How Every NHL Team Got Its Name & Identity!

[@thruma91]

Some of this information is wrong. Like the Rangers name for example, it was not a nod to a baseball team. It was a nod to the Texas Rangers state police. The black hawks name was not just about the restaurant, it was for the unit named for Cheif Black Hawk, hence the logo. The bruins store wasn't black and gold, it was brown and gold. They later changed to black. This is a fun video, but I'm curious about the research.

[@rvictolo]

You saved me the time of writing this, lol. Especially since I'm a Rangers fan. The Rangers were the reason that The NY Americans went defunct. The Americans didn't have an arena of their own, and shared MSG with the Rangers. When they wanted a new home, they needed a unanimous vote from the other six teams. The Rangers voted against. This led to the 54 year curse that finally ended with a Stanley Cup win in 1994.

[@Hal-yc9jd]

@@rvictoloHow long is the current curse gonna last? Another 54?

[@Hal-yc9jd]

@@rvictoloY’all suck that’s it. No curse, you’ve just been beaten so many years in a row it helps soften the blow to call it a curse

[@woodencoasterfan]

Something to add to the video is that the yellow triangle in the Penguin’s logo is in reference to the shape of downtown Pittsburgh. Also, the yellow and black colors are also used by Pittsburgh’s other professional sports teams as well.

[@LordBitememan]

San Jose president: "We're going to hold a contest to name the team!" San Jose fans pick a name. San Jose president: "And you all picked wrong!"

[@Dystopia1111]

As a Tampa area native (Bradenton), Phil Esposito named the Lightning perfectly. Those summer late day thunderstorms light the sky up. You just hope and pray the power (the AC) stays on Phil still does radio for Lightning home games to this day. Absolute legend as a player, even more so for building a hockey franchise in a place where it almost never gets below freezing

[@PigeonNHL]

I'm glad every single team is on the thumbnail, like Edmonton, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, the Islanders...

[@Dcarnys]

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WOLFPACK?!?!?!

[@cehamlet89]

As a Tar Heel fan, I nearly threw up when he said that

[@GoodShepherd32]

Came here to point this out lol

[@Dystopia1111]

Man, I love the UNC Blue Devils! As you can tell, I've been a Bagskateball fan for years.

[@jakez199456]

@@Dystopia1111 Can't forget the Duke Tar Heels as well

[@EthanFrankCountryMusic]

or the NC State Blue Devils ​@@jakez199456

[@CosMooMK]

No oilers logo on the thumbnail is crazy

[@Robothian]

Made alberta all Calgary... God damn Calgary!

[@KKmaatalous]

and a few other logos are missing..

[@CosMooMK]

@KKmaatalous Oh I noticed, im just an oilers fan. Buddy thinks Alberta is run by Calgary. Pfft, everything about Calgary is a dumpster fire. Edmonton has 4 more Stanley cups, like...

[@KKmaatalous]

@@CosMooMKI just mentioned that a few other teams are also missing👍 just wondering why couldn't tag all the teams?😄

[@CosMooMK]

@@KKmaatalous oh exactly! I don't see Boston

[@subman721]

12:33 HOLD UP RIGHT THERE BUDDY!!! THE NEW YORK RANGERS NAME, IS NOT A NOD TO THE TEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL TEAM!!! If you think it is, you know nothing about hockey or baseball. In order for the New York Rangers name to be a nod to the Texas Rangers baseball team, the Texas Rangers baseball team would’ve had to been founded before the New York Rangers, and they weren’t. The New York Rangers were founded in 1926, while the Texas Rangers were founded as the Washington Senators in 1961. In 1972, They moved to the Dallas area, and became the Texas Rangers, almost 50 years after the New York Rangers were founded.

[@gamma21285]

Looking for this comment

[@AllyStrikesBack]

Given that Utah is known as the Beehive State, I'd call the team Utah Swarm.

[@RickNBacker]

I usually don't like gimmicky team names that don't end in an S, but I like this.

