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Some are meant to play hockey instead.



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Introducing: The Thunder Bay Walleye. Coming to the SMJHL in Season 78.

Located in Ontario, the city of Thunder Bay finds itself plentiful with plenty of Walleye. A medium sized Canadian city, it is very much comparable to many similar SMJHL markets.

Why rebrand? Well, the team is quite frankly tired of Regina. It was an option created by the two initial GMs of Regina who are no longer really affiliated or involved with the team in any way, shape or form. A rebranding of this SMJHL franchise has been a continuous discussion of our war room long before my tenure as head GM, and even prior to my entrance into the war room as a co-GM under Reno. Currently, no one on the team has a connection to the old branding and while its nice, it's not ours and the team wants to have something they all connect to. Some even say it's cursed.

Internally, rebranding talks picked up a bit when I stepped in as a co-GM, and when I took over from Reno as head GM, I made it a point of interest to discuss rebranding options. After getting tentative approval, we had internal polling within our locker room on possible options before selecting the Walleye, which received the largest vote share when the LR was polled to pick their favorite of the approved options. Hence, we will be saying goodbye to Regina following the conclusion of this season, and making the move to Thunder Bay in time for next season.

Rink design and jerseys are coming soon. And yes, piss ice will return.

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wowowowowow

its gonna be weird not seeing the elk anymore, as that was a solid branding, but hopefully the curse of Regina is lifted as we move to Thunder Bay

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Congrats on being a mascot @Wally

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And yes, piss ice will return
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I like the colors

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oo that looks bang

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man the elk colors were so nice though


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06-26-2024, 07:18 PMyosh Wrote:  And yes, piss ice will return.
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06-26-2024, 07:23 PMskyrrhawk Wrote: man the elk colors were so nice though

they were quite fetch, but the purple/gold was impossible to make look good with the fish, believe me i spent hours trying to make it work but alas

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You've got a little straggler here, I really enjoy these colors though

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wait that's vancouver colors


you do not want the vancouver colors curse
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06-26-2024, 07:25 PMReno Wrote: they were quite fetch, but the purple/gold was impossible to make look good with the fish, believe me i spent hours trying to make it work but alas
yall dont spend enough time around fish is all im hearing


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went from unique colors to the most basic blue green colors smh. Regina Elk was an amazing location and brand. This seems like change just for the sake of change

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PISS ICE PISS ICE PISS ICE

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(This post was last modified: 06-26-2024, 07:43 PM by r0tzbua. Edited 1 time in total.)

Really gonna miss the elk. I put a lot of heart and soul into it and the colours. Get why you’d want a change but still. Colours might make the most meh about this, Regina had unique colours, that was one of our goals, and you chose blue and green ... well, is what it is.

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