STOCKTON, Calif. � The Stockton Hockey Franchise Group, Inc. on Monday announced that the team is now officially the Stockton Thunder.
The team logo features Thor, who is a thunder god in Norse mythology, holding a hockey stick rather than his famous hammer. Thor sits above the verbiage �Stockton Thunder� which has a lightning bolt for the letter �N�. The team colors are gold, silver and black.
�We feel that that name Thunder represents power and strength and that it can be intimidating,� said Thunder owner Michael Reinsdorf. �That is exactly what we expect from our team � to be powerful, strong and to intimidate the opponent.�
The team received more than 2,000 entries in a �Name The Team� contest which was sponsored by the Stockton newspaper The Record, narrowing the list to six finalists - Brawlers, Fog, Skate, Spears, Stallions, and Thunder.
The grand prize winner in the �Name The Team� contest was 11-year-old Michelle Costa of Tracy, Calif., who will receive a signed jersey from the team and a pair of season tickets.
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