The name Ottawa Senators honors the old Ottawa Senators hockey team named for Canada's capital that won 6 Stanley Cups and was also the nickname for a 1901 amateur team. Their logo features an ancient Roman senator.
The Washington Capitals of Washington, D.C. use the capital of the U.S. as their name and home.
The Pittsburgh Penguins picked up their name in a contest. Penguins at least partially may have been picked for the animals association with ice and snow and because of the PENguin and PENnsylvania connection.
The Quebec Nordiques were named when they were in the WHA because they were the northernmost team in pro hockey at the time.
The St. Louis Blues owe their name to owner Sid Salamon, Jr. who took it from a famous song with that name by W.C. Handy. Their logo features a musical note.
Frequency and geography explain two team names. The San Jose Sharks is another contest selection but sharks - seven varieties of them - frequent the nearby Pacific Ocean and one part of Bay Area is known as Red Triangle due to its shark population.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are based in a place that is considered to be the lightning capital of the world.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were originally known as the Arenas, then renamed St. Patricks. Several factors that influenced the naming include an old Toronto team called the East Maple Leaves, but when Conn Smythe bought the Toronto St. Patricks, he renamed the team after the Maple Leaf Regiment of the First World War. But clearly, the maple leaf on the Canadian flag has to be a factor.
Another Canadian team, the Vancouver Canucks, took their name from the Canadian folk hero Johnny Canuck who was was a great logger, as well as being a skater and hockey player in his spare time. Their logo has gone through several transformations including two flying V styles. In 1997, the Canucks new logo featured a Haida-style orca breaking out of a patch of ice to form a stylized letter "C."
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