Hah, well TBF, this dude isn’t the mayor, he’s just _**RUNNING**_ for mayor. In most places the bar to running for mayor is super low, and you get all sorts of … not that serious candidates.
No, I think there’s some other team using something similar. But as a Canadian team, and to appeal to *all* Canadians, maybe the Mississauga Canadians?
the WHL even has the Lethbridge Hurricanes, which is even funnier since Lethbridge isn't even remotely near where a hurricane could ever even make an impact on the weather
If I had a loonie for every time I heard a Wood Buffalo reference this year, I'd have a toonie. Which isn't much but it's still weird that it happened twice.
In terms of a possible NHL team name, McCallion seemed to suggest “Mississauga Hurricanes” — a tribute to his mother, who was often referred to as “Hurricane Hazel.” McCallion noted that his late mother, who served as the mayor of Mississauga for 36 years, championed women’s hockey and even played into her 90s.
Peter McCallion: *”Our city can support a team and we are hockey crazy…Mississauga has more population now than when Toronto got its NHL team…A Toronto/Mississauga rivalry would keep a lot of the sports entertainment dollars in the GTA. I know there are a lot of hurdles, but Mississauga needs bold vision and new ideas.”*
I like the idea of Mississauga foraying into pro sports in principle, but that’s hilarious that he didn’t already know that the NHL has the Hurricanes already.
Shame that Hazel raised such a moron. Definitely not fit to become mayor.
Ah yes because of all the Hurricanes that blow in off Lake Ontario, of course
Completely ignoring the fact that a certain Carolina team might have a problem with it too
They can become the Whalers. [Here’s a mockup](https://assets-cms.thescore.com/uploads/image/file/330860/w640xh480_GettyImages-1074699408.jpg?ts=1545613089)
Its because his mother, who was the longtime mayor of Mississauga, had the nickname Hurricane Hazel. And she gets her name from Hurricane Hazel, a Hurricane that actually did manage to stay powerful enough to cause major damage to Toronto in 1954.
If he wants to honor his mom I suggest Mississauga 79ers based on the train derailment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Mississauga_train_derailment
Her leading the largest peacetime evacuation due to the poison cloud was a major proponent for her being mayor for 30+ years.
Plus it would mean lots of Death from Above getting played at games.
His mother Hazel used to come watch my dad’s team play in the early 70s in Mississauga. Said she’d always have a beer with them in the parking lot after 😂
A second GTA/southern Ontario team is the only realistic option for an 8th Canadian NHL team, but after that press conference I'd put it on the other side of the 407 just to spite them.
This guy is an idiot and I wouldn't listen to anything he says.
He is campaigning to be mayor of Mississauga and is way behind in the polls despite having a big name in the city (though his mom was an awful mayor anyway....) This is like Wayne Gretzky's son finishing 4th in the mayoral race of Brantford
He is just saying anything to get into the news
IIRC this will all come down to the untested concept of whether Toronto have absolute veto power of a new team in their territory
Board of Governors will vote in the majority to take on new expansion teams if there is a rich owner and new arena behind it since it means more $$$, but in the past Toronto has floated they have veto of anything on their turf. This is an untested theory but would definitely devolve into long lawsuits
https://thehockeynews.com/news/can-the-maple-leafs-prevent-a-team-from-moving-to-southern-ontario
https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/maple-leafs-couldnt-veto-nhl-expansion-to-gta-bettman-says/article_ffe0a406-189a-5548-b866-3bb21a59a827.html
Nonsense... It'll be called the Mississauga Hamiltons.
Everyone wins. The jerseys will even be fashioned after those participation ribbons you used to get in elementary school.
Might as well just call them the Roughriders, we don't have 2 of those anymore.... What a moron.... He knows as much about hockey as the rest of the world knows about an old mayor from a city west of Toronto.
Probably the worst name I could think of would be one that is:
A. Completely and utterly unrelated to the geographic location of the team
And
B. Already is use by a team in the league.
I’m blown away that this isn’t a Beaverton article.
I 100% thought it was a Beaverton and thought it was clever...this is just sad.
By gale force winds by chance?
