The Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads (formerly the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors) involved the public’s help when it came time to naming their team, now they’ll involve the public when it comes to naming their new mascot.
There is no design for the new mascot yet, the team is choosing to leave it wide open for fans to come up with a name before seeing what the mascot will look like. (Although they’ll probably just copy the design for Carlton the Bear, the mascot of the Toronto Maple Leafs.)
Info on how to submit your choice (Carlton!) from the press release:
Fans are asked to send in their best mascot name through the Steelheads Facebook (/SteelheadsOHL) or Twitter (@OHLsteelheads) pages, or by emailing info@mississaugasteelheads.com
In case you forgot, the Steelheads unveiled their new uniforms last month, which ended up just being a direct copy of the Toronto Maple Leafs uniforms (with Steelheads logos in place of Leafs logos).
When asked by SportsLogos.Net why they went with the straight-up Leafs design the Steelheads said they couldn’t comment on that particular matter…
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Scottie
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:10Why don't they just go all in and rip off the Leafs' polar bear mascot too?
Chris Creamer
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:37Right
Nathan
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 14:47Fred Steelhead. there ya go!
Aaron
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 16:05Steely Dan. And btw, with the Steelheads name, you won't see a polar bear as a mascot. The D-Backs are the only team I can think of who pulled it off with a bobcat as a mascot.
Paul Pelkonen
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 23:42I Think they should name it something classy. Something Toronto. Something we can call get behind: They should name it: "Tie Domi!"
Dave
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 12:50Well, I'm not much up on Canadian Minor League hockey mascots, but Steelheads needn't be a barrier to using a bear as a mascot, http://www.flickr.com/photos/eighthave/7782301550/in/photostream But if that's not enough, just look at the Crimson Tide of Alabama and Auburn Tigers, elephant and eagle as mascots! The Crimson Tide is a bit difficult to make look threatening, granted. ;-)
Matt
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 16:31The Calgary Hitmen's mascot is a fox so a bear wouldn't be so far out there
JKLAND
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 16:27Dave...Auburns "EAGLE" isnt a mascot, its just a gimmick that goes with the Battle Cry of "War Eagle" but Im not sure why they didnt change their mascot and name to the War Eagles when they adopted the battle cry, instead of keeping Tigers as their name. Aubie the Tiger is their actual mascot. As for the Steelheads and this article, well if they keep the fish as their logo etc then having a bear or anything other than a fish would be stupid... If not then any mascot even making something up would be okay.
Dave
Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 17:02JK, I know, I was just having some fun with it.
SJK
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 13:56The Sauga Steelhead
JKLAND
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 16:29Oh forgot to add I liked the Steely Dan idea lol or maybe just Steely , since this is about naming the mascot, not changing it.
Hailey
Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 05:30I was overall imreesspd with Nhl 12. The only complaint is the legends feature. For the most part, the designers have done a good job but you cant seriously think that someone like Mike Richards is better than Bobby Hull or Mike Bossy. The whole point of legends is to have legends and no current all stars no matter how good they are.