot.
Dallas Panthers. (Go East!)
Dallas Freeze
ReplyDeleteDallas Burn
Dallas South Stars
Dallas Lone Stars
Dallas Blades
Houston Blast off
Houston Blast
Houston Orbits
Houston Apollo's
Houston Launch
New Orleans Blues
New Orleans Rhythm
New Orleans Dice
New Orleans Flush
New Orleans Jacks
New Orleans Gamblers
Salt Lake City Golden Eagles
Salt Lake City Friars
Salt Lake City Fog
Salt Lake City Wake
Denver Frostbite
Denver Windchill
Denver Frost
Dallas Dragons
ReplyDeleteDenver Flyers
Houston Hammers
New Orleans Gators
Salt Lake Lancers
@ Epoch
ReplyDeleteDallas Burn was our soccer team, before they beacame known as FC Dallas.
If no-one minds, I'm going to list out the names that CANNOT be used for the Dallas francise
ReplyDeleteDallas Cowboys (NFL)
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
Dallas Stars (NHL, but you guys new that right?)
Dallas Desperados (AFL)
Dallas Burn (MLS)
Texas Tycoons (ABA)
Texas Rangers (MLB)
...Sorry if I sound a bit...asshole-ish. But that should help prevent us wasting time on names that can't be used.
Dallas Revolution
ReplyDeleteTexas Defenders (supposed to invoke Alamo but...)
Houston/Dallas Strikers
Houston Invaders (space invaders)
Baton Rouge Bandits
New Orleans Gamblers
New Orleans Luck
Madri Gras Themes!
New Orleans Party
New Orleans Jesters
New Orleans Jokers
New Orleans Magic
New Orleans Rhythm
New Orleans Blues
If I repeated myself. I'm sorry.
Houston Apollos
ReplyDeleteDallas Metroplex
New Orleans Crawdads
Utah Wagoneers
Denver Dynamos
Colorado Ospreys
Dallas Bandits
ReplyDeleteDallas Highwaymen
Salt Lake City Wanderers
Salt Lake City Cougars
New Orleans Voodoo
New Orleans Zombies
Denver Milers
Colorado Apex
Colorado Zenith
Houston Starships
Houston Supernovas
Dallas Wrath.
ReplyDeleteThe Beasts of Boulder.
Houston Explosion.
Louisiana Swamp Things.
Salt Lake Pelicans.
Dallas Renegades (Western, but not too western)
ReplyDeleteDenver Peaks
Denver Pinnacle (The Rocky Mountains)
Colorado Turbines (Colorado is the site of three Air Force bases and the United States Air Force Academy)
Houston Geminis (This definitely has to work. Read the history of the MCC and you'll realize why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Control_Center)
Houston Orions (The name of the upcoming mission in 2010. Also, it's a constellation (how fitting) and a Greek mythology character. Orion was a hunter, and slain by Artemis, then put in the sky as a constellation. a perfect logo would include a constellation of a hunter)
New Orleans Founders (Inhabited by the Chitimacha)
New Orleans Bayous (Small streams in an abandoned channel. New Orleans and Louisiana has numerous bayous)
Salt Lake City Ghouls
Salt Lake City Phantoms (Salt Lake Temple, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, ghosts, ghouls, phantoms, etc. Might be a dumb idea)
I must say I really like "New Orleans Jesters" and "New Orleans Voodoo"...here's a few more, sorry if I repeated any.
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans Magic
New Orleans Magik
Baton Rouge Bayou Bandits (I'm not sure if "Bandits" works best here, if someone has a better suggestion, feel free to jump from it. I like the idea of "Bayou" in the name though, but I don't think just "Bayou" works as a name by itself)
Baton Rouge Blues
Utah Rattlers/Rattlesnakes (inspiration from Bruce Springsteen's "Promised Land"--"on a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert")
Again, sorry. New Orleans Voodoo can't be used as that is the New Orleans Arena Football Team.
ReplyDeleteim also fond of the shreveport brine shrimp
ReplyDelete*DALLAS, Texas
ReplyDeleteTexas | Dallas | Fort Worth | Irving
Fort Worth Herd
*DENVER, Colorado
Colorado | Denver | Boulder
Colorado Coalition
*HOUSTON, Texas
Texas | Houston | Beaumont | Galveston
Houston Sams-Named after Sam Houston
*NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
Louisiana | New Orleans | Baton Rouge | Shreveport
Louisiana Cajun Kings
*SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Utah | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake
Salt Lake Keepers-Named after Beekeepers
Denver Altitude
ReplyDeleteColorado/Denver Continentals (the Continental Divide)
New Orleans Bourbons
Salt Lake Olympians
DALLAS Ribs (if a team can be named the Chops.....)
ReplyDeleteDALLAS Smokers
COLORADO Hikers
COLORADO Icemen
HOUSTON Toros
HOUSTON Buffalos
NEW ORLEANS Jazzmen
UTAH Diamond Peaks
UTAH Powdercats (it's my favorite, it referes to the tons of powder snowyou can find in Utah and also the snow cats which groom trails.....but italso can feature some kind of wild cat in the logo!)
Dallas Freeze was a hockey team in the CHL
ReplyDeleteWhen the Stars came the team folded, not because the NHL came to town but because the owner realized that all team names that dont end with an "s" are insipid.
Regulators is the best I've heard.
Dallas Outlaws (Wild, Wild West)
ReplyDeleteDenver Blizzard (Cold Rockies in Colorado)
Houston Toros (Bull is toro in spanish)
New Orleans Jazz (Jazz and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, LA)
Utah Swarm (Swarm for the Beehive State of Utah)
Baton Rouge Swashbucklers
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans Jazz
Shreveport pirates or Buccaneers
Dallas Outlaws
Fort Worth Rumble
Houston Roughnecks
Galveston Generals
Texas Raiders
Denver Mustangs
Colorado Rainiers
Salt Lake Sting
Salt Lake Eagles
Houston Horns
ReplyDeleteHouston Longhorns
Houston Taurus
Houston Bulls
Houston Bullriders
Houston Bullfighters
joke name:
Houston Ramblers
(I don't know what a 'rambler' is but it sounds like something a Texan might say.)
Houston Skywalkers
ReplyDeleteDallas Dusters
Utah Lakers
Texas Westys
New Orleans Ragin' Cajuns
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Baton Rouge Ragin' Cajuns
Baton Rouge Men-O-War (the gulf is full of Man-o-war jellyfish that sting like hell.)
Denver Swoosh (skiing)
ReplyDeleteColorado Silver
Colorado Silver Bullets
Denver / Colorado Tops
Boulder Hammers
Colorado Mountain Lions
Colorado Cougars
Denver Skyline
Texas Cavalry
Dallas Riders
Houston Mustangs
ReplyDelete"Ragin Cajuns" is the name of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette's athletic teams: http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/teams/page/LALAFAY
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Utah Jazz (NBA Team) was originially the New Orleans Jazz before moving to Utah in 1979.
If no one suggested these yet...
Utah Yellow Jackets
Utah Wasps
Utah Hornets
Utah Killer Bees
I humbly submit
ReplyDeleteDallas Eclipse
Colorado Flight (alluding to the Air Force Academy)
Houston Sidewinders
Louisiana Solar Flares
Utah Juggernauts
for your consideration.
Dallas Rattlers- welcome to desert country
ReplyDeleteDenver Incline- mountainous
Houston Heat- its hot
New Orleans Soul- this city has true soul
Utah WhiteOut- duh
Utah Victory- 02 Olympics