The Houston Hot Ice

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I know people like to come up with silly team names and now with AI it's easy to make logos/uniforms, but choosing a real name and developing a logo isn't an easy task.

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Seattle had the chance, before they settled for the Kraken.

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Houston Cat-5's
Houston Swamp Donkeys (Play on swamp a$$)
Woodlands Upside-Down Pineapples (IYKYK)
Houston Ferris Wheel Finger Blasters (pew pew pew)

With a nod to the "City Under Siege Thread" - how about the Houston Bayou Floaters?

ChatGPT gave me some interesting choices:

1) Aeros -- " Aeros would be the obvious favorite. The name has unusually strong equity in Houston: the original WHA Aeros won two championships and became iconic through Gordie Howe, while the later AHL Aeros also won a Calder Cup." (ChatGPT is forgetting the IHL Aeros won a Turner Cup in 1999).

2) Voyagers -- I like this one. It also has a Houston connection: "The Houston Apollos franchise that we discussed earlier eventually became the Montreal Voyageurs and then the Nova Scotia Voyageurs."

3) Aviators -- Not bad. But currently in use by both minor league baseball and hockey teams.

4) Apollos -- Another heritage choice but the branding could be cool.

I'm not a fan of non-plural nicknames like "Kraken" as they strike me as minor league but ChatGPT suggested Orbit which isn't great but could work.

If I had a vote, I would go:

1) Aeros
2) Apollos
3) Voyagers

ETA: I just remembered that Orbit is the Astros' mascot so that's a no-go.

If 7 of 9 is not the mascot of the Voyages, then what are we even doing as a society.

EclipseAg said:

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2) Voyagers -- I like this one. It also has a Houston connection: "The Houston Apollos franchise that we discussed earlier eventually became the Montreal Voyageurs and then the Nova Scotia Voyageurs."

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