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Originally Posted by dward1
why do you call the Canadiens the Elks? I love the detail you go into every game with, can tell you know the dynasty inside and out. partially why my new save is just 16 teams and I am watching say 20 innings every day after usually playing god mode and simming chunks at a time on enormous worlds
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The term Elks goes back such a long time that I didn't know exactly when it started and had to pick through the archives now.
First off - the Vancouver Canadiens come from the North and smell, and Elks come from the North and smell. So there is that analogy explained.
And I always kinda knew that my hatred for them really broke out during one series in the mid-80s when they swept the Raccoons, including breaking up a Scott Wade no-hitter in the eighth inning after already leading 1-0 on an unearned run (in fact, there are no losing no-hitters in the ABL to this day).
I sifted through the archives now and found that the series in question took place in August of 1986, with the Coons and Elks having been neck-to-neck for most of the summer. The Elks game to Portland with a 1 1/2 game lead, and had already beaten the Raccoons three times, 2-1, 12-6, and 3-0 when Scott Wade made his trailing no-hit attempt, and Melvin Greene singled to left in the eighth inning. He wouldn't score, but the Coons still lost, 1-0, and would not make the playoffs again until '89.
The term "Elks" didn't come up until 1989 actually, when during a series in July I first called them "the Vile Frenchmen from the Land of the Much-Smelling Elks", and used that in variations, rarely, for the next few years. The first use of Elks proper as a derisive noun for Canadiens didn't come until 1993.
And I also feel that when I sim something quickly, I never know what's going on, and I feel no excitement or even engagement. Hence one league, one team, and a serious effort to make the time investment meaningful.
Fun fact: Raimundo "Pooky" Beato was with the 1986 Elks during that pivotal August series, but was scratched from his start, and a Coon during the 1993 series that finally attributed the Elks the name they deserved, but then got a no-decision in an extra-inning loss.