When the CFL comes to town, what should the team be called?

Halifax Explosion?
Halifax Shipwrecks?
Halifax Pirates?
Halifax Destroyers? (named after the Navy vessels parked in the city)

ATLANTIC SCHOONERS

That was my suggestion too, and they probably are gunna make it Atlantic so and so, because its a team for the entire Atlantic area.

That was my suggestion too, and they probably are gunna make it Atlantic so and so, because its a team for the entire Atlantic area.

hmm. i can imagine some sort of anchor in the team logo.

the schooneers are probably taken by JB cameron jr whos late father was behind the notion of a cfl in halifax.

Explosions has bad vibe to it because of the halifax explosion and that a couple of thousand people died in that diasaster. It would kind of be like calling a new york city team the 911's a hundred year after that diasaster.

Pirates might good althought privateers is the term used here for the local pirates in the 1800's

I am sure JB cameron junior is behind an efford for a CFL franchise as he is a sponsor on the 2014 committees list and why not . His wish is to get a free football stadium. LOL

jim jones

10 years ago there was a bid for an expansion team to be called Atlantic Schooners, thats why I think they will finally sail...10 years in the making

10 years ago there was a bid for an expansion team to be called Atlantic Schooners, thats why I think they will finally sail...10 years in the making
Actually, it was 22 years ago...loong time

Halifax Sea Men hehehe

Halifax Sea Men hehehe

Only someone from outside the maritimes would find that funny :|

Only someone from outside the maritimes would find that funny :|

Didn't get it.. what do u mean

Halifax Mariners
Halifax Easterners

or does it have to begin with Halifax? How about:

Atlantic Puffins (this will be awesome!!!)

or

Canada Mariners
or Nova Scotia Fishermen

Halifax Voyagers

NOva Scotia Puffins

or Halifax Puffins


What do you think?? Maybe we can have all the popular names together and have a vote... :cheers:

Atlantic Schooners is the best name.

Halifax/Atlantic Destroyers is a cool name too.

I prefer that the name begin with "Atlantic"....

I prefer that the name begin with "Atlantic"....
I agree, and I think out of all the names I've seen so far I like "Atlantic Schooners" the best.

Whalers? It sound cool to me at least, killer whales can kick Lion ass anyday!!!

Privateers followed by the Seal Killers LOL
Bluenosers would be interesting.

i think the seall killers would have Pam Anderson become a resident of nova scoita . She could bring her two seal pups poking their noses thru her lingerie to the games LOL.

Jim jones

Here's a bit of Atlantic Schooners trivia, from the September 1st Burnside News:

"• Speaking of failed sport ventures, here’s an interesting bit of local lore: it’s said that somewhere in Burnside there’s a scoreboard originally purchased by J.I. Albrecht when he had rights to bring a Canadian Football League team to Atlantic Canada. Unfortunately the “Schooner” never got off the ground, but the scoreboard supposedly still remains. That would be interesting to get a peek at, don’t ya think?"

Halifax Privateers, Admirals, or Commodores are the best I've heard so far..
Osprey maybe? Or something that doesn't have to do with the ocean? Just throwing it out there,

I'd really like it if the team was call the "Halifax" whatevers, or at least Nova Scotia. None of this "Atlantic" crap.

Whalers? It sound cool to me at least, killer whales can kick Lion ass anyday!!! Whalers are actually people who kill whales. Not that there's anything wrong with that

I'd really like it if the team was call the "Halifax" whatevers, or at least Nova Scotia. None of this "Atlantic" crap.

I don't think the name 'Atlantic' would be good for the Moncton and/or New Brunswick CFL football advocates who are serious about bringing a team there someday. I don't mean to start a debate on this topic, I'm just saying that there are people who would like to see that. On the other hand, I've always felt that Halifax is like a sister city to Boston, and the Boston football team represents all of New England...

As an aside, I was under the impression that the Atlantic Schooners were an actual CFL franchise; not just a bid. They never got to play a game because their stadium deal fell through.

Anyway, how about a name that's really Halifax, like the Halifax Harbours, or the Armdale Rotaries, or the 'Tough's' Cove Powerplants? That one sounds menacing... Sorry, I'm on low sleep today.