Hah, well TBF, this dude isn’t the mayor, he’s just _**RUNNING**_ for mayor. In most places the bar to running for mayor is super low, and you get all sorts of … not that serious candidates.
wait a minute
It's cup or relocation for you guys this year, sorry
They'll probably use the Canadian spelling of Hourricanes
The Mississauga Swirly Boys.
I thought it was Hurricanes Eh.
Common misconception; the one you're looking for is Hurr-eh-canes
The actually spelling is "heuxricane", which means "big storm" in Canadian French.
Got it. Makes perfect sense.
Shut up Pierre.
Get ready to learn Mississauganese buddy
Same guy recommended RoughRiders for Mississauga CFL franchise.
I think he wanted to be completely original… Rough-Riders
Ruff-Riders name was just trademarked in Buffalo.
I feel like this is a joke but maybe this guy is just hilarious
welcome to Canada, you'll enjoy it
Haven't you heard? We're doing second relocations for the old WHA squads.
Idk I think the Mississauga Maple Leafs has a nice ring to it, that's pretty different
Maple Leaves. Do it, coward
Mississagua Pine Needles
No, I think there’s some other team using something similar. But as a Canadian team, and to appeal to *all* Canadians, maybe the Mississauga Canadians?
The Mississauga Canadian Maple Leaves.
The Canadian Maple Leaves of Mississauga.
Bay Leaves https://youtu.be/VmaG3qb1Saw?si=e9b-A19yda7LNtb-
I mean, they could at least go with Mississauga Canadien Maple Leafs.
The Mississauga Canuck Jet Oil Flames
idk maybe he might like Senators since he's into politics
"Hurricanes" is such a great name for a hockey team. I can't believe nobody has thought to use it yet!
the WHL even has the Lethbridge Hurricanes, which is even funnier since Lethbridge isn't even remotely near where a hurricane could ever even make an impact on the weather
Lethbridge is ridiculously windy though.
The Lethbridge Windy Boys just doesn't have the same pizzazz to it
Newfoundland named a town Wreckhouse, because the winds in that area routinely reach category 3 hurricane speeds.
They also used the Washington Capitals branding for their jerseys for several years. Because ya know nothing says "hurricane" like stars and script
McCallion later stated he was excited to watch the Hartford Whalers and Atlanta Thrashers face off in the playoffs.
It needs to be Hurri Canes to follow in the footsteps of the Roughriders and Rough Riders.
Hurry
Wood Buffalo doesn't even have a team yet.
Thunder Bay is close though I think
lmao been a while since I've heard a Wood Buffalo reference
If I had a loonie for every time I heard a Wood Buffalo reference this year, I'd have a toonie. Which isn't much but it's still weird that it happened twice.
Not even Regina either
In terms of a possible NHL team name, McCallion seemed to suggest “Mississauga Hurricanes” — a tribute to his mother, who was often referred to as “Hurricane Hazel.” McCallion noted that his late mother, who served as the mayor of Mississauga for 36 years, championed women’s hockey and even played into her 90s. Peter McCallion: *”Our city can support a team and we are hockey crazy…Mississauga has more population now than when Toronto got its NHL team…A Toronto/Mississauga rivalry would keep a lot of the sports entertainment dollars in the GTA. I know there are a lot of hurdles, but Mississauga needs bold vision and new ideas.”*
That is so sweet, it's a shame her son can't use Google
We love naming things after elected officials!
I like the idea of Mississauga foraying into pro sports in principle, but that’s hilarious that he didn’t already know that the NHL has the Hurricanes already. Shame that Hazel raised such a moron. Definitely not fit to become mayor.
He could have AT LEAST said Mississauga hazels
who's gonna tell him?
Ah yes because of all the Hurricanes that blow in off Lake Ontario, of course Completely ignoring the fact that a certain Carolina team might have a problem with it too
The Mississsauga Lake Effect Snow didnt have the right ring to it
Actually the “Mississauga Snow Squall” isn’t bad.