[@GizmoBeach]

@@RickNBacker The Utah Swarms. 🐝🐝🐝

[@ICanDraw12]

if the utah team is named either the powder, yeti, or ice, then i give up watching hockey

[@Swisba]

im down for the outlaws not gonna lie hahaha

[@JustinRivera-iq9ss]

Utah Grizzlies

[@rileyholden-zc9ip]

​@@Swisba I hope for venom or blizzard

[@brandonjoseph6167]

I’m sure you won’t be missed

[@brandonjoseph6167]

@@JustinRivera-iq9ssthat’s their NBA team I’m pretty sure

[@dw7704]

The New York Rangers did get the name from Tex’s Rangers, but it wasn’t the baseball team. The baseball team didn’t exist until (a quick Google search shows) after the 1971 season when the moved from Washington, DC. The Texas Rangers are a law enforcement agency that predates the NHL. They have a long history that would require a video of its own, so i am keeping it simple. The Lone Ranger is so named as he was a Texas Ranger. Then there’s the old show -Walker, Texas Ranger. It wasn’t about the baseball team I let other stuff slide as well

[@andrewthompson6453]

the name was coined by the press, it was a play on words with the founders name "Tex Rickard" so they nicknamed the team "Tex's Ranger" after obviously the police division in Texas

[@dw7704]

@@andrewthompson6453 That’s what I have read, some sources say it was Tex or someone he knew. It’s something I let slide. As well, Tex was not the owner of the Americans, he ran Madison Square Gardens

[@provincialfish]

I came to the comments to say exactly the same about the baseball team not existing. I'm glad you beat me to it. It blows my mind that we have easy access to unlimited information, but people don't bother taking a minute to check facts at all and just spout whatever nonsense they've "heard" or "think". Sorry for the rant, I know it's just a sports video.

[@Ninjollie]

@@provincialfishi came to the comments to write this and then when i saw it i was gonna write what you wrote but i guess i cant

[@andrewthompson6453]

@@dw7704 i never said owner, i said founder

[@slvr2732]

When the Vegas expansion was first announced I really wanted them to be the Vegas Blackjacks. They probably would've been called the BJs by everyone else so I get why that didn't stick.

[@subman721]

I wanted the Vegas Gamblers, and the goal song to be The Gambler, by Kenny Rogers.

[@RickNBacker]

Well there's the Blue Jackets and I don't think they're being called the BJ's.

[@slvr2732]

@@RickNBacker Fair point, that never occurred to me. I'd say today that Vegas and Columbus have wildly different reputations so who knows how it would be, but that's all speculation.

[@leviklynstra8975]

Imagine if we got the San José "Rubber Puckies" 😂

[@kimberleeshamaa5795]

My mom told me in my state New Jersey. They were building a new hockey stadium and the new team would be East Brunswick and of course you would think that because I live in East Brunswick.

[@SupaBuma]

As a South Florida native and like the Igloo to the Penguins, I affectionately call the arena that the Panthers play in, the Catbox. I'll be there tomorrow for game 3 of the ECF. GO CATS!

[@choppergunner8650]

GO CATS!!!!! WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE CUP

[@RickNBacker]

Lucky thing they're a good team, otherwise it'd be the Litterbox...

[@SupaBuma]

@@RickNBacker lol same difference.. because in the 2000's is why I named it like that. In Zito we trust.

[@provincialfish]

Maple leaves were on every incarnation of the Canadian Red Ensign flag, in the bottom section of the shield. You put it on the screen. The maple leaf was the Canadian symbol long before the current flag. Its on countless Canadian buildings, coins, documents and songs that predate the hockey team.

[@dw7704]

That was another thing I noticed Especially when, as you indicated it was shown in the video

[@glaframb]