Seriously, I like the 'Privateers' idea. The Explosion is really cool but sure to cause controversy. I also like the 'Bluenosers' idea - then all the players could paint their noses blue instead of the usual black marks under the eyes, ha.

I don't think the name 'Atlantic' would be good for the Moncton and/or New Brunswick CFL football advocates who are serious about bringing a team there someday. I don't mean to start a debate on this topic, I'm just saying that there are people who would like to see that. On the other hand, I've always felt that Halifax is like a sister city to Boston, and the Boston football team represents all of New England...

As an aside, I was under the impression that the Atlantic Schooners were an actual CFL franchise; not just a bid. They never got to play a game because their stadium deal fell through.

Anyway, how about a name that's really Halifax, like the Halifax Harbours, or the Armdale Rotaries, or the 'Tough's' Cove Powerplants? That one sounds menacing... Sorry, I'm on low sleep today.

Seriously, I like the 'Privateers' idea. The Explosion is really cool but sure to cause controversy. I also like the 'Bluenosers' idea - then all the players could paint their noses blue instead of the usual black marks under the eyes, ha.


The stadium deal was with the northern nova scotian industrialist RB Cameron SR. and it was without much government money if any at all. The late RB cameron SR. with J I Albrecht where proposing to build a stadium in burnside.
It was said at the time RB cameron had bought the old electronic score broads from foxboro stadium from the new england patriots and had the broads stored in a warehouse in burnside. It was later said, when he dropped the cfl idea, he sold the scorebroads south of the broader. The Cameron family owns Maritime Steel and in the 1950s donated the structural steel for the construction of the new glasgow stadium in new glasgow nova scotia, the home of the cameron empires main plant and main offices.

When RB sr. asked JI Albrecht how much money he would make from CFL football Albrecht replied to RB that he would be subsidizing the team and would not make money but rather lose money. RB killed owning a CFL idea and refrained from forwarding the franchise.
RB jr is owner of the Cameron family empire and is a sponsor of the commonwealth games bid committee. Perhaps his sponsorship is tied to Halifax getting a stadium via the commonwealth games and then the Cameron family having a football stadium on the taxpayers dime???
Considering that the cameron family is wealthier then most cfl owners and have a very steady source of income from a newspaper chain, steel business with casting , fabracation of bridges , structural steel and huge investment porfolios they are not making the mistake of getting into a sport franchise and paying for a stadium like RB SR once wanted. Even with the ability to fab all the structural steel for any venue involved in a commonwealth games you are still looking at huge expense. The designs of venues for the 2010 biding process they look tailored towards structural steel stadiums and that is up the Maritime Steel Alley. The Camerons make huge money off the construction of the venues and then become tennants if they really desire to own a CFL Team.


jim jones

Here's a bit of Atlantic Schooners trivia, from the September 1st Burnside News:

"• Speaking of failed sport ventures, here’s an interesting bit of local lore: it’s said that somewhere in Burnside there’s a scoreboard originally purchased by J.I. Albrecht when he had rights to bring a Canadian Football League team to Atlantic Canada. Unfortunately the “Schooner” never got off the ground, but the scoreboard supposedly still remains. That would be interesting to get a peek at, don’t ya think?"

a friendly FYI penhorn . JI Albrecht was not the pruchaser and it the scoreboard is in burnside it is most likely at the Maritime Steel Plant at the end of windmill road . JB cameron Sr was the money behind the schooners. My grandfather,uncle and brother all worked for the cameron family in the steel plant and the word was that the scoreboard was sold after JB pulled the idea of building a stadium and funding the schooners. The scoreboard in the warehouse is a great urban myth and it was never confirmed that the scoreboard actually arrived in nova scotia.

If they did indeed keep the scorebroad it might be slung to the ceiling of the Fab plant in Dartmouth . The cameron did that with a Crated Neon sign from the 1940's that they would hang from newly completed bridges around the maritimes . To keep the sign out of the way they crated and suspended it between jobs. The sign was donated to the Museum of Industry in stellarton in the early 1990's. The sign lit up after 40 years of dust and industrial dirt from the foundry operation. It is a great display piece beside a power shovel my grand father designed and developed for the Erie shovels who had maritime steel under contract to make heavy equipment.

jim jones

I think the Halifax team should have a truly original name. Something that even minor league baseball teams and minor league hockey teams haven't used yet. Puffins is a good one. Some are also good, but have been used by colleges (Privateers, Commodores, Osprey). I believe Voyagers was used in the past, but isn't being used anywhere right now. (Minnesota's expansion NHL team in the late 1990's had "Voyagers" as one of their finalists; other finalists: Wild, Freeze, Blue Ox, and White Bears.)

