Portland’s New Hockey Franchise Unveils 5 Finalists For Team Name

They won’t be the Pirates. Nor will they be Moosequitoes or Wharf Rats. Portland’s newest professional hockey franchise, scheduled to begin the 2018-19 ECHL season at Cross Insurance Arena, will be nicknamed one of the following five suggestions, culled from 3,805 submissions to the team’s website: Take Our Poll (function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src='http://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/polldaddy/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js';s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !=='undefined')jQuery(d.body).trigger('pd-script-load');}(document,'script','pd-polldaddy-loader')); Mariners (whether Maine or Portland remains to be seen). The Watchmen (think lighthouse keepers). The Lumberjacks (Bunyanesque). The Puffins (could make for a colorful goalie mask). The Wild Blueberries (sounds rather juicy). “I’m happy with any of the five,” said Adam Goldberg, vice president of business operations (and the only team employee based in Portland so far) for the franchise, formerly known as the Alaska Aces.