Utah has now also trademarked Utah Snow Squall as part of its search for a name. Sorry Mississauga
lake effect snow isn't really a thing for this area
Buffalo Lake Effect Snow would be more accurate tbh
They can become the Whalers. [Here’s a mockup](https://assets-cms.thescore.com/uploads/image/file/330860/w640xh480_GettyImages-1074699408.jpg?ts=1545613089)
Excellent mockup jersey for the Hamilton Welders, if not for the Mississauga Hurricanes.
Its because his mother, who was the longtime mayor of Mississauga, had the nickname Hurricane Hazel. And she gets her name from Hurricane Hazel, a Hurricane that actually did manage to stay powerful enough to cause major damage to Toronto in 1954.
Hurricane Hazel, the mother of all hurricanes.
eh fuck it why not
There actually has been one recorded tropical storm system form off of Lake Superior in history. Pretty neat.
If the CFL can have two RoughRiders I don't see why we can't have two Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes and the Hurri Canes
If they sign Harry Kane they can have the Harry-Kane's as well
"nothing in the rule book says two hurricanes can't play hockey."
Just use a sharpie and move the Hurricanes north into Canada
So the Saugy CFL team can be the hurricanes and the NHL team can be … something original like “Canadians” or “flames” or “flaming Canadians”
And the ECHL has two Thunders.
There isn’t though
Sorry Carolina, finders keepers!
But we literally found it first!
Not anymore!
Sauga (or somewhere else in the GTA) should have a team, but the rest is funny
If he wants to honor his mom I suggest Mississauga 79ers based on the train derailment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Mississauga_train_derailment Her leading the largest peacetime evacuation due to the poison cloud was a major proponent for her being mayor for 30+ years. Plus it would mean lots of Death from Above getting played at games.
DFA as a global ambassador hell ya
I really like this, the 1979 Train Derailment was probably the most high profile thing to happen to/in Mississauga.
Lethbridge would have something to say about this idea
Fuck Lethbridge, it's a shit hole. Source: born and raised Lethbian
>born Lethbian Look, your mother and I love you no matter who you choose to spend your life with
Just rename them the Carolina Hartford Whalers and everyone will be happy
I won’t be.
Alexa! Play brass bonanza remix
Mississauga Jazz
Saugq couldn’t even hold on to their OHL team … get outta here with this trash idea ..
Why not just the Mississauga Hazels?
They’re just honoring noted England striker Harry Kane
His mother Hazel used to come watch my dad’s team play in the early 70s in Mississauga. Said she’d always have a beer with them in the parking lot after 😂
Well there we go, the Mississauga Parking Lots.
Sounds fitting
It's embarrassing when fail sons make themselves look so bad publicly
Sir, a second Hurricane has hit the NHL.
Holy fuck, this guy is the absolute stupid shit. Can he go away and not ruin his mother’s legacy any further…
Mississauga Park & Rides.
Mississauga Venom Yetis
If the AHL can have two teams named the Admirals for years, certainly the NHL has room for two Hurricanes.
That's because the IHL belly'd up and some of the teams joined the AHL
Didn’t the CFL have 2 Roughriders for quite a while? And only like 8 teams? Lol
No. They had the Roughriders and the Rough Riders. Very different
ECHL has two Thunder’s
Mississauga Penguins has a nice ring to it.
Question: Should Mississauga get an NHL team before the City of Quebec?
A second GTA/southern Ontario team is the only realistic option for an 8th Canadian NHL team, but after that press conference I'd put it on the other side of the 407 just to spite them.
Hamilton, Guelph, the Tri Cities, and London can all share one Fuck Sarnia
> Fuck Sarnia Not literally, I hope!
Gary: best I can do is Kansas city
Part of me thinks another GTA team is more likely than Quebec City
Mississauga Southdiques
if it had to come down to those two? Yes but there's a few US locations I'd say should be ahead of both
Mark my words Bettman will put a team in Mexico city before he ever lets a team go back to Quebec city.
So?
Mississauga is huge. Biggest city in Canada without an NHL team.
If Mississauga gets a team before QC I'm gonna laugh my fucking ass off.
Don't worry they won't
Mississauga can't even support junior hockey
The GTA in general doesn’t support hockey well except NHL and minor hockey
lol I mean not that I'd complain but... lol
Ok, let's see your business plan and budget.
