The Quebec Nordiques were sold to the Communications Satellite Organization (COMSAT) and relocated to Denver on May 25, 1995. The team name officially became Blackhawks, one word, like the military division, in 1986. The franchise's nickname came from original owner Frederic McLaughlin's 86th Infantry Division of the United States Army, which was known as the "Blackhawk Division." McLaughlin, a Chicago native, had served as a member of the division's 333rd Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. They were the last of the Original Six to enter the NHL. The Black Hawks were founded in 1926, along with the New York Rangers and Detroit Cougars (renamed the Red Wings in 1932). chose the new nickname of Hurricanes prior to their debut in 1997-98. Hurricanes Bertha and Fran hit North Carolina in 1996, and the powerful storms were fresh on everyone's mind when owner Peter Karmanos, Jr. The franchise, which began as the New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association in 1972, relocated to North Carolina in 1997 after entering the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979. After holding a name-the-team contest, the ownership group voted to retain the Flames name and change the logo from a flaming "A" to a flaming "C." The Flames reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs six times in their eight seasons in Atlanta before they were sold to a group headed by Nelson Skalbania on May 21, 1980, and the franchise moved to Calgary for the 1980-81 season. Tom Cousins, the franchise's first owner, chose it to pay homage to the burning of Atlanta by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The franchise held a name-the-team contest, but according to Stephen Laroche's book "Changing the Game: A History of NHL Expansion," Flames was on 198 of 10,000 ballots. The Flames were born in Atlanta when the NHL granted an expansion franchise on Nov. The owners chose Sabres because "a sabre is renowned as a clean, sharp, decisive and penetrating weapon on offense, as well as a strong parrying weapon on defense." They wanted something unique and Sabres, suggested by four people from among 13,000 entries, was the winner it beat out entries such as the Mugwumps, Buzzing Bees and Flying Zeppelins. 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. The original brown and yellow colors matched those of Adams' grocery stores. Ross chose bruin, an Old English term for a brown bear used in folk tales. After the NHL agreed to award Boston grocery tycoon Charles Adams a team, Adams hired Ross as general manager and asked him to come up with a nickname derived from an untamed, cunning animal. He's also responsible for the name of Boston's franchise. The Coyotes moved from downtown Phoenix to Glendale, Ariz., during the 2003-04 season and changed their name to the Arizona Coyotes after they were sold in 2014 to "encourage more fans from all over the state, not just the valley, to embrace and support our team," co-owner Anthony LeBlanc said.Īrt Ross is credited with designing the modern hockey puck and changes to the net that lasted 40 years.
Coyotes was announced as the winner on April 8, 1996, finishing ahead of the second-place Scorpions, according to The Associated Press. 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. Anaheim won the Stanley Cup for the first time the following season.Īfter the Winnipeg Jets announced on Dec. On June 22, 2006, the Samuelis renamed the franchise the Anaheim Ducks and unveiled a new duck-foot logo and a color scheme of black, orange and metallic gold designed to "create an overall image that expressed excitement, speed and a competitive edge," according to the Ducks website. With purple, jade, silver and white as their original colors, the Mighty Ducks skated for 12 NHL seasons before Disney sold the team to Henry and Susan Samueli. Looking to capitalize on its hockey film "The Mighty Ducks" from earlier that year, Disney named the team the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. was awarded a Southern California-based expansion franchise on Dec. Here are the origins of the other 30 NHL team names: In every case, much thought and deliberation went into choosing the perfect name.
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