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NHL December 2016 |OT| Best Christmas Since '93

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RBH

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Two weeks after revealing their name and logo with a party marred by a technical malfunction, the Vegas Golden Knights hit another roadblock on Wednesday.

A trademark request filed by the NHL on behalf of the Golden Knights was initially denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The reason for denial issued in the 164-page document was “likelihood of confusion” with the NCAA’s College of St. Rose Golden Knights.

It is unclear at the moment what exactly this denial means for the franchise. Requests for comment from the NHL after normal business hours on Wednesday night were not immediately returned.

The NHL’s 31st franchise has until June 7, 2017 to respond and provide evidence as to why the government’s refusal should be withdrawn.

In a statement issued to Sports Illustrated on Wednesday night, the team said it intends to do just that. It is possible the franchise works out an agreement with College of St. Rose to allow for approval.

“Office actions like this are not at all unusual, and we will proceed with the help of outside counsel in preparing a response to this one,” the statement read. “There are countless examples of college sports teams with coexisting names, including Vegas Golden Knights and Clarkson Golden Knights, UCLA Bruins and Boston Bruins, U. of Miami Hurricanes and Carolina Hurricanes, etc. We will plan on making these arguments and others in our detailed written response to the office action which must be filed by June 7, 2017.”

This latest blow comes just one week after the U.S. Army said it was “reviewing” its options to potentially contest the name, since the Army’s elite parachute team has been dubbed the Golden Knights since 1962. Those Golden Knights have set more than 350 world records and performed more than 16,000 shows around the world.
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http://www.tsn.ca/vegas-golden-knights-trademark-denied-by-u-s-government-1.626523



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calder

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I haven't and won't listen to it but man it's kinda sad seeing all the TSN twitter feeds yapping about this like it's news. Without the national TV deal all they can do this time of year is hype up the WJC even more (almost impossible to imagine) or drum up something they can argue about amongst themselves.

I take it back, it's really sad. @TSNAnalytics is RTing like mad, you'd think something noteworthy was happening.
 
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Quick

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Jamie McLennan made peace between Lawless and Hayes and O'Neill.

In the end, it's fairly tame with "slightly heated" being its most intense.
 
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calder

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Chris Johnston @reporterchris
There was no formal vote on the Olympics at today's BOG meeting. Issue was discussed.
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Ugh, I thought they were deciding on something today but then I remembered the actual deadline is mid January-ish. Like most fans I really want the NHL to go but god damn it's hard not to side with the owners when their position is something as sane as "the IOC can go fuck itself".
 
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Socreges

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Laine vs Matthews is the perfect media shitstorm

- both on Canadian teams
- #1 vs #2 overall
- is a fun discussion to have for the media. It's an interesting debate even if it is meaningless and premature
- generates interest and hits and therefore generates money
 
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lamaroo

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Socreges said:
Laine vs Matthews is the perfect media shitstorm

- both on Canadian teams
- #1 vs #2 overall
- is a fun discussion to have for the media. It's an interesting debate even if it is meaningless and premature
- generates interest and hits and therefore generates money
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Plus neither of them are Canadian, so there's no built in bias for most of these guys, and you get a real back and forth
 
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yyzjohn

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Quick said:
Jamie McLennan made peace between Lawless and Hayes and O'Neill.

In the end, it's fairly tame with "slightly heated" being its most intense.
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Did someone save the original audio? Heard it live and it was getting heated but in the podcast they cut out the best part where Hayes and Lawless are yelling at each other.
 
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calder

Member
Socreges said:
Laine vs Matthews is the perfect media shitstorm

- both on Canadian teams
- #1 vs #2 overall
- is a fun discussion to have for the media. It's an interesting debate even if it is meaningless and premature
- generates interest and hits and therefore generates money
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Also, it's impossible to be wrong so you can say whatever you want because you can't be sure one way or the other for years - and maybe never. Yeah, no wonder sports media can never get enough lol.
 
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Socreges

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calder said:
Also, it's impossible to be wrong so you can say whatever you want because you can't be sure one way or the other for years - and maybe never. Yeah, no wonder sports media can never get enough lol.
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Right, that's another point. There is no END to the debate. At least until people tire of it or Matthews wins his consecutive Cups with the Metropolitans.
 
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MetatronM

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Grabner-Hayes-Miller
Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello
Hrivik-Lindberg-Fast
Jensen-Jooris-Pirri

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Holden
Skjei-Klein

Raanta


It's like a preseason lineup. :D
 
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calder

Member
MetatronM said:
Grabner-Hayes-Miller
Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello
Hrivik-Lindberg-Fast
Jensen-Jooris-Pirri

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Holden
Skjei-Klein

Raanta


It's like a preseason lineup. :D
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Oh stop it we'll spot you a 5 goal lead like last time you're fine



Edit: lol bishop
 
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