Everyone KNOWS there is a conspiracy to prevent an Ohio team from becoming reality. 

Sandusky Snappers - snapping turtle but also double entendre for a snap shot. Also, alliteration baby!

snapping turtle head with the jaws open and the tongue forming an S with the negative space.

alternate / shoulder patch logo of the snapping turtle shell with specific coloring and patterns forming a block "O" for Ohio.

Hockey has always been a huge sport in the European markets, particularly in the Eastern Europe block and there should be expansion in that area. My vote goes to Kazakhstan.

The J needs an expansion in Forks, Washington. The town is already a tourist hot spot due to Olympic National Park and Twilight fame, and it would be easy to latch on to that branding and draw in at-large fans. It could serve as a farm team for Seattle. Plus the players could train in a unique locale without many distractions, bringing a strong sense of identity.

See: previous expansion team application. To whit: Nashville! The J has St Louis, so Nashville would be a good rivalry for them, but I'd prefer to see an SHL team added there. The central division and top and bottom heavy with WPG/MIN/CHI and then TEX/NOL. Plus Nashville has proven to be a great addition to the NHL, imo, so I think we should recreate that here.

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[S68] Marton Diehm || C/LW || Stuttgart, DEU Outwit || Outplay || Outlast S74 - inaugural TEX Buckaroo Award S70 - final Vyacheslav Onoprienko Award S68 - Drafted 24OA by the Texas Renegades S67 - Drafted 25OA by the Carolina Kraken

A team in Mexico would be cool. The Mexico City Chupacabra's or maybe the Guadalajara Prairie Dogs? A lot of hockey teams seem to be only in the US or Canada, why not explore some other options? Even a team in Greenland may be interesting lol

The team idea I've always had pinging around the back of my head for the SHL or (more likely) the J is the Vermont Camels, based in Burlington. Vermont is very much my "found home" in my life, and the Camels name pays homage to Ollie the Camel (a roadside attraction that lived on a farm near Ferrisburgh that passed away in 2020) and Camel's Hump (a nearby mountain).

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Dejana Kaptina || C || QCC || BUF   Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland SMJHL Draft: S78, Round 1, Pick 12 (QCC) SHL Draft: S79, Round 1, Pick 13 (BUF) QCC Away Alternate, S78-pres. Scored Cup Clincher in S79 Four Star Cup (Game 5 OT) ------------------------------------------------------------ Career Statistics: SMJHL Regular Season: S78 | 66 GP | 18 G | 29 A | 47 P | -18 | 19:19 TOI S79 | 66 GP | 32 G | 38 A | 70 P | +57 | 19:35 TOI S80 | 66 GP | 24 G | 47 A | 71 P | +68 | 20:28 TOI S81 | 66 GP | 25 G | 37 A | 62 P | +24 | 19:58 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Playoffs: S78 | 6 GP | 1 G | 0 A | 1 P | -7 | 19:17 TOI S79 | 21 GP | 16 G | 13 A | 29 P | +10 | 20:10 TOI S80 | 23 GP | 7 G | 11 A | 18 P | +14 | 19:12 TOI S81 | 10 GP | 3 G | 9 A | 12 P | +9 | 19:53 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ WJC Stats: S78 (Rhine) | 12 GP | 3 G | 7 A | 10 P | +8 | 14:46 TOI S79 (Rhine) | 12 GP | 1 G | 2 A | 3 P | -6 | 13:07 TOI S80 (Rhine) | 12 GP | 0 G | 10 A | 10 P | -3 | 19:12 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ IIHF Stats: S79 | 12 GP | 2 G | 2 A | 4 P | Even | 9:03 TOI S80 | 12 GP | 3 G | 2 A | 5 P | Even | 13:31 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ Awards and Honors: S79 | Four Star Cup Champion S79 | SMJHL All-Star S79 | Brandon Holmes Award (SMJHL Best Defensive Forward) S79 | Ronan O'Keefe Trophy (SMJHL Playoff Points Leader - Shared) S79 | Brodie Witzel Award (SMJHL Playoff MVP) S79 | IIHF Bronze Medal S80 | Four Star Cup Champion S80 | Brandon Holmes Award (SMJHL Best Defensive Forward)  