The Maple Leafs is a symbol of the Sugar Maple tree from the extract the water to be boiled invented by the abenaki's people in Québec that share that knowledge with the French. Did you know the Montréal Canadiens got a Maple Leafs on their Jersey Way before the Maple Leaf exist in 191-1912. Also the Montréal Green Maple Leaf reprsents that event if the British try to assimilate the French Canadian the Canadien nation still striving and is alive While The Toronto Maple Leafs colors blue and White refers to original teams the Toronto Arenas who were also as the Toronto Blue Shirts a nick name who would be reuse by the New York Rangergs that Share Colors with The Anerican Flag. share colors with the University of Toronto who get it from the Scottish flag. A blue Maple Leaves does not exiist in Nature.(Green, Yellow, Orange and Red but none is blue.) Even the grren are the colors of the Catholic Irish white Sounthern Ontario have more Prostestan Irush which colors comes from the Prince William of Orange a Dutch King this is why the Dutch National There where Orange. Over the year Blue white Orange became Holland /Nederland colors but while exposed to element the Orange turned as a washed up Red therefore the dutch flag become blue , white , red. The New York city was found bu the Dutch as New Amsterdam before it was sold to the Brittish who rename it New York This is why Blue, White and Orange are the color associated white New york. The Blue , White ' Red colors of the Canadien are a reference to the French Republic Flag aka Le bleu, blanc, Rouge who refered to the 3 qualities precious to the French. Blue = Fraternité (We are brothers and Sisters,) White - Liberty we can do what we want we not subject to any king or Government and Red as Équality. We are all equals. However Canada who was part of New France was never part of the French Republic. because New France become part of British Empire in 1763 and the Frech Revolution happened from 1789 to 1793 before the founding of the first French Republic. New France was a colony of the Kingdom of France . Breton explorer Jacques Cartier was mendate by the Kirng of France François premier King of France. The French color where a White Flag colored with 3 golden Fleur de Lys. While the Flag who was most use in Canada was the French Royal Navy flag who used A Royal Blue flag with the Three Golden Fleur de Lys. This is why the Québec flag refer to the French King and the French Navy with 4 fleur de lys instead of 3 and a cross to reprensent the influence of Christianity on The Province of Québec over the years. The British Province of Québec (1774) The province got it's name from the Capital Québec (city) founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain was know before simply as Canada a French interpretation of the Iroquoian word Kanata which means village in iroquian. The iroquian pronounced the K like a G and the T like a D. So Kanata is pronounced Ganada which the French understood as Canada. The latest Québec flag was create just before it,s adoption by the government of Premier Maurice Duplessis in 1948. it's predate the Canadian flag (1964) and it's adoption by the Government of Lester B. Pearson in 1965.

[@Lcngopher]

The bruins were originally brown and yellow but later changed to black and yellow

[@Savukala]

Ah yeah the penguins playing in an igloo totally makes sense since they are only separated by whatever distance it is from the arctic to antarctic 😂

[@DeadCardinal]

All of the “most popular” suggestions for the Utah teams stink so bad. I get why they’re going with Utah Hockey Club Ownership should definitely try to do some legal gymnastics so they can be Utah Raptors (there’s teams across the big four that share team names, Rangers, Cardinals, Giants, Panthers to name a few)

[@GizmoBeach]

I want to hear about the unpopular suggestions...I bet they're WAY more interesting than the Utah Blizzard.

[@Luke-ou6wh]

Those names coexisted before the legal rights played a factor, and Utah Elks is the best option imo

[@NHC-kq7qr]

I still to this very day (7 years later) find that statement extremely hard to believe at 17:42 because Kitchener’s OHL Team & 1 of New York City’s NHL Teams both have the same name “the Rangers” So going by that logic, the Vegas Golden Knights could of absolutely just been called the Las Vegas Knights (unless there is something I’m missing here)

[@kimberleeshamaa5795]

Legend says the jersey devil still roams New Jersey today

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video. I saw another one of these, but, I liked this one a bit better

[@BlueShoeMagoo]

Colorado was almost named the Rocky Mountain Xtreme. SUPER duper 90’s influence back then.

[@ChairmanChico]

4:17 I’m sorry… University of North Carolina Wolfpack? Do we have to go on the ice like gentlemen?

[@gregchezick7757]

"The maple leaf wasn't a part of the flag until the mid 1960s" is showing multiple flags from before the 1960 with maple leaves on them.

[@toddcribbs6844]

Thank you for mentioning that the last video pick a name out Tampa Bay Lightning you are awesome doing your due diligence for this

[@KWally]

Missed the Avs owner trying to call his team the Rocky Mountain Xtreme, they even had logos done up. The league veto'd it though.

