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Hell Will Freeze Over Before Devils Change Name

New Jersey State Assemblyman Craig Stanley is taking issue with the name of the state's National Hockey League team, which has won three Stanley Cup championships.

Assemblyman Stanley (no relation to Lord Stanley) is hellbent to change the name of the New Jersey Devils hockey team before it moves in 2007 from the Meadowlands in East Rutherford to a new facility in Newark, his legislative district.

He wants a new name for the hockey team chosen in a statewide competition. "This is an age where symbolism is very important," said Stanley, a Baptist deacon whose resolution to rename the team is to be introduced in the Assembly next month according to media reports.
The team's mascot is red, cartoonish figure with horns and a goatee.

However, the team's name, chosen in a 1982 fan contest, comes from the mythical Jersey Devil, not the Christian symbol of the antichrist, according to Weird N.J., a travel guide to the state's most offbeat attractions.

The mythical Jersey Devil—with bat-like wings, a forked tail and oversized claws—was said to terrorize Pine Barrens dwellers in the 18th-century after being born the 13th child to poor South Jerseyans and morphing into a dinosaur-like beast.
According to team ownership, there's no chance in hell the team will change its name. New Jersey Devils CEO Lou Lamoriello explained, "It's who we are and what we want to be."
Posted by abnu on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 @ 1:19 AM [ + ]

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