Fantasy Hockey League Name Generator

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Generate fantasy hockey league names and office pool titles built on rink slang, Stanley Cup jokes, scoring formats and keeper leagues, such as Five Hole Federation, The Sin Bin Society, Keepers of the Crease and Lord Stanley's Pool.

About fantasy hockey league names

A fantasy hockey league needs one name that every manager lives with, from the draft before opening night to the last week of the fantasy playoffs in spring. It heads the standings page, titles the group chat and, in plenty of leagues, ends up on a homemade trophy. Whether your group calls it a league or a pool, the name sets the tone before anyone sets a lineup.

Hockey has more slang to play with than almost any sport. The five hole, the sin bin, top shelf, bar down, the biscuit and the beer league all turn up, in names such as Five Hole Federation, The Sin Bin Society and Wednesday Night Beer League. Fantasy formats bring their own jokes: hits and blocks, plus-minus arguments, goalie streaming and the first power play unit. Keeper and dynasty leagues get titles such as Keepers of the Crease and Prospect Pipeline League.

Trophy names lean on the Stanley Cup, first awarded in 1893 and still engraved with the winners' names. Sixteen Wins Society counts the four best-of-seven rounds it takes to lift it. About one name in six puns on a player, from Gretzky and Orr to current stars. Those date quickly, so many leagues save them for a division or a side award.

How to choose fantasy hockey league names

  • Decide whether you are a league or a pool. In Canada a fantasy hockey league is often simply called a hockey pool, so The Office Hockey Pool or Lord Stanley's Pool may sound more natural to your group than anything ending in League.
  • Let the scoring show. Hits and Blocks Believers, Points Only Purists and Frozen Categories League tell a new manager what kind of league this is before they read the settings.
  • Keep it to about 30 characters if you can. Short names fit a league header, a group chat title and the plate on a trophy, and a longer joke can live in the league description.
  • If there is a trophy, pick a name that reads well on it. The Commissioner's Cup, Lake Cabin Cup and Original Six Invitational sound like events with some history, even in year one.
  • Chirping is part of hockey, but keep the league name about the game and not about one manager. A joke everyone is in on, such as HR-Approved Chirping League, lasts longer than one aimed at last year's last-place finisher.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good fantasy hockey league name?

A good one is about the group or the sport, not one roster, and still works after several seasons. Rink slang is a safe start because every manager gets it: Top Shelf League, Bar Down Brotherhood and Light the Lamp League are examples from this list. If your league has its own running joke, use that first.

Are there names for keeper and dynasty hockey leagues?

Yes. Long-running leagues can look at Keepers of the Crease, Original Six Dynasty, Prospect Pipeline League and Twenty Winters Deep. There are also jokes about rebuilds and prospects, such as Tank for the Top Pick and Goalies Take Longer, which only a keeper league will fully appreciate.

Do these names work for an office hockey pool?

Yes. One group of names is written for workplaces, including Water Cooler Hockey Pool, Reply All Hat Trick and Out of Office for Puck Drop. The list avoids crude humor, though a few names mention beer leagues and sports bars, so check those against your workplace before posting one in a company chat. Choose something every department understands, because new colleagues tend to join each fall.

Should the league be named after a player?

You can, and the list has puns such as McDavid Copperfield League, Caufield of Dreams League and Moves Like Jagr League. Trades and retirements make those feel dated sooner than a slang or trophy name. Names built on all-time greats, such as The Great One Invitational, hold up longer than names built on this season's breakout.

