Pressemeldinger

Nagoya Sea Dogs have been around for a very short time building up the assets of the team from Canada didn't make sense to have the team located in the Central City of Japan when the team played in the Canadian League and the management is located in the Vancouver Area.

"We decided it was time to change the identity of our hockey team as the Nagoya Sea Dogs playing in a Canadian Division doesn't make sense since most of our rivals didn't know who we were and playing out side the country made for very long flights for other teams and even longer trips home." commented Team manager Robert Bouchard.

Many of the team complained about the twelve hour flights to Japan and fourteen hours of flight it took in total to reach the Capital City of Achi, Nagoya from the West Coast of Canada.

"The team will now be located out of Vancouver, where most of the players and management already reside. We also decided with the change of location we would need to change our identity to match our new location so we have also decide to re-name the team to Vancouver Evil Jokers. While we are still keeping aspect of the team in the sense that the team colors won't change." commented Bouchard.

"We are still looking at the design of our arena and will look to find a permanent home for the club soon but at the current moment we aren't in a rush to find our new home. Once we find that fit we will let everyone know. For now we will play out of the Minoru Park arena in Richmond, BC under the former arena name not to break commercial contract rights of All Nippon Airlines as they have done a fantastic job of flying the team to the different Canadian cities from Nagoya." added Bouchard.

So now we will see if the team has any affects form playing in a new city and arena while trying to make a new identity for the team half way through the season.

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