The votes have been tallied -- all 2,000-plus of them -- and we now know which cities our fine league will be expanding two. We're "Making It Eight," apparently.
The full results of the poll:
1. Winnipeg -- 28%, 653 votes
2. Quebec City -- 24%, 560 votes
3. Seattle -- 19%, 434 votes
4. Hamilton -- 11%, 250 votes
5. Portland -- 8%, 181 votes
6. Kansas City -- 7%, 160 votes
7. Houston -- 4%, 101 votes
Congratulations to Winnipeg and Quebec City for winning the vote. Now, it's time to name our new teams.
We want your suggestions. It's Friday night, so enjoy yourself, get creative, and drop some clever nicknames in the comments. (Jets and Nordiques don't count, because they're already going to be in the poll anyway.) Leave them in the comments.
The best ones will appear in a poll right here tomorrow afternoon and voting will close on Monday around Noon ET.
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For Quebec, maybe the Voyageurs or Coreurs de bois?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 27, 2010 6:33 PM EDT reply actions
Winnipeg Mud, considering Winnipeg means 'muddy waters' in Cree.
They could make the logo a play on the W and M.
by LoneStranger on Aug 27, 2010 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Quebec Pioneers, Winnipeg Grenadiers
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by WVPiratesfan on Aug 27, 2010 6:55 PM EDT reply actions
Stealing nicknames from soccer teams
Winnipeg HC
Quebec City 1608
Devils in my heart! Devils in my mind! Devils in my eyes! Devils until I die!
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by John Fischer on Aug 27, 2010 7:35 PM EDT reply actions
Mine
Winnipeg Vandals
Rebelles de Quebec (Quebec Rebels)
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Pizza Joint Owner: Nothin' nothin'.
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Pizza Joint Owner: The Bears.
by R_Adragna on Aug 27, 2010 8:07 PM EDT reply actions
five comments and not yet a mention of Winnipeg being the world’s leading Slurpee consumer?
by Passive Voice on Aug 27, 2010 9:03 PM EDT reply actions
The Winnipeg Slurps?
Go Devils
Go Jets
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by FrankG929 on Aug 29, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
The Quebec Noredeuxes
The Winnipeg Brigands
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by John Fontana on Aug 27, 2010 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
Good one on Quebec Noredeuxes. So they we have Quebec Nordiques Part Deux or “Le Deuxieme parte”.
Rocking the Red since 1975
by CapsFan75 on Aug 28, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Winnipeg Really Crappy Market
Les Loups de Quebec (The Wolves)
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by Derek Zona on Aug 27, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
Didn’t even need to see who the author was when I spied that first suggestion, Derek.
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by Donny Rivette on Aug 28, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Winnipeg MoneyPits
Quebec Poutines
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by Bryan Reynolds on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
Winnipeg Wolves
Quebec Collapsing Snow
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by George E. Ays on Aug 27, 2010 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
OK, just want to comment not so much on your post but your signature. This is so surreal — when I see a phrase I coined (about Camp Torturella – Jim published it last year on Blueshirt Banter) as someone’s signature. :-D
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by John Fontana on Aug 27, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s brilliant.
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by George E. Ays on Aug 28, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Winnipeg Escape (because you know that’s what any team would want to do)
The Quebec Frankerfones (Go fightin’ Franks!)
by SpaethCo on Aug 27, 2010 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
Winnipeg Props
Quebec Citadels
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by Donny Rivette on Aug 28, 2010 12:38 AM EDT reply actions
Even better: an AHL affiliate of Winny’s could go by Gliders.
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by Donny Rivette on Aug 28, 2010 12:39 AM EDT reply actions
Manitoba Blackflies
Quebec 101s
by Thursday on Aug 28, 2010 4:18 AM EDT reply actions
The Winnipeg Zonas
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 28, 2010 10:17 AM EDT reply actions
We need a new edition of the Winnipeg Jets team. And they need to develop a rivalry with the San Jose Sharks. So then we can have an epic West Side story in the Western Conference Finals.
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by CapsFan75 on Aug 28, 2010 4:11 PM EDT reply actions
Two terrible markets
That’ll score big ratings for the NHL. Try again.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 30, 2010 3:37 AM EDT reply actions
Easy
Winnipeg is at the confluence of two rivers the Red and the Assiniboine.
And Quebec City still has old ramparts surrounding the city that are a UNESCO World Heritage sight and the only remaining fortified City walls in the Americas north of Mexico.
So:
Quebec City Ramparts
Winnipeg Red Asses
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by Section 312 on Aug 30, 2010 4:16 PM EDT reply actions
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