Malcontent fans mocking Ottawa Charge logo on social media

Published Sep 09, 2024  •  2 minute read

Ottawa's PWHL team will be named the Charge. PWHL

Not all fans are enamoured with the new logo that will be used by the Ottawa Charge.

Some, in fact, hate it.

The biggest complaint is the logo bares a resemblance to that worn by the Calgary Flames.

Here’s a sampling of negative comments about the PWHL team’s new name and logo on ‘X’:

John Thompson (@johnnyrt1958): “Go Calgary! Wait, what?”

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Glenn Sparkes (@GlennSparkes): “Way, way, way too much like Calgary Flames logo!!”

MJ Proulx Ottawa (@MJProulxGo): “How disappointing … the name, the logo, all uninspired – and uninspiring.”

Judith Bullis (@JudithBullis): “Sorry.. I’m a HUGE Ottawa fan, always will be, but this logo looks like the Calgary Flames, of whom I am NOT a fan. Curses! Still, Ottawa Charge rules!!!”

Rachouchou L. (@radafolu): “Why do you have to copy the Calgary Flames? Please show some originality. We can do better as a great city and a nation’s capital.”

Thomas (@TJKip): “Can we get the NHL Flames to sue for copyright infringement and fix this mess for the fans?”

Brakob Tkachukrun (@JJJosphyJJ): “Why did you steal the Flames logo? Don’t mind the name but the logo and colours are awful.”

EspioLabs (@EspioLabs): “Why did we do with Calgary colours? Just curious being a design agency with Ottawa’s historic black, red and white colour schemes? Sharp … just weird given the Flames colours in Calgary.”

Spartacat Uprising (@sensrule19): “Ottawa Charge” sounds like a phrase an Albertan would use to complain about taxes.”

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-BK- (@BBKelly99): “The logo is the only thing in Ottawa worse than Trudeau.”

Forsberg’s Hat (@ForsbergsHat): “PWHL Ottawa was a better name.”

613YOW (@613YOW): “Good name, very amateur looking logo.”

old man (@SensOfOttawa): “Crazy taking a year to come up with a name somehow worse than Alert.”

Late X. Paint (@sandyhillcoop): “On second thought, I’m fine with Alert.”

Zoko Hazzabat (@hazzabat): “Love the team and the players. Love the league. This is a terrible name and a terrible logo. I hope you didn’t pay for this branding. The players deserve better.”

Cares About Hockey (@MNHTRN2O22): “Lots of Charging penalties upcoming.”

Ian Crichton-Santesso (@Ian_Crichton): “Fun fact – the logo is based off the shape of the LRT Wheels.”

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F B (@Funkativity): “You desperately need to go back to the drawing board. This is abysmal.”

And here’s a positive viewpoint from a prominent player in the hockey world:

“I really like the name,” Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot told reporters on Monday. “Obviously we see it with (the NHL’s new team in) Utah, they’re kind of going through it right now, but just to see it, to see them having so much success, the whole city of Ottawa getting behind them and supporting them all season, I think it just gives the whole city a name to cheer behind.

“It’s awesome to see that. It’s great for their team, for the organization and good for them.”

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