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And the new city is ...

Sherwood Park on the Move

(CBL Newswire) - by Elswick Craic of the Sherwood Mail

Well the long wait is finally over. Owner Chris Wilke has announced that the new team name for the newly relocated Fort McMurray squad is the Roughnecks. The team logo can be seen in another post. "We chose the name Roughnecks because we thought it would be a good fit amongst the people of Fort McMurray. Originally I had thought of Rig Pigs, but this name had already been used. Newfies would have also been a good choice but, not everyone in Mac is a Newfie. I think the name Roughneck will be a little bit of an intimidation factor as well as having some Roughneck fans at our home games."

Next on the Roughnecks list is a stadium name and layout, which will be out soon...

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