XGL Team Name Rankings

Another post from the illustrious Bull Schmidt, who is having computer issues and was unable to post this himself. Well done either way. – X

16. Boomer

Simply took his personal nickname and named his XGL team after himself. Boring and conceited at the same time.

15. The Meats

Something tells me this team name was made up last minute when Jeff realized he had to get his team name in before the deadline. After dealing Nabokov, O.Jokinen, Kaberle, Perry, P.Bergeron, Mueller, Perry, Streit, Dubinsky, Kariya, and Stafford, this team could very well be re-named “The JPak Massacre”.

14. Craig Button Rocks

Clever for the first year of the pool, but now that the initial cleverness and humor has worn off, it’s just a bad team name. Would you want to have to refer to your team as “Craig Button Rocks” for the next 20 years?

13. Grinder

See #14 The Meats, but at least has a hockey reference in it.

12. Team Swede

With only 6 of Team Swede’s 65 players hailing from Sweden, this team name does not have much significance and therefore does not place high in the rankings. With 12 of his players being from the Montreal Canadiens, it should have been named “Team That Everyone Outside of Quebec Despises”.

11. The Kubasa Kings

As in the case of “Craig Button Rocks”, once the initial humor from this name wore off, it just became a below average team name. Could be a reason for The Kubasa Kings underachieving so far with such a stellar team? Maybe the hockey gods will not allow a team named The Kubasa Kings to win a hockey pool.

10. Backhander

Quite fitting that the GM that everyone wants to backhand across the side of his rather bulbous head names his team Backhander. Pretty basic team name but descent with a nice hockey reference. If you come from a town like St. Paul which claims they have “The World’s First U.F.O. Landing Pad”, little should be expected though which is what the XGL got.

9. One Legged Dog

Kind of clever I suppose, but still a little weak for a long term hockey pool. In my personal opinion, you shouldn’t make fun of physically challenged K9’s. When hyphenated, you get “OLD” which is perfect since this team owns Dwayne Roloson.

8. The Iceolators

Not a whole lot of thought went into this team name hence the reason for landing in the middle of the pack. Coming from Randy Wright who is one of the wittiest guys around, the XGL expected more. Shortened to “Ice” makes for a nice golf ball emblem though!

7. Mighty Oil

This isn’t the 80’s anymore when the “Oil” were actually mighty. Still a nice team name though.

6. The Ruff Stuff

Good use of GM Chad Pottruff’s last name lettering. Team name rhymes which is extra points and The Ruff Stuff just kind of rolls off the tongue. Say it with me, The Ruff Stuff. Told ya.

5. The Lane Train

Rhymes, last name of GM involved, and reference to large, high speed, powerful moving object equals #5 on our list. Would have liked to see “Train” spelled “Trane” though.

4. The Ecua Connection

If this was a soccer pool, The Equa Connection would have been top 3. Unfortunately for Roberto, this is Canada and soccer is Canada’s #58 most popular sport, 1 spot behind Rock/Paper/Scissors.

3. Ellsworth Enforcers

Last name of GM is inserted which is always good so other GM’s don’t have to open the XGL excel spreadsheet to figure out who’s team it is, although entering our pool’s 3^rd year we’re probably past that. Enforcers part of name is intimidating to other GM’s which counts towards ranking (how else would Ellsworth get Chad to trade him Datsyuk?). Overall, just a real solid team name.

2. The Bridge Street Bullies

Clever reference to the mid 1970’s Philadelphia Flyers squad labeled “The Broad Street Bullies” lands this team name in the #2 spot. Contended for the #1 spot, but due to the length, the full team name cannot be displayed in officepools nor some of our draft sheets. For this reason, BSB is our runner-up.

1. The Reg Dunlopes

Instant classic hockey pool team name! With the unfortunate death of Paul Newman, this team name becomes that much more important and significant to the XGL. Should be noted though; The Reg Dunlopes were very close to dropping to the #2 spot as a result of the confusing spelling. Why is there an “e” in Dunlopes? Am I missing something? Nonetheless, congratulations to The Reg Dunlopes for the XGL’s best team name! Your prize, a free entry into the “Calgary Nifty Fiftys Social Club” Tuesday night crib tournament. Special thanks to The Iceolators for setting this up.

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