Almost 4 years ago (March 2022) CCHL breaking news out of Capeside was of multiple
copyright lawsuits being filed against the Loons by rival teams. In over 25 years of
CCHL history this was a dark time for the league. There was a lot of anger towards the
Loons as their aggressive player movement and win at all cost measures (though we
have never won anything) rubbed a lot of owners the wrong way. The then Minnesota
Norsemen filed a lawsuit over the Loons logo. The lawsuit stated that the logo was
almost identical to Minnesota's precious lottery logo. Since Mr. Wendt littered his arena
with lottery ads, he did not like the Loons wearing the same logo on their chests when
they were skating circles around his Norsemen.
Next were petty lawsuits from the Portland Owls. They claimed that there was not
enough room in the CCHL for two arenas being named the Nest. Even though both owls
and loons live in nests in the wild, there could only be one Nest in the CCHL. Seems
that we in Capeside got the last laugh as Portland spent so much time filing frivolous
lawsuits instead of focusing that energy on their team and had to be removed from the
CCHL. Now there are no Nests in the league.
These lawsuits forced us in Capeside to make difficult decisions back in 2022. We
easily could have went the way of the Owls and folded, deciding not to invest in our fans
and organization. However, our passionate fans would not allow that and they pushed
local lawmakers to approve state funding for a new waterfront arena. Four years ago
these sophisticated blueprints were released to the public
No one with in the league believed that such an ambitious project could ever happen let
alone in Capeside. For four long years we have been mocked by opposing
organizations as they visited our no name old arena with new Loon logos that people
had trouble recognizing that they were even a Loon. Play on the ice suffered as the
embarrassment affected player morale. Even with strongly constructed rosters the
Loons never made it past the second round on the CCHL playoffs.
After 4 long years things in Capeside are about to change. Earlier this week the new
Capeside logo was introduced along with our new jerseys
. But as of tomorrow, nearly a year ahead of schedule the Capeside
Loons will take the ice against the Springfield Isotopes in our brand new, state of the art
arena !
To prepare for this momentous day general manager Czepiel has been hard at work
behind the scenes to put a winner on the new ice. Czepiel has gone back in time and
dusted off his aggressive mindset with a flurry of deals, depleting his prospect pool. If it
weren’t for the Falcons, on paper the Loons would have to be considered one of the
favorites for the Kehler cup this year. Czepiel has brought in a combination of skill and
toughness over the past few weeks with additions of Brady Tkachuk, Auston Matthews,
Luke Hughes, Alex Laferriere, Mikey Anderson and Keifer Sherwood. The hope is this
team will be a reward to the fans for their unwavering support over the last 4 years and
a big FU to those rival organizations that tried to hold these red eyed, neon green loons
under water!
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