[@Waitactuallythatscrazy]

I mean the flames could relate to Calgary cause there are a ton of forest fires around Calgary every summer

[@LeighMet]

William Dywer moved the Hamilton Tigers renamed Americans. The winnipeg Jets were named after Bobby Hull The Golden Jet.

[@christopherf7393]

The Utah Miracle makes sense and ties into the history of Salt Lake City referring to the Miracle of the Gulls when seagulls miraculously saved the 1848 crops by eating thousands of insects that were devouring their fields. The Seagull Monument is located in front of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square.

[@Scott-vk4jv]

The purple the Lakers and then Kings was referred to as “Forum blue.” Jack Kent Cooke apparently was not a fan on the word purple.

[@MinnesotaArcticBlast]

Love all the team names most of them fit with the location. Yes some names might be odd but baseball has two teams named after socks

[@pluckpluckpass]

Bruh really highlighted missouri with the Blackhawks on the thumbnail 💀

[@petrab8415]

Winnipeg Jets named after the New York Jets is the most interesting name for me. Blackhawks named after a military unit the coolest.

[@JamesPapadakis-s2u]

You can say that the Flames kept their name in Calgary because of the Canadian Wildfires in Calgary

[@pilotamurorei]

vegas golden SHOWERS

[@dmitryponomarev3441]

🤣

[@GoodShepherd32]

Tex's Rangers was not a nod to the baseball team. It didn't exist yet. It was a nod to the law enforcement group Texas Rangers.

[@olmrgosh1128]

Don’t forget there was the Vancouver millionaires that won the Stanley cup in 1915 season

[@francoisgaudreault8047]

Little correction : The 'Canadiens' name is not just because of the french spelling, it's because back in '09, the french-canadians were called Canadians or Canadiens while the anglophone were just called English.

[@martharunstheworld]

The Texas Rangers baseball team was established in 1961, so maybe THAT team was a nod to the hockey team, not the other way around. TONS of errors in this videos.

[@dw7704]

Well the franchise was established in 61 as the Washington Senators, they moved and became the Rangers after the 71 season But the point you make is still valid. The New York Rangers’ team name has nothing to do with the baseball team Several comments have been posted to that effect It’s probably the most egregious error

[@martharunstheworld]

@@dw7704 Forgot about the Senators.

[@dw7704]

@@martharunstheworld no big deal, the point is still valid

[@drock13]

Alternate name for the Miami Panthers “Sawgrass Mall Rats “

[@Nathanthecanuck]

I wish San Jose chose rubber puckies

[@dw7704]

The Mighty Ducks original movie uniforms were not used for the team They had a different colour set and logo The movies later adopted the team’s look

[@KennethMapel]

Florida Panthers should have been named Florida Keys... Crossed skeleton key hockey stick logo with state outline would have been super cool.

[@JUVI9596]

No oilers on the thumbnail pic

[@MrMpa31]

I would suggest some more research before redoing this video

[@dw7704]

I mentioned the same thing Most of the errors in previous videos are minor compared to this one. I appreciate the effort, but more research/fact checking is needed I realize it can be a lot of time and work to create a KZbin video, so I get that, but if this were done with some additional research, it could be a very good video.

[@mitchellorr3717]

as a Dallas fan anything other than Stars wouldn't really do it

[@creativehen]

Glad we're just gonna ignore the caps and bruins in the thumbnail lol

[@AndrewSmith-vr8kd]

While the Atlanta Flames represent the Civil War burning of the city, the Flames moved to Calgary shortly after the city was awarded the 1988 Winter Olympics. Since the Olympic flame is symbolic of the games, the name was retained.

[@dw7704]

The Flames don’t have nothing to with Calgary? That’s inaccurate The Alberta Oil and gas industry is a big part of the city’s economy When the Flames moved there was enormous support to keep the name to reflect the oil & gas wells that could be seen all around southern Alberta. The natural gas wells have Flames. Please do some research There are good things about these videos, or I would just stop watching But it gets annoying with all lack of research.

[@miikamessi]

Lol

[@drloomis1031]

Why do Blackhawks own Missouri in the Thumbnail? The blues are there? Same with RedWings in Chicago

[@Slickshapiro13]

The Denver team was once named the Rockies in their previous foray into the NHL .. you dropped the puck on that factoid

[@nathanviebranz9111]

Not the same franchise. He mentions the Rockies when taking about the Devils.

