I have been anxiously awaiting word from the PWHL about team nicknames. The league's regular season starts on January 1 and there has been no news. I completely understand that this is a new venture, and by their own admission they have worked with a tight timeline in getting things going, so I'm prepared to cut them a little lack (not that they need my blessing).But, I'm kind of geeky about nicknames and was hoping they would be in place by now. There have been some names filed, but, in my opinion they are underwhelming at best.
The names that have been filed are:

Toronto Torch
Montreal Echo
Ottawa Alert
Minnesota Superior
Boston Wicked
New York Sound

I have a hard time with all of them because none of them have an "S" at the end, and that seems to be the norm with most women's sports nicknames, but I don't like it. Again, they don't need my blessing.

So now I ask all of you - "Name the Teams".
I have three criteria, although none are written in stone. 1. Location specific; 2. With the female gender in mind; 3. Please have an "S" on the end. Some of the listed names above would work. The Ottawa Alerts, were a female team from the 1920's, so I like the historical value, but why Alert and not Alerts.
Thank you in advance. I look forward to reading everyone's thoughts.

Mathemortician wrote:

Here are my ideas:

Atlanta Firecrackers
Birmingham Blacksmiths
Dallas Cowgirls
Houston Heroines
Memphis Cleopatras
Nashville Notes
New Orleans Voodoo Dolls
Oklahoma City Oilettes

Would you mind sharing the names you have for the other leagues or do want to keep those secret?

Here are the other teams. As I said in my first post, some names come from the All-American Girls Baseball League (the movie League of Their Own), and also, the National Girls Baseball League, a pro league which ran at the same time as the All-American League and was based in Chicago. The AAGBL started as fastpitch and gradually converted to baseball over a number of years. The NGBL was always fastpitch. Some of the other names come from other sports and still others are personal preferences of mine.

All-American Softball League
Chicago Blue Sox
Cincinnati Monarchs
Cleveland Comets
Columbus Aviators
Detroit Gems
Milwaukee Robins
Pittsburgh Keystones
St. Louis Redbirds

West Coast Softball League
Hollywood Stars
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Oaks
Portland Crows
San Diego Sandpipers
San Francisco Bay Sox
Seattle Emeralds
Vancouver Pacifics

East Coast Softball League
Baltimore Bays
Boston Carolines
Brooklyn EM's
Montreal Olympics
New York Bluebirds
New York Hickories
Philadelphia Daisies
Toronto Maple Leafs

It is very likely that some of these nicknames will change over the years, as will some of the cities. For instance, a name like the Maple Leafs will likely change as it is the name of the NHL team and is also the name of a semi-pro baseball team in Ontario, as well as being the nickname of the International League team before the Blue Jays. Conversely, a name like the Oaks will likely stay, even though the Oakland Oaks were a Pacific Coast League team when the PCL was trying to attain Major League status, because I just love that nickname. Stay tuned, I'm going to post the nicknames of the Southern teams after Christmas.

NFL : Green Bay Packers. The Packers were the best team when I started watching in the 1960's.
MLB: Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. One team in each league. I live a ferry ride from Vancouver BC and when I was a kid the Vancouver Mounties were the AAA team for Oakland. Joe Rudi, Dave Duncan and Sal Bando played with the Mounties and were an integral part of the A's championship teams of 72, 73, and 74. As for the Cardinals - I like their history.
NHL: Vancouver Canucks. As a kid I liked the Maple Leafs (when there were only six teams). Where I live you either liked the Canadiens or Maple Leafs.
NBA: Brooklyn Nets. Steve Nash grew up three hours away and played in our town's high school gym. His team (St. Michael's University School) was ranked number one in the province, our team (Alberni District) was ranked number two. Before that it was the Seattle Super Sonics, then I stopped watching when they went to OKC.
MLS: played soccer as a kid but very seldom watch it. Vancouver Whitecaps I guess.
NRL (rugby league in Australia): Parramatta Eels
IPL (T20 cricket in India): Chennai Super Kings
NCAA: I really only watch softball so Washington Huskies. I'll watch March Madness sometimes so Indiana Hoosiers.

A modified version of soccer with less players per team (seven versus eleven), a smaller field (70 yards x 35 yards), no heading of the ball, a hockey-like offside rule and smaller (2m x 4m) goals.
The offside rule, which is the major difference, is a modified version of ice hockey’s offside rule. If the ball is inside the attacking team’s offensive zone (25 yards), players can be anywhere on the field. If the ball is outside the offensive zone, players must have at least one defensive player (not including the goaltender) between the goal line and themselves. The ball does not have to precede the players into the offensive zone.
There is also a D-shaped crease which can only be occupied by the goaltender of the defending team.
I have been toying with this concept for quite some time. I will be trying to convince some local soccer teams to play by these rules and see what happens. In my mind, even with smaller goals, I think scores will be in the 5-2, 4-3 range, as opposed to 1-0, 1-1 etc. as is currently seen in soccer at the higher levels.