From The Ground Up: South Names

The five markets with the most votes to be included in the South Division of our fantasy hockey league are final. Over 4,000 individual votes were cast in the poll.

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!

Comments

[Mykl and Kevin]

Dallas Cyclones
Denver ?
Houston ?
New Orleans Gators
Utah Hornets/Sting

[Canis]

Texas Trix (aka, Hat Tricks)
Texas 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

[Impulse83]

Dallas Brahmas
Denver Alpines
Texas Selects
Louisiana Leprechauns
Salt Lake Mountianeers

[Arenacale]

Dallas Matadors
Dallas Bullfighters
Denver Mountaineers

Houston Apollos

New Orleans Brass
Louisiana Delta Force

Utah Bonnevilles
Salt Lake Speed

[Skizzy McB]

Texas/Houston/Dallas Armadillos

There are so many in texas that they call them the texas speed bumps)

[Skizzy McB]

...In my opinion "Houston Armadillos" sounds the best but I wanted to give all three options.

[Marc]

Texas Longhorns
Denver Goldiggers
Houston Astronauts
Louisiana Bayous
Utah Pilgrims or
Utah Extreme (for the Mountains)

[David]

Texas University Longhorns.

[David]

Ft. Worth Assassins
Colorado 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?)

[motleybrent]

Dallas Armadillos
Houston 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".

[ben]

Texas Outlaws

Denver Mountaingoats

Houston Saturns (named for saturn IV rocket)

New Orleans Riverboats

Salt Lake Swish (skiing reference)

[ben]

sorry i meant saturn V rocket

[Bulldogx2010]

Dallas Stampede

Denver Yetis

Houston Hornets

New Orleans Masquerade (after Mardi Gras)

i got nothin for SLCity

[John Gagnon]

Texas Sheriffs
Colorado Wake
Houston LoneStars
New Orleans Royals
Utah Miners

[Canis]

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?

[NHL Jeff]

* DALLAS Desperados

* Denver Summit

* HOUSTON Hornets

* NEW ORLEANS Brass

* SALT LAKE Lions

[timhuntersnose]

New Orleans Spirits- Voodoo n all that jazz

Dallas 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!

[.bob.]

Dallas Danger
Dallas Destiny

Colorado Cliffs

Houston Heat

Louisiana Lobsters
Louisiana Liberals
Louisiana Liberties

[Rafay]

Dallas Devils
Denver Icedogs
Houston Hornets
New Orleans Jazz
Salt Lake Serpents

[Bill]

Texas Twisters
Denver Yetis
Houston Bucks
Louisiana Levees
New Orleans Beads
Utah Ta-Ta's

[Marty]

Dallas Steers
Denver Rush
Houston Cosmos
New Orleans Zydeco (musical style)
New Orleans Streetcars
Salt Lake Honeybees

[Artibeus]

Utah Rocky Elks

[paploo]

Denver Big Foots
Denver 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.

[mburmy]

Dallas Doom
Dallas 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

[Warrior19]

mountaineers and miners were iha names.

im 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

[jesse111]

Dallas Dessert Dogs
Denver Hills
Houston Heat
New Orleans Storm Watchers
Utah Steam

[rugbysevens]

Fort Worth Regulators
-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.

[jacklegjack]

Dallas Drakes

Denver Boulders

Houston Space Cowboys

Louisiana Barons

Utah Regalia

[thetruespider1]

Dallas Rattlers
Denver Icecaps
Houston Hellhounds
Baton Rouge Battalion
Salt Lake Smiths

[flyersk27]

Texas Rattlesnakes (stone cold steve austin reference) for both dallas and houston doesn't matter, applies to both.

[flyersk27]

Louisiana 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.

[PThind]

Houston Hard Hats

[Guilherme]

New Orleans Revival
(Creedence Clearwater Revival song Proud Mary, talks about NO / the obvious Katrina reference)

Houston Buffaloes
Houston Submarines
Houston Hunters

[Guilherme]

Louisiana Pelicans

[markcanderson]

Dallas Outlaws
Devner Ice
Houston Scorpions
New Orleans Dukes
Salt Lake City Blizzard

[Russell]

Colorado 14ers

Because 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

[rugbysevens]

Colorado already has a team called the Colorado 14ers. They're in the NBADL.

[Srini]

Irving Mustangs (Account of the mustang statue in irving)
or Texas Rattlesnakes

Gulf Coast Admirals (its basically all of houston)

Colorado Corporals

Louisiana Freedom

Salt Lake City Slickers

[llp02]

Texas Outlaws
Denver Pinnacle
Houston Launch
New Orleans Jazz

[seejay14]

Dallas Destroyers
Denver Demons
Houston Hornets
New Orleans Blues
Salt Lake City Scorpions

[Anders Åke Albin Sandström]

Texas Chainsaws

Denver 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

[jealousblues]

* DALLAS, Texas
Texas | 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)

[Puddleglum81]

Colorado Cannons
Denver 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

[Drew]

- Dallas Rustlers

- Colorado Headwaters

- Houston Smog

- New Orleans Flood

- Salt Lake Mormons
- Salt Lake City Saints

[Mattstro Disastro]

Dallas Stampede
Denver Dreadnoughts
Houston Challengers
New Orleans Snappers
Salt Lake City Fightin' Mormons (I got nothing.)

[Resistance09]

New Orleans Nightmare
Houston Surge
Dallas Rattlers
Utah Raptors
Denver Reapers

[Adam]

# DALLAS, Texas
Texas | 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

[admin]

Sorry Adam, the Dallas Desperados are our arena football team.

D-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?)

[admin]

New Orleans/Shreveport Casino
New Orleans Jackpot
New Orleans Royal Flush

Louisiana Pelicans

[admin]

@ Rugbysevens
Yeah, I'm from Plano too. Plano East graduate and whatnot.

Dallas Panthers. (Go East!)