GDG- OT, The NHL and The civil War

[Eric J. Wittenberg]

Jeff,

As a season ticket holder, I can tell you that all is, in fact, correct.

The head coach, Ken Hitchcock, is a serious Civil War buff, by the way.

Eric

On Jan 2, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Jeff Burk wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Greetings
>
>  The National Hockey League had an interesting feature on its web  
> page on how teams came up with  their names.  I found this one to be  
> most interesting.
>
>  "Columbus Blue Jackets – Over 14,000 entries were submitted in  
> Columbus’ “name the team” contest, from which 10 were sent to the  
> NHL for approval. Of that group, two were deemed acceptable, Blue  
> Jackets and Justice. Blue Jackets was then chosen in reference to  
> their area history. Ohio contributed more of its population to the  
> Union Army than any other state during the Civil War, and many of  
> their uniforms were made right there in Columbus. The name was  
> announced in November of 1997."
>
>  I have no clue if the facts are correct, but the story is a good one.
>
>  Jeff Burk
>
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