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The Giant Pacific Octopus

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  1. Some tragic news. The SS Avalanche sank off the coast of Seattle. The early reports was that it struck an iceberg and sank. The "official" report is that it struck a pod of whales and went down. But the local fishermen tell a different story. They say it was sunk by something else. They say it was a monstrous creature living deep below the surface. A creature few men dare talk about. An octopus the size of a mountain. Now everyone chalks it up to the fishermen drinking too much alcohol. They say its just superstition and myth. Childish fairy tales. The locals know better.
  2. The original version of Nyisles was deemed to scary for the kiddies. I can't imagine why.
  3. Negatives: No wave stripes No teal (the little dab on the logo doesn't count) No wavy name and numbers No lighthouses Positives: The Fisherman is back. He's back in the New York Groove. Nyisles is back. The greatest mascot in the history of history. (Well except for Mac Tonight from McDonalds)
  4. I was wondering what those decals on the back of the Penguins and Bruins helmets were. (From tonight's game).
  5. Not to derail this thread but check out this old SI article about the Barons. https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/03/07/clevelands-not-barren What a :censored:show that team was. And that was after their first season. They came back to play another year!
  6. When the Barons and North Stars merged, the merger deal was written on a cocktail napkin in a bar in Czechoslovakia, and after the board of governers approved the merger, one of the governers was quoted as saying "All we did was take two bags of :censored: and merged them into one bag of :censored:."
  7. What are the odds that one day we'll have digital ads on jerseys? During a game you'll see the Montreal Canadiens logo vanish from the front of the jersey and be replaced by a Bell ad for 15 seconds. Bell Internet. The fastest 7G Internet in Canada Connect your home and all your devices to the most reliable and powerful Internet in Canada. Bell Internet. Before reverting back to the CH logo.
  8. Not really unused because it was just a mockup for the 1982 draft but check out the all green North Star "N".
  9. I agree. When I saw the (inaccurate) replica at the HHOF back in the 90s I thought it was pretty sharp (blue with red and white trim with the pretty flower on the front). But then after doing research and finding out they had ugly bumblebee stripes, I was disappointed. BTW Not to derail this thread any further but I always thought it was funny that renditions of the Rosebuds logo on the web were so inaccurate from the actual logo on the sweater including the one on this site. Check out the comparison from the actual logo to the common renditioned one. BTW The original Rosebuds of the PCHA (1914-1918) had a rose logo too. It just wasn't on the sweaters. It was on their team pennants (which was the only type of merchandise back in those days).
  10. Weird thing is (in regards to the horizontal stripes) is that some sweaters looked like they had them while others didn't. Look at McCormicks sweater vs everyone else.
  11. Way back in the day (around the turn of the century) I was helping a guy named Lee with his old site the Hockey Sweater Museum. I think he was from Victoria and he found a reference on microfilm where the writer (who covered the game) referred to the visiting Rosebuds as having black and yellow colors.
  12. You see here is the thing. I dont go through my life keeping a bibliography of every news report I read or recording every radio spot that I hear especially in the pre-Internet era.. Back in the 1980s and 1990s it never occurred to me that one day I would have to cite something I heard or read to some stranger on something called a "message board" on something called an "Internet". I have a strong memory (especially from the 90s and 80s. When I was younger) and I remember specifically the little girl winning entry news bit. Now if you are so obsessed with tracking down a citation or radio report to verify the story, I've given you the avenues to pursue your research. Here is the Fan590 link http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/ Contact them and tell them you wish to listen to their radio archives from the 90s (providing they still have the original recordings on file somewhere) and they will help you on your way. Her is The Toronto Star website https://www.thestar.com/ Inquire about finding archives from the sports news stories from the 1990s, and I'm sure they will point you in the right direction.
  13. The winning entry was a little girl. I remember it specifically. I remember the Toronto Star article and I remember them announcing it and discussing it on the Fan 590. I don't know if the Fan 590 has archives of their old shows but you should contact their website and inquire.
  14. Back when the name was announced I was listening to it on the Fan 590 (a popular sports radio station here in Toronto), and they stated the winning entry was sent in by a little girl and that she was given a prize pack for her name being selected (i think it was something like season tickets and some jerseys and paraphernalia) . And I remember stating to my brother "So they listened to some kid for the team name". We all hated the name when it was announced. As for in print there was an article that mentioned it in the Toronto Star and if I recall a blurb in Gamepro magazine under their "Entertainment News Section"
  15. The fact that they listened to a little kid who liked Jurassic Park. They name a professional sports team Raptors because some kid loved a movie.
  16. Despite the stupid logo, the name Toronto Towers is alot better than Toronto Raptors. No-one knew what a raptor was until Jurassic Park, and the winning entry was sent in by a little girl!
  17. I was asking about that Penguin logo on Page 27 of this thread!
  18. Has anyone ever seen this before? http://hockey-blog-in-canada.blogspot.com/2011/10/oregon-ohio-ottawa-oh-oakland.html
  19. That would be an awesome third jersey. Seriously I was always dismayed that the Devils never had an actual Devil logo. The old Jersey Devils of the EHL did.
  20. Failure as a logo and as a brand identity that is.
  21. That logo is way better than the logo they use now. But then again, a picture of a German Shepard's shaved ass would look better than the logo they have now.
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