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New name for local hockey
The Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey
Association is trying on something new to start this season — a brand
new team name that will apply to all levels of local hockey.
As of now, all Pass hockey teams will be
known as the Crowsnest Pass Thunder. “We wanted to have the same name
right across the board,” says Fred Horbay, president of the Minor Hockey
Association. He says that having different names for all the teams made
some tournaments more difficult, and made it harder to order track suits
and jackets for the coaches and parents at different levels. Many other
communities use a uniform naming system as well, he says, something that
can promote community spirit and support.
Minor Hockey ran a contest with all of
its players to choose the name, and roughly 20 names were submitted.
“The board sat down and went through all the names,” says Horbay. “We
worked at it for quite a while.” Eventually the Crowsnest Pass Thunder
monicker was chosen, as it fits with the annual Thunder in the Valley
fireworks show. Horbay says that they wanted something like that, which
means something to the entire Pass. “It all ties together. When we’re
playing in Calgary or somewhere, everyone will know it’s the Crowsnest
Pass Thunder.”
Horbay adds that they will be designing
a new logo for the teams, but that the crow will stay. He says that they
are working with Chad Petrone of Public Image to add something new to
the familiar logo, something that will help tie all the teams together
under the new name.
 
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