Rumor: ECHL Hockey to Greensboro?
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cptjeff
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As a native Greensboran, awesome! Will be interesting to see if they go with the Monarchs or Generals, or with something new entirely.
HisIceness
This is Hurricanes Hockey
Trying to think of something as cool as Orlando Solar Bears.
Greensboro Greenmen, nah. Greensboro Greensticks, yeah no.
Yeah, I think Monarchs or Generals it is.
cptjeff
Reprehensible User
The baseball team is the Grasshoppers, that's pretty whimsical, though they just got a major downgrade on the logos.
But really, when your city is named after General Greene, Generals is pretty obvious, and that's the name with by far the most heritage behind it. Create some new branding based around the statue in green, cream, and bronze, and call it a day.
Svechhammer
THIS is hockey?
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cptjeff
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In a sport as white as hockey, nothing could *possibly* go wrong with that.
tarheelhockey
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Everyone talks about how the Whalers relocation took the NHL away from Hartford, but few remember that it also did multi-generational damage to hockey in Greensboro. And with Greensboro on the cusp of being a major league sized market, it’s worth considering the scope of what was lost.
I hope this goes well for them. 20 years later hopefully there are enough Monarchs/Generals fans still around to create a sense of continuity and culture. And enough young families in the area to pack the place with kids who can grow up on hockey even though their parents weren’t able to.
I hope this goes well for them. 20 years later hopefully there are enough Monarchs/Generals fans still around to create a sense of continuity and culture. And enough young families in the area to pack the place with kids who can grow up on hockey even though their parents weren’t able to.