  Louise St. Martin || LD || QCC || TOR/EDM || Peak: 1971 TPE Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland SHL Draft: S64, Rd 1, Pick 14 (TOR) Traded to EDM before S69 Traded back to TOR before S76 QCC Away Alternate, S64-S66 EDM Ass Captain, S70-S75 Scored GWG of S73 Challenge Cup G7 EDM Eye of the Storm Award 4x ------------------------------------------------------------ Career Statistics: SMJHL Regular Season: S63 | 31 GP | 4 G | 5 A | 9 P | -12 | 17:49 TOI S64 | 66 GP | 14 G | 40 A | 54 P | +32 | 22:56 TOI S65 | 66 GP | 21 G | 53 A | 74 P | +51 | 24:25 TOI S66 | 66 GP | 10 G | 23 A | 33 P | +7 | 22:57 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Playoffs: S63 | 13 GP | 0 G | 4 A | 4 P | -6 | 18:04 TOI S64 | 14 GP | 0 G | 10 A | 10 P | +3 | 23:32 TOI S65 | 10 GP | 1 G | 5 A | 6 P | -4 | 22:22 TOI S66 | 17 GP | 4 G | 6 A | 10 P | +5 | 24:40 TOI  ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Regular Season: S67 | 66 GP | 1 G | 18 A | 19 P | +17 | 18:56 TOI S68 | 66 GP | 5 G | 18 A | 23 P | +42 | 20:00 TOI S69 | 66 GP | 16 G | 25 A | 41 P | -3 | 20:14 TOI S70 | 66 GP | 19 G | 42 A | 61 P | +14 | 21:59 TOI S71 | 66 GP | 21 G | 34 A | 55 P | +16 | 23:55 TOI S72 | 66 GP | 21 G | 38 A | 59 P | +28 | 23:18 TOI S73 | 66 GP | 22 G | 58 A | 80 P | +54 | 22:30 TOI S74 | 66 GP | 25 G | 47 A | 72 P | +54 | 22:55 TOI S75 | 66 GP | 7 G | 21 A | 28 P | +43 | 20:23 TOI S76 | 66 GP | 11 G | 27 A | 38 P | -23 | 22:08 TOI S77 | 66 GP | 2 G | 17 A | 19 P | -10 | 19:06 TOI S78 | 66 GP | 4 G | 17 A | 21 P +3 | 17:04 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ SHL Playoffs: S67 | 11 GP | 0 G | 4 A | 4 P | -7 | 19:15 TOI S68 | 11 GP | 2 G | 6 A | 8 P | +1 | 19:23 TOI S69 | 9 GP | 1 G | 5 A | 6 P | +5 | 20:19 TOI S70 | 5 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 P | +3 | 22:17 TOI S71 | 14 GP | 6 G | 8 A | 14 P | +8 | 23:50 TOI S72 | 15 GP | 4 G | 7 A | 11 P | +4 | 23:29 TOI S73 | 22 GP | 6 G | 8 A | 14 P | +1 | 23:06 TOI S74 | 10 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 P | Even | 21:33 TOI S75 | 11 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 P | +4 | 21:29 TOI S76 | DNQ S77 | 6 GP | 1 G | 0 A | 1 P | +4 | 18:33 TOI S78 | 7 GP | 0 G | 1 A | Even | 18:19 TOI ------------------------------------------------------------ IIHF (RS ONLY): S65 | 12 GP | 3 G | 4 A | 7 P | +8 | 14:33 TOI S66 | 12 GP | 1 G | 2 A | 3 P | -6 | 18:52 TOI S67 | 12 GP | 0 G | 2 A | 2 P | -6 | 20:51 TOI S68 | 12 GP | 2 G | 4 A | 6 P | -3 | 21:11 TOI S69 | 12 GP | 0 G | 1 A | 1 P | +2 | 20:55 TOI S70 | 12 GP | 1 G | 2 A | 3 P | -11 | 23:08 TOI S71 | 12 GP | 4 G | 1 A | 5 P | -1 | 23:23 TOI S72 | 12 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 P | -3 | 23:23 TOI S73 | 12 G | 3 G | 0 A | 3 P | -5 | 24:03 TOI S74 (as F) | 12 GP | 1 G | 8 A | 9 P | +5 | 17:06 TOI S75 (as F) | 12 GP | 2 G | 5 A | 7 P | +1 | 17:29 TOI S76 (as F) | 12 GP | 3 G | 2 A | 5 P | +3 | 17:12 TOI S77 | 12 GP | 4 G | 1 A | 5 P | -1 | 15:18 TOI S78 | 12 GP | 2 G | 7 A | 9 P | +5 | 16:31 TOI  ------------------------------------------------------------ Awards & Honors: S64 | SMJHL All-Star S64 | Light Award (SMJHL Most Improved) S64 | All-SMJHL First Team S64 | WJC Bronze Medal S65 | SMJHL All-Star S65 | All-SMJHL First Team S65 | IIHF Gold Medal S65 | WJC Gold Medal S66 | Onoprienko Award (SMJHL Most Underrated) S66 | Armia Award (SMJHL Commissioner's Award) S66 | WJC Gold Medal S70 | SHL All-Star S71 | SHL All-Star S71 | All-SHL Third Team S72 | SHL All-Star S73 | League Leader in Assists + Points (D) S73 | Challenge Cup Champion S73 | SHL All-Star S73 | Scott Stevens Award (SHL Best D) S73 | All-SHL First Team S74 | SHL All-Star S74 | League Leader in Goals + Points (D) S74 | IIHF Silver Medal S74 | All-SHL First Team S74 | Scott Stevens Award (SHL Best D) S76 | IIHF Silver Medal

