A U.S. junior hockey league says it's the real North American Hockey League, and it wants a Quebec professional hockey league to stop using its nom de guerre,
Ligue Nord-Americain de Hockey, which translates as...who knows? Anyone?
The (North) Americans say the name is confusing, and they don't like it even if it's in French. Well, maybe especially because it's in French. Stu Hackel, a spokeman for the NAHL, has his hackles up over
this.
"It causes confusion," he said. "They play a very different style. We're a development league. We're not in the entertainment business, although our games are entertaining."
Forget the lawsuit; maybe the Canadians and the Americans should
play for
the title.
Posted by
abnu on Thursday, October 07, 2004 @ 7:17 PM
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