News - 06/26/2004

United Hockey League - Adirondack Frostbite

Adirondack Frostbite Unveil Name, Logo

COLD FRONT COMING TO ADIRONDACKS AS FROSTBITE ERA BEGINS

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TODAY AT NOON

Glens Falls, NY – After registering over 2,500 individual votes North Country hockey fans have spoken, it was announced today by Barry Melrose on behalf of Glens Falls Professional Hockey LLC. Moving forward, the United Hockey League team calling the Glens Falls Civic Center home will be known as the Adirondack Frostbite. The nickname beat out six other candidates including Attack by only four percentage points. Final voting results are as follows:

Adirondack Attack 25%
Adirondack Axemen 19%
Adirondack Frostbite 29%
Adirondack Mulleteers 9%
Adirondack Red Hawks 10%
Adirondack Spelunkers 1%
Adirondack IceHawks 7%

The logo for the Frostbite features a fearsome hockey playing polar bear fighting through snow and wind and was designed and registered by Keith Flynn of Flynnagain Productions, 1241 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5H 2J1. His phone is 905-891-9509 and website www.flynnagain.com. Flynn previously designed the award winning logo of the Richmond RiverDogs. Jpeg files for the Frostbite logo are available by phoning Kevin Boryczki at (518) 926-7825.

Voting for the Name the Team Sweepstakes began on April 10th with over 3,000 entries being submitted during the first round. On May 1st the list was narrowed down to the six finalists. Hockey fans had one month to choose their favorite nickname from the six with voting limited to one entry per person. Ballots boxes were located at Team Reardon McDonald’s, most branches of the Glens Falls National Bank and Tropical Fitness. Ballots were also in the Post Star and online at www.adirondackhockey.com.

Out of the 2,500 ballots cast in phase two of the contest, fifty states and territories including Guam and Washington D.C. were represented. Arkansas and Hawaii did not have any votes. Entries came from across the globe as well, from the United States, Canada and eleven other countries including New Zeeland, Peru, Spain and South Korea.

The grand prize winner, determined by a random draw of all entries from both phases of the sweepstakes, will receive a personalized tour for two of the ESPN broadcast headquarters in Bristol, CT, personally escorted by Barry Melrose and Steve Levy.

In conjunction with the new nickname the Frostbite has launched a new team website - www.frostbitehockey.com. New features on the site include community, history and kid’s page sections. The website also has a message board where Frostbite fans can chat with each other about their team.

Season Tickets for the 2004-05 season are on sale now at the Frostbite front office located at the Glen Street entrance of the Glens Falls Civic Center. Tickets may be purchased at the office between 9AM and 6PM Monday through Thursday and 9AM and 5PM Friday or by calling 926-PUCK. Also, get all the latest news on the Adirondack Frostbite by going to www.frostbitehockey.com.