From The Ground Up: Southeast Names
The five markets with the most votes to be included in the Southeast 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.
- ATLANTA, Georgia
Georgia | Atlanta | Macon - BALTIMORE, Maryland
Maryland | Baltimore | Columbia - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
North Carolina | Carolina | Charlotte | Asheville - TAMPA, Florida
Florida | Tampa | Tampa Bay | St. Petersburg | Sarasota - WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
D.C. | Washington | Chesapeake
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 South Division. You have until September 27.
Start submitting!
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Reader Comments (77)
Atlanta Cherokee
Baltimore Blizzards
Carolina Quakers
Sarasota Stingers
Washington Express
Atlanta
Baltimore Blades(was a WHL Team)
Charlotte Speed(NASCAR)
Tampa Bay Warriors(Natives)
Washington Generals
Atlanta Attack
Macon Mantis (Dude, they have HUGE Praying Mantis down there)
Baltimore Blue Crabs (local crab trade)
Baltimore Bayonets (get it? Bay-o-nets? HA!)
Chesapeake Claws (Crabs again..I got crabs!)
Maryland Mongrels
Carolina Calypso
Carolina Corsairs (Blackbeard's home)
Charlotte Shazam
Tampa Bay Tarpons
Tampa Bay Barracudas
Florida Tropix
St. Pete Sting rays
Washington Reps (aka, Representatives)
DC Domers
DC Devastators
Washington Monuments
or Maryland Monarchs...my friends fantasy team
Georgia Grinders
Maryland Monks (for the Catholic heritage)
Charlotte Checkers (for the races)
Tampa Tarpons
D.C. Crusaders (for everyone into politics...)
Midnight Trains of Georgia
Atlanta Heat
Atlanta Crunk
Baltimore Harborlights
Carolina Intimidators (Dale Earnhardt)
Tampa Bay Swashbucklers
DC Power
Washington Insiders
Atlanta 96ers (96 olympics were in Atlanta)
Baltimore Railriders (named for B&O railroad)
Charlotte Storm Surge
Tampa Bay Tide
Washington Chiefs
Atlanta Rhythm
Baltimore Blue Crabs
Carolina RPM's
Tampa Bay Burn
Washington Monuments
Atlanta Atomic
Baltimore Blaze
Carolina Cobras
Florida Phantoms
Washington Metro (after the subway lol)
Georgia Copperheads
Baltimore Lions
Carolina Cardinals
Tampa Bay Manatees
D.C. Memorials
* ATLANTA Fever
* BALTIMORE Bandits
* CAROLINA Crusdaers
* TAMPA Torch
* WASHINGTON Wanderers
I like the crab connection for Baltimore. I do just love small defensless mascots.
For some reason, I dont know why, but I like Carolina Intimiditaors. I know...I Know, every ounce of blood in me is saying otherwise. Could you see it? The jerseys are black and red with the numbers in the same font as what he used on his car? Maybe the franchise could go ahead and retire #3. I'm no Nascar fan, but think of all the jersey sales!
Atlanta Inferno (reference to sherman's march)
Atlanta Action
Atlanta Aqua
Atlanta Agony
Atlanta Army
Baltimore Battalion(s)
Baltimore Bombers
Baltimore Bastions
Carolina Cardinals
Carolina Corvettes
Carolina Calvary
Carolina Cannons
Florida Fire
Florida Flames
Florida Funnels
Florida Falcons
Washington Warriors
Washington Whites
Atlanta Surge (city motto is "resurgens")
Baltimore Ballmers (a local pronunciation of the city name)
Carolina Corsairs (alliterative, named after the pirates that once roamed the coast, such as Blackbeard)
Tampa Conquistadors (obvious)
Washington Reps (short for representatives)
Atlanta Classics- Named after the return to classic coke which really rocks, and CLassics is a coolio name
North Carolina Tarboilers- they love their tar
Tampa Sea Wolves- another cool school name for pirates. yarr
Washinton Justice- woop justice!
Atlanta Athletics
Baltimore Burners
Carolina Current
Tampa Bay Torrent
Washington Eagles
Macon Bacon (OK, yeah, this one's a joke.)
Georgia Peaches
Baltimore Bullets
Florida Suns
Chesapeake Crabs
Washington Cherry Blossoms
DC Taxation Without Representation (Also a joke. Except to people involved in the home rule debate.)
