Alternate History Sports / The AltHL - Group C Voting & Owner Application!

**Posted by ThisIsFine** 2/03/2020 6:42 pm

Boston Pilgrims-Obvious reasons

Los Angeles Drillers-Southern California, due to being an underwater ecosystem in prehistoric times, used to be an oil-drilling hotspot.

Montreal Trappeurs-References the fur traders who settled in Canada during colonial times.

Calgary Spurs-Spurs are the pointy thing that go on cowboys’ feet.

**Posted by Gritty** 2/03/2020 9:30 pm

My submissions:

The Boston Pirates: Back in the age of Pirates, Boston was a key nest of Pirates. I wanted to play up Boston's underused relationship with the sea.

The Alberta Clippers: A winter storm that spreads its impact all over North America. Just like the team will.

The Los Angeles Skates / LA Skates: A little dual meaning here. Skates for hockey of course. But Skates for the fish that are similar to stingrays found in California.

The Montreal Chevaliers (Go Chevs!): I wanted a french word. Chevaliers is the french word for knights.

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**Posted by ThisIsFine** 2/03/2020 11:41 pm

Second suggestion for Montreal: Musketeers

**Posted by MyTeamIsDr.Pepper** 2/04/2020 1:03 am

Boston Anchors- The New England area has a lot of naval and general ship history, being a harbor and all.
Los Angeles Avengers- I know this existed as a arena football team, but it’s a perfect opportunity to name them after the current rise in popularity of the avengers movie, I imagine it like the Might Ducks.
Montreal Dukes- It plays off the french royalty theme that Montreal kinda has.
Calgary Broncos- Alberta is the Texas of Canada right?

**Posted by Steelman** 2/04/2020 5:31 pm

Lots of great suggestions already so I'll just add a few for extra ideas.

- Boston Night Riders
- Los Angeles Quakes
- Montreal Monarchs
- Calgary Grangers

**Posted by CCLXXXVII** 2/04/2020 6:41 pm

- Boston Crawdads, in reference to the seafood culture of the East Coast.
- Los Angeles Lions, not really in reference to anything, but it is a symbol of royalty, so it could double as a reference to the city's wealth and entertainment industry (through MGM's mascot being the lion)
- Montreal Chevaliers, I'll echo this one (I used it for my now-dormant series)
- Calgary Colts, a reference to the city's cowboy culture

**Posted by sportsfan7** 2/04/2020 6:49 pm

Montreal Blizzard - Same in English and French
Los Angeles Props - From the movie set and the plane, as LA was home to 6 major aircraft manufacturers
Boston Renaissance - Several top Universities in the area
Calgary Archers - Located on the Bow River and traditionally called Elbow by area First Nations

**Posted by Rube Dali, the DodoHorse** 2/06/2020 10:11 am

Boston Riders-In honour of Paul Revere's midnight ride warning of the Redcoats.
Los Angeles Rattlers
Montréal Chevaliers
Calgary Buckaroos-In reference to the annual Stampede.

**Posted by Gritty** 2/06/2020 5:00 pm

Don't forget that the nomination process for Group A, closes tomorrow! Some interesting name choices so far!

**Posted by Balu the Bare** 2/07/2020 10:53 am

Hopefully I got this in time!

New England Renegades : a nod to the pirates and American revolutionaries.

Los Angeles Wildfire : I was going to go with California Fire here for the name of the people who fight wildfires, but I didn’t like it as much and LA Flames didn’t quite do it for me.

Montreal Musketeers : named after the standard issue weapon of the Voltiguers from the war of 1812.

Calgary Chargers : Wanted to stick with the western theme and stampede(rs) was taken.