Some other unique names:
Urchins
Octopi
Lobsters
Harbormasters
Acadians

A couple names used in the past but not in use from what I know at the moment:
Highlanders
Seals

Highlanders is cool... Seals is too ironic and non-threatening

a friendly FYI penhorn . JI Albrecht was not the pruchaser and it the scoreboard is in burnside it is most likely at the Maritime Steel Plant at the end of windmill road . JB cameron Sr was the money behind the schooners. My grandfather,uncle and brother all worked for the cameron family in the steel plant and the word was that the scoreboard was sold after JB pulled the idea of building a stadium and funding the schooners. The scoreboard in the warehouse is a great urban myth and it was never confirmed that the scoreboard actually arrived in nova scotia.

If they did indeed keep the scorebroad it might be slung to the ceiling of the Fab plant in Dartmouth . The cameron did that with a Crated Neon sign from the 1940's that they would hang from newly completed bridges around the maritimes . To keep the sign out of the way they crated and suspended it between jobs. The sign was donated to the Museum of Industry in stellarton in the early 1990's. The sign lit up after 40 years of dust and industrial dirt from the foundry operation. It is a great display piece beside a power shovel my grand father designed and developed for the Erie shovels who had maritime steel under contract to make heavy equipment.

jim jones

Interesting, and yeah, they probably would've sold it, it doesn't really make sense to keep it around for nothing..although the idea of it being hidden on the ceiling of a warehouse for two decades is pretty funny.

you might have a problem with the military unit the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and that the unit suffered a brutial execution during the invasion of normandy in the second world war. A number of highlanders were captured and executed by the orders of a nazi officer.

you could have the same type of deal as the rcmp and the vancouver NBA franchise wanting to be called the mounties. WWE also got into trouble with a character in a mountie uniform.

Dont get me wrong I like the highlanders. it just might have the same effect as the explosion or calling the team the MICMACs or glosecaps. We are so PC these days.

jim jones

Interesting, and yeah, they probably would've sold it, it doesn't really make sense to keep it around for nothing..although the idea of it being hidden on the ceiling of a warehouse for two decades is pretty funny.

well hey those camerons are pretty funny people and my dad told me that my grandfather would swear in gaelic constantly after he got home from work with the company LOL. After a while in a steel plant the workers would probably think it was duct work or storage for patterns.You could have a turn over in plant employees who would have no clue what the box on the roof contained. One of the dirtiest places I have ever seen because of the nature of the business is you can never clean a plant like that. My borther used to leave ring around the shower LOL.

I would say they sold it , a 4 by 8 neon sign is one thing to get forgotten by the workers. a scoreboard would be huge. Probably 30 or 40 long and 15 to 20 high. It would also be the cash they could get by selling it . a neon sign custom made for martime steel is a item you can t sell. A scoreboard could be 10 if not 100's of thousands of dollars and depending on the purchase price you might be able to flip for a profit. I doubt it came to nova scotia and was stored in new england. the scoreboard would be one of the last things you needed in nova scotia to complete a stadium . Storing it in new england would keep it in a place that you could sell it easily compared to nova scotia . one thing about RB was he certainly knew every angle to both save and make money except the CFL venture LOL

jim jones

Halifax Rangers, tribute to Rangers FC of the SPL?

here a concept...how about atlantic octipus....it has 8 arms that could have a choke hold on the 8 cfl team logos lol

I like using city names for teams. I know it represents the whole region (for now), but still...

I like using city names for teams. I know it represents the whole region (for now), but still...

me too....i'm not too fond of "BC" Lions.

Or the Saskachtewan Roughriders, Colorado Rockies/Avalanche...

how about the Nova Scotia/Halifax Acadians? anyone pitched that idea yet?

I think that's more New Brunswick-ish

I think that's more New Brunswick-ish


sometimes i hate being a westerner lol

how about the nova scotia keiths :cheers:

how about the Nova Scotia/Halifax Acadians? anyone pitched that idea yet?