Washington Bullets
DC Riders (dual meaning, refers to both the Metro and the Congress)
Washington Patriots
Atlanta Osprey
Baltimore Eclipse
Baltimore Saphire (Irish-language name for Blatimore is "Fort of the Jewels")
Charlotte Queens (Queen City)
Tampa Blue (Atlantic Ocean)
Washington Wings
Georgia Rebels
Baltimore Battalion
Carolina Pirates
Florida Storm
Washington Musketeers
Atlanta Ice
Baltimore Rough Riders
Tampa Bay Destroyers
Charrlotte Shock
Washington Wall
Tampa Surge
Atlanta Army
Baltimore Freeze
Washington Commandos
Charlotte Cyclones
Atlanta Burn (Sherman & Savannah and all that)
Atlanta Fever (more fiery references)
Atlanta Trappers (ATL is home of the "trap")
Atlanta Warriors (fighting spirit represented in the town)
Georgia Empire(s)/Emperors/Imperials (because Georgia is the Empire State of the South)
Georgia Knights (Rainy Night in Georgia)
Georgia Goliaths (sounds good)
Macon Bacon ("bacon" is slang for money, and it's a pun on "makin' bacon")
Macon History (another "makin'" pun)
Macon Legends (and another "makin'" pun)
Baltimore Battalion
Baltimore Blackbirds (Ravens/Orioles, etc.)
Baltimore Black Cats
Baltimore King Crabs
Baltimore Barons (nobility theme-named for Lord Baltimore)
Columbia Carnage
Columbia Cobras
Columbia Cougars
Maryland Night Riders (typical theme)
Asheville Dragons (their old hockey team, the Asheville Smoke, had a dragon as their mascot)
Asheville Steam (another Smoke reference)
Carolina Drive (motivation + NASCAR reference)
Carolina Racers (NASCAR reference)
Charlotte Crowns (Queen City)
Charlotte Shadow (alliteration)
Charlotte Shriek (more alliteration)
North Carolina Nighthawks (like the sound)
North Carolina Ninjas (original)
Sarasota Suns (catchy)
Sarasota Solar Bears (tribute to IHL Orlando team)
St. Pete Privateers (more nautical naming)
Tampa Bay Sea Dogs (nautical theme)
Tampa Bay Tropics (more nauticalness)
Tampa Bay Torrent (even more seafaringness)
D.C. Metros (rail line)
Washington Donkeys (if the Democrats have their way)
Washington Elephants (if the Republicans have their way)
Washington Eagles (national bird)
Washington Warlords (Pentagon reference)
Washington Whips (a "whip" makes sure a political party's Representatives & Senators stay within their party lines)
Washington Executives (the President is the Chief Executives)
Washington Chiefs (need I say more?)
Atlanta Arrowheads
Maryland Majors
Charlotte Warclaws
Tampa Bay Outbacks
Washington Baroques
Leafers LP...Tampa Blue (Atlantic Ocean)
Tampa's on the Gulf of mexico
LOL
and dilbert719
Macon Bacon, if a minor league baseball team ever moved there, that would be what i would name it
Macon Bacon
Maryland Muskets
Charlotte Harlots
Tampa Bay Trilobytes
D.C. Battalion
Atlanta Arsenal
Baltimore Blue Jays
Carolina Cougers
Tampa Bay Tribe
Washington Warriors
So Chris, are you feeling a bit like Sisyphus with this project yet? :P
LOL, he's not even halfway to the end...I give him two more weeks before the greek tragedy kicks in.
D.C. Pursuit
Washington Pursuit
Atlanta Olympians
Atlanta Confederates
Balitmore Bats
Carolina Barbarians
Tampa Bay Sharks
Washington Wolves
As a DMV (DC, MD, VA area) native. I feel the need to dispel some of the team names chosen for both DC and B'more.
Impulse83 - Express was used in the IHA project (San Jose)
Mykl and Kevin - Washington Generals (The team the globetrotters beat all the time)
Bulldogx2010 - Metro was used in IHA
dilbert719 - Baltimore/Washington Bullets (the wizards were first the bullets)
Also, patriots was used in IHA
umfan3915 - Washington Commandos were an Arena football team
And for all of those people choosing chiefs...I think the Redskins work just fine here.
Sorry for the call outs, but I wanna see my area well represented.
Now, my suggestions...
