Name of New Toronto Franchise Leaks and Fans Hate it

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Tyler Ball
October 26, 2023 (5:18 PM)

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The PWHL has announced the names of each franchise for their new league. The Toronto team's name has sparked a lot of debate.

PWHL Team Names Leaked

The PWHL had the names of their franchises leaked earlier today. The names of the teams are reportedly the Toronto Torch, the Montreal Echo, Ottawa Alert, Minnesota Superior, Boston Wicked, and New York Sound.

BREAKING: The following team names have been trademarked by the #PWHL

Toronto Torch
Montreal Echo
Ottawa Alert
Minnesota Superior
Boston Wicked
New York Sound

Thoughts?

These team names have received very mixed but mostly negative reviews from fans.

Fans Hate The Name Of The New Toronto PWHL Team

Since the leak of the names has come out several people have reacted on X. Many are not happy with the team names specifically the Toronto Torch.

whoever was in charge of naming the pwhl teams will not be seeing the pearly gates. you had a clean slate of teams with infinite naming options, and 'toronto TORCH' somehow made it past the approval stage.

Boston Wicked and Toronto Torch are just awful team names. Surely the PWHL can do better?

Many people seem to feel that the names lack creativity and originality. While these team names have not officially been announced by the PWHL they are expected to be the names eventually.

One has to wonder if the backlash to the leak is enough to get the league to change its mind on any of the names.

As Read On - The Star - Toronto's PWHL team name reportedly leaked in trademark filings