Ive got a feeling this may be one of those "we are having a name the team contest, but we've already settled on a name." type of things. Ive got a feeling it will be the Mariners, but Lumberjacks doesnt sound bad, and Watchmen could work with a lighthouse theme. Puffins would be different but could work. Wild Blueberries is just awful. In the late 90s Hammonton, NJ almost had an independent minor league baseball team named the Blueberries but the ballpark never got off the ground.
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Obviously voting for Mariners, but if it's a legit vote, Wild Blueberries will get the Sanjaya win.
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Wild Blueberries is going to win in a landslide...the only question is will they "fix" the vote some something else wins.
I'm betting that Wild Blueberries is actually a clever marketing idea to get attention to the team and contest. They will come out with the results of which the Berries will clearly win but say did you really think we'd go with that..and the 2ndraft place option will win and be what the market truly wanted.
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“It’ll be more of a fan suggestion of what they would like the team name to be,” Goldberg said. “We won’t go purely based on percentages. But I’d like to think we’re smart enough to know when something is wanted.”
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/08/...anchise-unveils-five-finalists-for-team-name/
Since every IP is logged when someone casts a vote, they'd probably count local votes and not ones outside of the Maine area.
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I'm thinking this is the Maine Mariners, but as the article pointed out and as I've been able to research there are trademark issues with the Mariners name. It's owned by Michael Liberty, but there is a dispute ongoing between Liberty and Seattle Mariners over trademark. Last I checked, case was suspended til 8/25 so both sides could attempt to reach a settlement. It's the second time the case has been suspended.
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PortlandECHL twitter said on Friday they plan to announce the team name later this month. The organization has trademark Maine Mariners as a potential team name. It is the only one of the five teams names that they've trademarked.
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:a28j3y.8.1
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:a28j3y.8.1
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I would like to see the team be called the Maine Wild Blueberries would be a cool and different and unique name in the ECHL the mariners name has been done before why can't we have something freash and new.
I would like to see the team be called the Maine Wild Blueberries would be a cool and different and unique name in the ECHL the mariners name has been done before why can't we have something freash and new.
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Saw your tweet earlier and figured this might serve some use. These domains are to be registered to Adam Goldberg. Couldn't find anything obvious for the Wild Blueberries name.
https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=memariners.com
https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=mainewatchmen.com
https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=portlandpuffins.com
https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=melumberjacks.com
Edit: Some twitter names were reserved too.
https://twitter.com/MaineMariners
https://twitter.com/PortlandPuffins
https://twitter.com/MaineWatchmen
https://twitter.com/MeLumberjacks
Edit2: Only Facebook I could find:
https://www.facebook.com/MaineMariners
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Maybe it ran afoul of this Alt Rock band from Winnipeg ... https://www.reverbnation.com/lawrenceramsay
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At this point, I wish you were correct. Unfortunately it will be Maine Mariners - what they had decided from the very beginning, and this whole "Name the Team" contest was a farce.
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So have the new owners purchased the rights to modify the Islanders' infamous logo?
I'd be shocked if they don't slap the old Mariners logo from the 70's back on the team and call it good. The nostalgia is running rampant, sadly.
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And at 1:02 PM the vast majority of people will head to the bathroom to throw up when the nickname is announced.
That includes us HFBoard'ers.
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It's the worst kept secret around... Unless this really have people - myself included - bamboozled, the team will be called the Maine Mariners. The only questions that remain. Will the logo be the same as the previous Mariners or something like the Islanders Gorton's fisherman logo and will the colors be orange, black and white or black and gold.
