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Did Gov. Jay Inslee leak the name for Seattle’s possible new NHL team?

Mar 16, 2018, 7:12 PM | Updated: Mar 19, 2018, 8:50 am

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

During a statement about , Gov. Jay Inslee referred to Seattle’s potential new hockey franchise as the “Totems” when noting that fast trains would boost a hockey rivalry between the two cities.

“We cannot wait to get on a high speed rail line to come up and have the greatest rivalry in North American which is to have the versus the Vancouver Canucks,” Inslee said Friday in reference to a new British Columbia government proposal to study high-speed rail between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

While have not revealed what a new team name might be, Totems is among the names the group has registered with the National Hockey League. Team officials have said privately no name has been chosen yet and likely won’t be until after the league officially awards a new franchise to the Emerald City — a distinct possibility during the upcoming league meeting in June.

Seattle did once have team called the Totems between 1958 and 1975, prompting one observer to note that the governor might have been “projecting his 1970s Seattle childhood” when he used the moniker. Seattle also has hockey teams named the , Ironmen, Bombers, Americans and .

Regardless of the mascot, the city does appear likely to land its first NHL franchise soon following a recent wave of deposits for season tickets. The ownership group 聽during the first hour after opening up sales.

Governor gets a minor penalty

On the morning of March 19, Inslee’s office responded via Twitter.

The office says Inslee is looking forward to hockey in Seattle “no matter what the team is named,” adding “Inslee, #23, 2 minutes for speculative naming.”

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Did Gov. Jay Inslee leak the name for Seattle’s possible new NHL team?