Atlanta Phoenix (Rising out of the ashes, keeps wit the city bird theme)
Baltimore Claws (Blue Crabs of MD)
Baltimore Wire (Based off the HBO show, The Wire)
Baltimore Hons (A play on baltimore speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Baltimore#Hons)
Carolina Lackies (From Carolina's nickname of cackalacky)
Tampa Torrent (although I really feel Chris should just get to choose Tampa altogether)
Washington Go-Go
D.C. Bounce
(Both homage to the music out of DC, Go-Go)
Washington Wolves (politicians are known as wolves)
D.C. Crows (Sometimes known as the murder capital, and a bunch of crows is called a murder)
Washington Power (The Most powerful city in the Nation)
Notes/Comments on others' comments:
In the format of [to the person who said... ".."]:
Charlotte Checkers: already the name of the ECHL team there.
Atlanta Inferno: already the name of the Columbia Inferno in Columbia, SC, which was also burned by Sherman's march.
Tampa Conquistadors: the title of conquistador is more commonly associated with Spanish conquerors who actually conquered empires, not just peoples, i.e. the Aztecs or Inca. I've never heard the term 'conquistador' in reference to Spanish occupation of Florida in general use.
Notes/comments to EVERYONE:
Please stop with all the blatant abuse of alliteration (i.e. Tampa Torrent, Carolina Current). It's annoying when EVERY team is named like that.
And, before anyone goes to say it, I know that de Soto was in the Tampa area for a brief while, but he didn't stay there nor did he conquer anyone there, so I don't think 'conquistador' is appropriate. That should have been added to the previous comment to clarify since no reasonable text considers the area to have been conquered by conquistadors.
Atlanta Tridents
-Tridents sort of plays off the Atlantica-Pacifica / Atlantis theme.
-I liked the previous suggestion of the Atlanta Classics.
Baltimore Potters
-A potter is a slang term for one who catches crabs. 'Potting' is the act of catching a crab with a cagelike vessel made of metal, wire, etc.
Carolina or D.C.
-I also liked the suggestion of Carolina Crusaders given the area's Bible-thumping side. Moreover, I think Crusaders is the best sports team name not commonly used in America (it's much used overseas in rugby, such as with the Canterbury/Christchurch Crusaders in NZ) and would work well in D.C. too for the reasons stated by the person who proposed that as well.
Tampa Bay Rough Riders
-If I recall correctly, Teddy Roosevelt's troops were stationed in this area prior to their invasion of Cuba.
Washington Sentinels
-A rarely used sports team name that also isn't cheesily associative of 'all-American' themes as D.C. suggestions often are. A sentinel is one who stands guard to protect and serve.
Atlanta River- the Chattahoochee River runs through Atlanta and provides residents with alot of their water.
Asheville Mountains- Asheville NC has a very mountanious terrain.
Maryland Anthem- the scene that inspired the Star Spangled Banner took place in Maryland.
St. Petersburg Greyhounds- named for the Greyhound racing at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg. Very well known track and even used as a setting in Oceans 11.
St. Petersburg Demons - a change in spelling for a tribute to one of the city founders Peter Demens. (Also shoving it in the face of the PC former Devil Rays, lol.)
Washington D.C. Red White and Blue- maybe too long of a name, but just something different than the other names and the colors of our flag.
# ATLANTA, Georgia
Georgia | Atlanta | Macon
(the Georgia Peaches, the Macon Masticators)
# BALTIMORE, Maryland
Maryland | Baltimore | Columbia
(the Maryland-mayhem, the Columbia Lords, the Baltimore syphilis', The Baltimore Burn)
# CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
North Carolina | Carolina | Charlotte | Asheville
(the Carolina-crush, the ashville- asholes?)