[@LeighMet]

Rickard didn't buy the Tigers that was Bill Dywer who was the bootlegger.

[@nyroz916]

Most likely the Utah Yeti will be their name

[@albertapeet]

Your map on the thumbnail would suggest that Alberta has no Oilers team , just the shitty Flames. I didn’t come to watch your video , just to point out you have obviously no clue .

[@lewsmith4279]

Hands down the Kraken have the best name/logos and colors!

[@josephreilly6328]

Long Island Ducks. The original use.

[@irvinepoker3187]

where tf the oiler's?

[@otmgi3865]

How TF did mugwumps not win? The Utah Mugwumps. Utah McTeamName

[@andrewthompson6453]

damn the true origin of the Blackhawks name was quite a let down, I was always lead to believe it was after and to honour the Blackhawk Tribe and war chief in the Illinois region

[@Slickshapiro13]

Kings went to black and silver because of the Los Angeles Raiders

[@kevinstull8552]

Utah Wendigos

[@Vanhelsing8900]

Think you meant to say North Carolina State Wolfpack 😅

[@texvonkwiatkowski2140]

Let me explain it as an commercial expert. All the finale names for the UTAH team have more or less nothing to do with hockey and its purpose. Yeti? We are not in the Himalians, Venom? Have never seen a snake on ice, Maomouth? Is it a team from the stones age? Outlaws? This might have fit to the old Flyers days with Schulz and Clarke. Ice??? Yes, of course they are playing on it but what does it say about the state and the team???? What is important to mention. The team is working as a team, they are symbolysing the attitude and the mentality of this state and this is only possible if you do it a s a newbie in the league as a SWARM to overrun opponents in regard to attitude and commitment. There is only one name realistic and I hope Mr. Owner might see that the same way. The UTAH SWARM

[@eddardmulligan]

The Sabres will now and forever be the Flying Zeppelins and the Sharks will now and forever be the Rubber Puckies.

[@MiniBoi2]

In the thumbnail th st louis bluise arent even in missouri...

[@long-black-vietnamese-man]

utah skinwalkers

[@lusiouse]

Detroit red wings best logo in all of sports 👍absolute truth

[@andrewthompson6453]

New York got another NHL team so that the WHA couldn't buy a team on the island so they couldn't compete with the NHL

[@canadianmtb2575]

Utah fighting mormons

[@blackberrythorns]

did you really just have a thumbnail with only the united states and nhl teams? then you talk about identity and show lord stanley's cup. americans...

[@canuck81]

Why a us map with Canadian teams on it? Wtf

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Edmonton Oilers is fairly obvious

[@UFCMania155]

Ya the Oilers should be in the thumbnail instead of the flaming turds lol

[@Lesevesel]

The Red Wings naming history is accurate.

[@UFCMania155]

How do you have the flames in the thumbnail when the Oilers are by far a way more popular team in Alberta? 🤣

[@HOUSTON123A]

Utah Lakes

[@cassidydascomb6133]

Yeti yeti yeti

[@GHJLIVEgreychannel]

UTAH LAKERS

[@sophieyapps]

“americans” is a dumb team name impinge naming your nhl team after the country its in thats idiotic especially if there’s a e in it bc it’s french I single being French goofy ah

[@4yut2pc]

Montreal canadiens

[@otmgi3865]

The Utah Mormons. The Salt Lake Sinners. Bonneville Bible Humpers. The Desert Skaters. The MOAB Vipers.

[@baronlouie]

Salt Lake Soakers is what it should be.

[@TridentClan]

Disliking the video purely because of the POS thumbnail image. Rangers taking over the northeast? Makes me sick

[@kohaku2910]

YUHHHH

[@Boston_sports_edits]

first

[@hyper_nov4]

This is AI generated

[@TheGraveyardDog]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video; however, I would like to point out that the VERY FIRST logo the Columbus Blue Jackets had wasn’t shown. The “C” shaped Ohio flag swooping around a star was the second one. 😉

[@Wonkt]

Where da oilers