Introducing the worst team name in hockey

The Iowa Chops of the AHL!!

The Chops will be the Ducks affiliate beginning this year. The only saving grace is they are no longer the Mighty Ducks. Imagine being on the Chops then getting called up to the Mighty Ducks. For once a guy might beg to be sent down. "Please coach, I suck. I was a minus-5 last night. Send me to Bakersfield. Let me be a Condor!"

Apparently an Iowa Chop is a specific pork chop which is 1.25 inches thick. Yes, it's rich history goes all the way back to 1976!
So, the best name the good folks in Des Moines could come up with is a 32 year old slice of pig that has nothing to do with hockey? I find it hard to believe that the good people of Iowa have produced nothing else in their 162-year statehood to puff out their chests over.. At least they're not the "Chopzzz".

I understand the agricultural significance and I believe it should be emphasized, this is just a pretty atrocious name. Maybe it will grow on us, but it's starting out on an odd foot.

While they held back and did not put skates on a pig, or put a hockey stick in a pig's mouth, the logo is pretty horrific.

It looks like the Arkansas Razorback logo











Mated with the Carolina Panthers logo













with a few chromosomes from Spider-Pig













And and out popped this:













Yes, that is the actual logo and not something I photoshopped as a joke. They plan to wear this logo on the ice in public...I'm ordering a set of jerseys as soon as possible.

New Torspo Surge 150 Gloves

Just came in yesterday.

We just got the Surge 150s in. Full nylon seems pretty heavy-duty. Not too broken in right out of the bag, I've been working them in over the past half hour and they seem to soften up, but I'm wondering how they feel after a while of real use. The base layer of the palm is pretty soft (similar to the Vapor XVI) and I'm not sure how well it will hold up. The reinforced grip zone makes an odd crease where the thumb meets the palm. It digs in a little, but it may work itself out.

The lining gives me the impression that it might absorb a lot of sweat and get heavier as a game progressed.

As for sizing, they come in 12.5, 13.5, 14.5. I wear a 13" Vapor XXX and was most comfortable in the 13.5" Surge 150.