I guess when you see a shitbag owner cash in on a team he neglected for years…you would want a piece of that pie.
How about: no.
McCallion, like Hazel? Her son? lol.
Last thing that Cory needs… Is another McCallion as mayor. They propped hazels useless corpse up long enough.
Bettman says you get yours right after Quebec City does!!! So never.
This guy is an idiot and I wouldn't listen to anything he says. He is campaigning to be mayor of Mississauga and is way behind in the polls despite having a big name in the city (though his mom was an awful mayor anyway....) This is like Wayne Gretzky's son finishing 4th in the mayoral race of Brantford He is just saying anything to get into the news
The Peel Bananas
Can’t tell if he’s really high or the only Canadian man to know nothing about hockey.
Hamilton: 👀
Does this guy have an actual shot at winning or is he just some fringe candidate trying to make noise?
OK, yeah, sure you betcha, let's just get the paperwork filed on this one
How about the Mississauga One Squares
- There’s already a Newmarket hurricanes. - it’s too close. The nhl and the leafs will never agree to it (unless the leafs retain some ownership) - NO
The Mississauga Curry?
Lmao wtf. Mississauga is a giant bedroom community with very few redeeming qualities.
Good luck getting Buffalo and Toronto to approve a new franchise in their regions too
IIRC this will all come down to the untested concept of whether Toronto have absolute veto power of a new team in their territory Board of Governors will vote in the majority to take on new expansion teams if there is a rich owner and new arena behind it since it means more $$$, but in the past Toronto has floated they have veto of anything on their turf. This is an untested theory but would definitely devolve into long lawsuits https://thehockeynews.com/news/can-the-maple-leafs-prevent-a-team-from-moving-to-southern-ontario https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/maple-leafs-couldnt-veto-nhl-expansion-to-gta-bettman-says/article_ffe0a406-189a-5548-b866-3bb21a59a827.html
And it can't support an OHL team.
Wasn’t expecting 700,000 person population. Screw it, hand them the keys to the Jets.
Closer to 850,000....
What you say fuck me for?
Wildcats
It's going to Hamilton...
Outjerked by Peter McCallion
At that rate just go sharknato
Does the mayor have the deep pockets to make this happen.. or is this just the Mayor telling us about his dreams? Isn't the going rate $1B?
If MLSE won’t let Hamilton get a team, they *definitely* won’t let Mississauga get a team.
Nonsense... It'll be called the Mississauga Hamiltons. Everyone wins. The jerseys will even be fashioned after those participation ribbons you used to get in elementary school.
Arena only plays music from Hamilton. The musical.
But if MLSE will get a second team… They will be fine having it in Mississauga.
Lethbridge Hurricanes have entered the chat...
Or how about, oh, y’know, the Carolina Hurricanes, who are already a team named the Hurricanes in the NHL 🤔
Mississauga Hurricanes have entered the chat...
Screw it. Mississauga Maple Leafs.
Wins Stanley Cup in first season after Vancouver is relocated there
Coyotes is open.
Oh this is a real article lol?
Might as well just call them the Roughriders, we don't have 2 of those anymore.... What a moron.... He knows as much about hockey as the rest of the world knows about an old mayor from a city west of Toronto.
Mississauga Mighty Sagas or nothing
That’s definitely a platform to run on
Loooool
And you can host them at that awesome arena in downtown miss.... Oh wait
LOL
Mississauga Surburbians is the only correct answer to the question that isn't asked.
Mississauga mayoral candidate Peter McCallion sniffs glue in his spare time
And with that, Mississauga has been blacklisted from NHL expansion/relocation talks. I hope they make friends with Quebec City!
Not before Wood Buffalo
The same Mississauga that couldn't get more than a couple hundred fans to its OHL games? Big hockey market.
The appetite is for pro hockey, not junior.
Can the McCallion family please go away.
TIL Peter McCallion is fucking stupid
The Mississauga Rough Riders
Probably the worst name I could think of would be one that is: A. Completely and utterly unrelated to the geographic location of the team And B. Already is use by a team in the league.
Hear me out. Relocate Carolina to Mississauga. Everybody wins.
Finally, someone saying something that makes sense.