Boston Bruins Signed Dominic Moore to One Year Deal and Las Vegas Franchise Trademarks Three Nicknames

The Boston Bruins announced on Tuesday that they have signed unrestricted free agent Dominic Moore to a one-year, 900,000-dollar contract. 

Moore, who spent the past three seasons with the New York Rangers, put up six goals and nine assists in 80 games during the 2015-2016 campaign. During the Blueshirts five Stanley Cup Playoff games last season, he added a goal. 

Moore will be playing for his 10^th National Hockey League team, when the 2016-2017 season begins. In 765 games between the Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks and Montreal Canadiens he has scored 89 goals and 156 assists, with 427 penalty minutes. 

Moore had a career high of 32 points, when he put up 18 goals and 14 assists during the 2010-2011 NHL season, with the Lightning. 

The Rangers selected Moore in the third round, 95^th overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

The Bruins also signed defensemen, Chris Casto and Alex Grant as well as forward, Brian Ferlin to one-year, two-way contracts on Tuesday as well. 

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The Las Vegas franchise has confirmed, last week, that they have registered the trademarks of three nicknames for the franchise. The names Desert Knights, Golden Knights and Silver Knights are the three potential names that have been trademarked by the club. 

Team owner, Bill Foley, had said on July 13, that he had hoped to have a logo and team name selected as quickly as possible, but trademark issues have caused some of the setbacks in the selection. He is hoping to have the name chosen before the two preseason games that the Los Angeles Kings will play at the T-Mobile Arena, in October. 

The Board of Governors for the NHL, awarded Las Vegas the 31^st franchise on June 22. 

Foley said, “My goal is to have a name that I can create a culture around and people, the players and the fans will understand the connection and the names of the team and it has to stand for a lot of things that I believe in, perseverance, dedication, honor, never give up, never give in. All these things I am trying to put together with a name.”

 

He added, “We want a name to fit our goals and what we are trying to accomplish, and I am really confident that we are going to hit it and do really well.”

 

Foley is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, he had said one of his first choices was the Black Knights, which is the nickname used at West Point, but that name did not go over well with hockey fans. 

He said, “I do listen to what fans are saying. Black Knights is not a popular name generally speaking amongst the fans. I think they would have loved it because I had a plan in place about what the Black Knight would be and how we would promote the logo and that name and that culture. But I believe we will do the same with the names that we are coming down to.”  

He did mention that Nighthawks was still on the table as a potential name for the franchise, but that it is not his top choice.