A fair called World Expo '67 was held in the city two years before the team began to play in 1969. And Colorado has both mountains and snow. A flat-bodied fish. The Georgia state bird. The leaf is the national symbol of Canada.
Hockey is the national sport.
There you have it. But hockey players in Vancouver have worn this name for decades. Original owneer Frederic McLaughlin was commander of a World War I Army unit that called itself the Black Hawks. That name was in honor of a Sauk Indian chief who sided with the British in the War of 1812. The team, owned by the Disney company, liked the name too.