Kind of inaccurate, like the Edmonton Eskimos

Halifax was actually built to protect the British colonies against Acadia ;)

Kind of inaccurate, like the Edmonton Eskimos

Ya but inaccurate team names are funny! Seriously, there is a lot of Acadian heritage in NS and quite a few Acadian areas - maybe not enough to represent the whole province but they're definitely present.

Speaking of native peoples, how about the Halifax Mi'maq (s)?

Or speaking of colonies, what about the Colonials?

So far I really like Privateers, Highlanders and Harbourmasters...

I really hope this happens soon. Now that the CFL wants a team in Ottawa for the 2008 season and by nov of 2007 we should probably know if the stadium is going to be built for the Commonwealth Games in Halifax. Would be great for the league and Canadian sports in general to have a healthy 10 team league compared to the 8 team league we have now. I just hope they don't name the new Ottawa franchise THE ROUGHRIDERS, we don't need that again. Two teams with the same name is just ridiculous even though there is a history in Ottawa with that title.

Renegades is fine...

Renegades is fine...

the ottawa team would probably be a different name unless a new onwership group buys the name from the liebermanns . They held the ottawa roughriders name as well. they should pass a law in canada that once you bankrupt a franchise you cant hold the name unless your bills are paid in full without bankruptcy protection or cents on the dollar deals. It should also be law that you can't have an inactive club name for a long tern period. The name should ceed back to the league for desposal at the league will.

jim jones

I really hope this happens soon. Now that the CFL wants a team in Ottawa for the 2008 season and by nov of 2007 we should probably know if the stadium is going to be built for the Commonwealth Games in Halifax. Would be great for the league and Canadian sports in general to have a healthy 10 team league compared to the 8 team league we have now. I just hope they don't name the new Ottawa franchise THE ROUGHRIDERS, we don't need that again. Two teams with the same name is just ridiculous even though there is a history in Ottawa with that title.

I thought it was funny that re only 9 teams in the CFL, and two of them were named "Roughriders". There are limitless possibilities for names, and that's what they came up with?

So they're most likely going to have a new name?

Ya but inaccurate team names are funny! Seriously, there is a lot of Acadian heritage in NS and quite a few Acadian areas - maybe not enough to represent the whole province but they're definitely present.

Speaking of native peoples, how about the Halifax Mi'maq (s)?

Or speaking of colonies, what about the Colonials?

So far I really like Privateers, Highlanders and Harbourmasters...

I've been a fan of the "Atlantic Privetteers" for years, or the Pirates. I never thought of the Highlanders, good one. There's always the Halifax Explosion. That's right I suggested it...

I think that's more New Brunswick-ish

quite, but there is still a strong Acadien populus in Nova Scotia, and it did kind of start here.

Well, it's a bit complicated. It is not controversial to call the region (especially Annapolis Valley/Bay of Fundy areas) "Acadia", but "Acadian" denotes a specific minority group of the Maritimes. It's probably not that appropriate.

maritime marauders

http://www.nightbeacon.com/zindex/zmaritimewebicons/anchor2.gifYes I know it KICKS Ass

Halifax/Atlantic Marines?

How about the Atlantic Roughriders!!!!!:)

No, seriously....
The Atlantic Storm. The Maritime Beer Company made this beer many years ago and has since disconttinued it. The greatest beer I have ever tasted and the best name for the 2010 Grey Cup Champions.

The Expulsioners'

....that won't be controversial! :D

Now I've posted some suggestions for a name for an Atlantic Canadian CFL team, but I do have to raise the point that we're suggesting a name for a team that doesn't even have a stadium, less even a franchise. What about the community support of such a team? I mean Green Bay has one of the most well established football teams in the NFL, why? Not because they were trying for the 3rd largest international games, but because the entire community of Wisconsin backed it. Where does the rest of Atlantic Canada stand on a team here? Moncton will say till it's blue in the face it should be there, but reality kind of hits harder the fact that people will fly/drive to Halifax for a weekend game, than Moncton because, no offence to Moncton, Halifax has everything they don't. So where does the rest of Atlantic Canada stand? What about the regional support? That's what's going to make or break the team. Not to down on the names, personally I like either the Atlantic Pirates, or the Atlantic/Maritime Marines. Keep up the ideas though, it is a form of support and hopefully, the franchise owners would put it up for discussion for everybody in the region to suggest.
~C