# TAMPA, Florida
Florida | Tampa | Tampa Bay | St. Petersburg | Sarasota
(the Florida melted ice, the St. Petersburg Czars, the Sarasota sunburn, the Tampa Bays)
# WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
D.C. | Washington | Chesapeake
(the chesapeake cheapskates, the D.C. crooks, The Washington hope, the Shesapeake Swamp, the DC monuments)
oops, just read the no vulgar rule. Sorry
Atlanta Ravens
Georgia Thundercats
Baltimore Pirates
Maryland Monsters
Charlotte Cagefighters
Tampa Icefighters
D.C Defence
Washington P51's
# ATLANTA, Georgia
Georgia | Atlanta | Macon
the macon moononites
the georgia julips
the georgia gentlemen
the atlanta colonels
the macon ants
# BALTIMORE, Maryland
Maryland | Baltimore | Columbia
the baltimore easterner
the maryland chowder
the columbia crusaders
the Baltimore Independants
the Baltimore Lords
the Baltimore Keys
# CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
North Carolina | Carolina | Charlotte | Asheville
the Carolina collaborators
the Charlotte palmettos/palmetto bugs
the carolina smokers
# TAMPA, Florida
Florida | Tampa | Tampa Bay | St. Petersburg | Sarasota
the Tampa rats
the st. petersburg soviets
the sarasota swim
the florida timeshares
the tampa old people driving (what could be more scary?)
the sarasota sandfleas/sand dollars?
# WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
D.C. | Washington | Chesapeake
the washington lobbyists
the D.C. Pundits
the washington crooks
the DC founders
the dc corruption
the beltway bribes
the D. C. Districts
the D. C. potomacs
the DC duelers
the DC sprawl
the Washington colonials
- Atlanta Grays
- Asheville Mountaineers
- Charlotte Monarchs
- North Carolina Nighthawks
- Baltimore Blue Crabs
- Tampa Mangroves
- Sarasota Seminoles
- Washington Warlords
- Washington Plutocrats
-Georgia...PEACHES!
(sorry I couldn't resist)
-Carolina Greys
(like the civil war, they can be rivals to the columbus blue jackets)
-Florida Fountain(s)
(for the fountain of youth)
-Cheasapeake Bays or Retrievers
(named for the dog, I have one and she's a beast!)
Georgia Whale Sharks (aquarium inhabitants)
Baltimore Regiments
Baltimore Bombardiers
Carolina Devil Dogs (usmc population and bases)
D.C. Eternals
Tampa Navigators (sailing?)
Atlanta Iceburners
Baltimore Beasts / Brutes / Blades / Blackbirds
or
Baltimore Beastily Brutish Bladed Blackbird Battalion
Maryland Monsters
Bodymore, Murdaland
Charlotte Fightin' Rednecks
Charlotte Champions
Carolina Intimidators
Carolina Rubberburners
North Carolina Nighthawks
Carolina Cannons / Cannoneers
Tampa Bay Stormbreakers
Sarasota Sunburn
Florida Not The Heat The Humidity That Kills You
DC Dominators
Washington Elite / Powerbrokers / Lawmakers /Flagbearers
For Baltimore-
Baltimore Bohemians (Natty Boh, aka National Bohemian, does way back with Baltimore...and we could call the team the Natty Bohs)
And I liked the earlier suggestion of Bayonets...BAY-onets.
Just for clarification, I think the Chesapeake has more relevance to Baltimore than DC. The Potomac and Anacostia rivers are more DC-related bodies of water...just sayin.
Washington War Eages. (Hey, if Auburn wants to shun an awesome name like that and use 'tigers' instead, SOMEONE should put the name to use!)
Atlanta Phoenix (I know Jefferi already suggested it, but I like it too. Its one of the cities unofficial nicknames since it too rose from the ashes)
Atlanta Embers (Different take on flames)
Atlanta Termites
Baltimore Snappers (isn't a Terp a turtle?)
Carolina Commanders
Florida Ice Gators (sounds like ice skaters when said fast and, yes I know it was a former ECHL team in LA)
Washington Patriots
D.C. Power (Direct Current anyone?)
D.C. Electric
Now the non serious ones that I should be shot for even suggesting:
Macon Whoopee! (My favorite minor league team name ever, but ruled out probably due to 'vulgarity')
Baltimore Ace of Cakes
Charlotte Russe
Lakeland (FL) Publix' (hey if albany had a team named after a grocery store (Choppers) why not FL?)
D.C. / A.C.
Washington Commanders
Mykl and Kevin... "Leafers LP...Tampa Blue (Atlantic Ocean)
Tampa's on the Gulf of mexico
LOL"
LOL HAHA. Omg, does it really make a difference? Whatever, water's blue. And it sounds like a classic name. A perfect logo would be a whale fin thing. Whatever those are called.
Florida Rockets
Tampa Palms
DC Brigade
Baltimore Sea Dogs
Carolina Demons
sarasota rays
charlotte miners
baltimore baysox
washington warriors
atlanta express