Winnipeg has officially been unveiled as the next location for the Canadian Elite Basketball League and with that, the team's name was announced along with where they will play.
The league co-founder and commissioner attended the announcement at Canada Life Centre, the home of the NHL Winnipeg Jets that will be a re-configured 4,500-seat venue for the Sea Bears.
"Never been stronger," Morreale said. "It's been a lot of work. We have gone through a lot of growth in a relatively short period of time so managing that growth is important, but today was kind of the final thing we needed to do. The Sea Bears name was chosen in honour of the polar bear, whose Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means "sea bear." Manitoba is known for its polar bears at Hudson Bay."The look is supposed to be that it's looking at you thinking that it's going to eat you," Asper said with a smile.
The CEBL is partnered with Canada Basketball. Some of its players have also signed contracts with the National Basketball Association. Western clubs include the Vancouver Bandits, Edmonton Stingers, Calgary Surge, Saskatchewan Rattlers and Winnipeg. The eastern teams are the Brampton Honey Badgers, Scarborough Shooting Stars, Ottawa BlackJacks, Niagara River Lions and Montreal Alliance.The league announced the Guelph Nighthawks, playing in the smallest market in the loop, wasn't financially viable enough and the franchise was moving to Calgary. It was renamed the Surge in October.
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