Now I've posted some suggestions for a name for an Atlantic Canadian CFL team, but I do have to raise the point that we're suggesting a name for a team that doesn't even have a stadium, less even a franchise. What about the community support of such a team? I mean Green Bay has one of the most well established football teams in the NFL, why? Not because they were trying for the 3rd largest international games, but because the entire community of Wisconsin backed it. Where does the rest of Atlantic Canada stand on a team here? Moncton will say till it's blue in the face it should be there, but reality kind of hits harder the fact that people will fly/drive to Halifax for a weekend game, than Moncton because, no offence to Moncton, Halifax has everything they don't. So where does the rest of Atlantic Canada stand? What about the regional support? That's what's going to make or break the team. Not to down on the names, personally I like either the Atlantic Pirates, or the Atlantic/Maritime Marines. Keep up the ideas though, it is a form of support and hopefully, the franchise owners would put it up for discussion for everybody in the region to suggest.
~C

I got a great couple of IDEAS

How about ONLY THREE DORKS came to any BARs TO WATCH THE GREY CUP in hALIFAX 2006 TEAM
or Bankruptcy court here we come team LOL.

The difference between thE green bay packers and even the Sask roughriders for community based ownership is that those teams started in the 1920's and the 1930'sso back then you did have tv to compete with. Green Bay almost lost their team in the 1950's because of a lack of a proper stadium and the NFL was wanting to relocate the team to county stadium in milwaulkie.
Today you could not start a team like that . and community based ownership of teams in canada have had a hard time as canadian tastes are turning to real football in the NFL on cable tv . Winnepeg was 5 million in the hole for the city of winnipeg and the deal now is that david asper and others are making a play for the team with private money. The city of winnipeg would like to get out of the sport franchise business as the sport venue owner business is money losing enough.

No I dont think you will be seeing any private firms stepping up to the plate for halifax on that one . It would be the crown corporation called trade centre limited . The one that loses piles of taxpayer money each year along with what sport venues in the HRM do as well.

jim jones

on one cares jim, you're posting in an old thread. So like always your opinion is barely coincidered.

Why not citadels thats a good name.

I agree "Halifax" would be better than "Atlantic", and I'm from NB. SJ has played with the idea of a CFL team, but I don't think we're ready yet...I'd support Halifax in getting CFL or NHL in their own name and I'd be there on game day...

Halifax Hurricanes.

It may sound good, but it should be a thing, like what all the other teams are, not a weather phenomenon.

HALIFAX HURRICANES

'Canes for short. Halifax is at the tail end of 'hurricane alley', and has Hurricane Juan to prove it. It's a fitting name for Halifax, for a football team, and a weather related name is fitting for a city where the weather changes every 10 minutes.

It would also steer clear of traditional cliches like Schooners, Atlantics, etc. They're so boring and lame.

Blue and Yellow for team colours. Blue for the sea, yellow for the Nova Scotia flag and raincoats come Hurricane season. Would look cool having 35,000 people decked out in yellow during a storm.

The Assailants, The Dangerous Offenders, The Criminal Element. You guys need a team name that plays on Halifax being the violent crime capital of Canada. :nuts:

^^ I thought that was Winnipeg?

First of all, if Moncton gets a team they should be called the Wolves.

Moncton Wolves

if Halifax gets a team either the Atlantic schooners
or
Halifax Anchors
or whalers

Halifax Hurricanes
GO 'CANES GO! GO 'CANES GO!

The Assailants, The Dangerous Offenders, The Criminal Element. You guys need a team name that plays on Halifax being the violent crime capital of Canada. :nuts:
^^ I thought that was Winnipeg?
Regina.


Anyway, how about the Halifax Nor'easters? Or the Atlantic Gale Force? I also like the Halifax Sea Dogs (yes, I know there's a local gay establishment called that, but non-hfxers wouldn't know.

And another idea - one of Halifax's claims to fame is having the oldest, continuously running salt-water ferry service in NA, so maybe the Halifax Ferries? :D That sounds macho and threatening doesn't it?

Over at SSP they came up with 'Destroyers' right after Halifax won the Navy contract. 'Irving Yards' for the stadium.