Valérie Picot - Switzerland Fed Head S74-pres. S74 | 7 W | 5 L | Def USA 3-2 (OT) QF, Def FIN 5-1 SF, Lost to GER 4-2 GMG - Silver Medal S75 | 5 W | 7 L | DNQ for Knockouts S76 | 9 W | 3 L | Def FRA 3-2 (OT) QF, Def JPN 4-1 SF, Lost to CAN 7-4 GMG - Silver Medal S77 | 8 W | 4 L | Lost to FIN 4-0 QF S78 | 7 W | 5 L | Lost to SWE 3-1 QF S79 | 7 W | 5 L | Def NOR 3-2 QF, Lost to CAN 3-2 SF, Def CZE 3-1 BMG - Bronze Medal S80 | 4 W | 8 L | DNQ for Knockouts

After IIHF created Quebec I knew right away what the next federation had to be:The Moon. It would be the coolest, and bst fed in the milky way (see what I did there hehe)

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Mac Turner || F || Regina Elks Mac Turner: 6'4: 219: #37: ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL: S72: GP:66 G:14 A:31 PTS:45 S73: GP:66 G:17 A:36 PTS:53 ------------------------------------------------------------ Awards: S72 Brandon Holmes - Top Defensive Forward(SMJHL) S73 All-Defensive Team (SMJHL)

Columbus, Ohio. To be honest. Anywhere, Ohio would be dope. Dayton Aviators would be cool for a small market idea. You could always pull a Golden State type name with Columbus as well and be named Arch City.

Mitchell "Mit" Wobet | "C" | RD #51          Newfoundland Berserkers              S69 13OA SMJHL Draft
Mitchell "Mit" Wobet | RD #51         Tampa Bay Barracuda            S70 9OA SHL Draft

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I think there should be a team from Mexico. The game is growing in North America and as we start to expand down into the south might as well take advantage of Mexico City as the next big sporting fan base.

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I am going to put a team in Gondor. We are going to be the Osgiliath River Riders, and we are going to be very cool indeed. We will be black and silver and we will have the beautiful tree of Gondor emblazoned on our jerseys in that shimmery fabric.

