fumbler Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Well it is the season to shift around then. RICHMOND TIGERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 The move is now official. Enter the Saskatchewan Rush.At least they, unlike the Swarm, changed up their look by adding green to their color scheme, so they have their own distinct identity beyond just slapping a new location name on their logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Was hoping for the Rushriders.Oh well. On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hmm... the new Rush site seems to have been taken down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hmm... the new Rush site seems to have been taken down. Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_canadian Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 My god the NLL is so lazy with relocating teams and name changes. The last team that relocated and actually changed their name was Philadelphia to New England. Everyone else has kept the name and identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertsports Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I really wish they would come back to Chicago. I loved watching the Shamrox play and I really want to go see a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Chicago's in kind of a weird spot as far as the NLL is concerned. Sears Center is pretty much the perfect-sized arena for an NLL team without an NHL parent club, but it's way out in the sticks in Hoffman Estates. Allstate Arena (home of the AHL Wolves) is next to O'Hare and much closer to downtown, but is probably too big/expensive for an NLL team. If Sears Center were where Allstate Arena is, the NLL could have made it in Chicago easily. (The same might be true of Seattle, which had the Washington Stealth play in a junior hockey arena way up in Everett for four seasons before heading to Vancouver.)Minnesota, on the other hand, is in the same bind as other failed markets like Philadelphia, Boston and New York that have no suitable mid-sized arenas other than on-campus college hockey rinks (though the NLL is supposedly considering a return to Nassau Coliseum once it's been downsized). All those markets, I think, would still have their old teams if they had a 7-12K seater to play in.That said, there is a bit of good news on the Minnesota front: We are getting a new team in the semipro Continental Indoor Lacrosse League (CILL, the former Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association). CILL teams typically play in community ice rinks and comparable facilities, and Minneapolis/St. Paul certainly has no shortage of those. The team is called the Minnesota Ox (referring to Paul Bunyan's blue ox); as you might have guessed, their primary logo is my new avatar. I actually designed a secondary logo for them (with a little help from DelayedPenalty), but I don't know if they want to use it yet. In any case, their primary looks pretty sweet too, and its color scheme is friendly to fans who want to wear their old Swarm gear to Ox games. The Ox don't officially join the CILL until 2016, but may get to play a few exhibition games against CILL teams in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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