Gunnar Söderberg || RETIRED || IIHF Fed Head - Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------ Highlights: S45 WJC | Sweden - Bronze S46 SMJHL | Drafted 5th OA - Kelowna Knights S47 SHL | Drafted 2nd OA - Tampa Bay S47 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights S48 SMJHL | Captain - Kelowna Knights S48 IIHF | Gold - Sweden S49 SHL All-Rookie Team S52 IIHF | Silver - Sweden S56 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden S57 Challenge Cup - Chicago Syndicate S57 Anton Razov Award (Playoffs MVP) S60 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden S60 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate S61 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate S62 SHL | Captain - Chicago Syndicate S66 SMJHL | Nour Harrak Award (Best GM Duo)
Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson || RETIRED ------------------------------------------------------------ Highlights: S62 SMJHL | Drafted 26 OA - Nevada Battleborn S63 SHL | Drafted 1 OA - Winnipeg Aurora S63 SMJHL | All-Star S65 SMJHL | All-Star S67 IIHF | Top Forward S68 IIHF | Gold - Sweden S69 IIHF | Silver - Sweden S70 SHL | All-Star S70 SHL | Aidan Richan Award S70 IIHF | Silver - Sweden S71 SHL | All-Star S71 SHL | Sergei Karpotsov Trophy S71 SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy S71 SHL | Sarmad Khan Award S72 SHL | Challenge Cup - Winnipeg Aurora S72 SHL | All-Star S72 IIHF | Bronze - Sweden S72 SHL | Anton Razov Award S73 IIHF | Gold - Sweden S75 IIHF | Gold - Sweden S78 SHL | Challenge Cup - Los Angeles Panthers
Océane Söderberg-Tremblay || D || Yukon Malamutes ------------------------------------------------------------ Highlights: S80 SMJHL | Drafted 1 OA - Yukon Malamutes S80 WJC | Sweden - Silver S81 SHL | Drafted 2 OA - Winnipeg Aurora

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SHL should have a team in Mexico. There must be some market share there, even with no ice super hot temperatures. People would come watch just for the AC. Mexico City Chihuahuas

A team based literally on the equator and when they try to practice they can only get about halfway through because the ice immediately melts (outdoor rinks, obvi) and so it boosts all the other teams rankings.

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There are a lot of places still untouched by shl expansion. Like Kansas City or Las Vegas. But I think a more interesting place would be Puerto Rico. Why? I dunno, why not?

The new expansion team should be located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The reason is purely diplomatic, as this is the closest "city" to (41.303, -91.45); the average latitude and longitude of the current 20 SHL cities.

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Jukka Timonen | RHD | NL| CHI | 1880 TPE Height: 6'3" Weight: 215 lbs Country: Finland Playstyle: Rushing Defenseman ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Regular Season Stats: S52 | NL | 50GP | 10G | 11A | 21P | -7 | 32H | 47SB | 16.39 SH% | 21:40   S53 | NL | 50GP | 7G | 21A | 28P | +11 | 41H | 94SB |  42TkA | 68GR | 47.4CF% S54 | NL | 50GP | 11G | 13A | 24P | +11 | 37H | 75SB |25TkA | 68GR | 54.1CF%  ------------------------------------------------------------ SMJHL Playoff Stats: S52 | NL | 10GP | 4G | 3A | 7P | -2 | 17 H | 11 SB | 36.36 SH% | 23.04 Min S53 | NL | 7GP | 1G | 4A | 5P | -3 | 0H | 6 SB | 7TkA | 66 GR | 42CF%   S54 | NL | 14GP | 4G | 5A | 9P | +12 | 5H | 24SB | 10TkA | 69GR | 53.8CF% ------------------------------------------------------------ Transactions: S52: Drafted #17 overall to NLB in the SMJHL draft S53: Drafted #10 overall to MAN in the SHL draft ------------------------------------------------------------ League Awards/Honors: S52: Nominated for the Commisioner's Award of Excellence S53: All star (1st Defensemen) S53: Nominated for the Quilha Agante Trophy - Best Defensemen S54: All star (3rd Defensemen) S54: Nomiated for Harvey Danger Award - Best WJC Defensemen ------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Awards/Honors: S52: NL team awards - Best rookie S53-S54: NL Assistant Captain S53: MAN team awards - Best prospect S53: SHL player poll - Best user media S53: NL team awards - Best defenseman

I think that there should be a New York City team. It's one of the biggest cities in the states and has so much history in sports, especially in hockey !

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