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A: 17 names

  • A Day With the Cup
  • Abolish Plus-Minus Alliance
  • Accounting Department Hockey Pool
  • Accounts Payable Penalty Box
  • Accuracy Shooting Club
  • Again! Bag Skate League
  • Aging Core League
  • AHL Call-Up Conference
  • Alumni Game Dynasty
  • Ankle Benders Anonymous
  • Annual Office Playoff Pool
  • Another Brick in the Woll
  • Apple Pickers Association
  • Apples and Ginos League
  • Art Ross Race League
  • Auction Draft Arena
  • Auston Powers League

B: 45 names

  • Backcheck Brotherhood
  • Backhand Shelf League
  • Backup Goalie Blues
  • Backyard Rink Brotherhood
  • Bad Knees, Good Hands
  • Bag Skate Survivors
  • Bangers and Mash League
  • Bar Down Brotherhood
  • Bardownski Conference
  • Barkov Up the Right Tree
  • Basement Mini Sticks League
  • Bedard to the Bone
  • Beer League All-Stars Association
  • Beer League Legends Pool
  • Best-on-Best Invitational
  • Between Periods Zamboni Club
  • Between the Pipes Guild
  • Billet Family League
  • Black Ice League
  • Blade Runners League
  • Blades of Glory League
  • Blades of Steel League

B, continued

  • Blue Line Brotherhood
  • Blue Paint Bureau
  • Boardroom Body Checkers
  • Boards and Glass Guild
  • Bob's Your Goalie League
  • Boldy Go League
  • Boss Picks First Overall
  • Bottom Six Believers
  • Bourque-Life Balance League
  • Boxing Day Classic
  • Bragging Rights Cup
  • Branch Office Blue Liners
  • Bratt Pack League
  • Brayden Point Break
  • Break Room Blue Line
  • Breakaway Brotherhood
  • Breakout Season Bureau
  • Bridge Deal Conference
  • Brodeur Horizons League
  • Brothers-in-Law Hockey Pool
  • Bubble Hockey Bar League
  • Builders Category Club
  • Buyout Window League

C: 40 names

  • C-League Champions Conference
  • Cake Eaters Conference
  • Calder Chasers League
  • Car! Game On!
  • Casual Friday Jersey League
  • Caufield of Dreams League
  • Celebrini Good Times League
  • Center Ice Circle Club
  • Ceremonial Puck Drop Club
  • Charlestown Chiefs Alumni Pool
  • Chasing Lord Stanley
  • Cheap Skates League
  • Check Mates League
  • Chel Legends League
  • Chill Factor Federation
  • Chirp Line Conference
  • Chirping from the Bench
  • Chuck-a-Puck Classic
  • Clapper from the Point
  • Club Hockey Alumni Association
  • Coach's Challenge Conference
  • Coffee Break Breakaway League
  • Coffey Is for Closers
  • Cold as Ice Conference
  • College Roommates Rink League
  • Commissioner's Bench Minor
  • Commute Home Radio Call
  • Contract Year Wingers
  • Cooley and the Gang League
  • Core Four Keepers
  • Corner Office Corner Battles
  • Corsi and Fenwick Society
  • Cottage Country Hockey Pool
  • Cousins' Cup
  • Crease Crashers Conference
  • Crease Is the Word
  • Crease Lightning League
  • Cross-Check Your Work League
  • Cubicle Crease Crashers
  • Cup Window Dynasty

D: 18 names

  • D-Division Dynasty
  • Datsyukian Deke League
  • Day Shift vs. Night Shift Cup
  • DeBrincat in the Hat League
  • Delayed Penalty Conference
  • Department of League Safety
  • District Five Dynasty
  • Do You Believe in Miracles
  • Double Overtime Bedtime
  • Draft and Follow Dynasty
  • Draft Day Dekes
  • Driveway Net Dynasty
  • Drop-In Hockey Association
  • Ducks Fly Together League
  • Dump and Chase League
  • Dusters and Grinders League
  • Dynasty of the Dot
  • Dynasty on Ice

E: 11 names

  • East Coast Puck Drop League
  • Eichel Tower League
  • ELC Slide Rule Club
  • Empty Net Invitational
  • Empty Netters Anonymous
  • End-to-End Rush
  • Engraved on the Cup
  • Entry Draft Circuit
  • Exceptional Status League
  • Expected Goals Association
  • Extra Attacker Alliance

F: 26 names

  • Faceoff Dot Federation
  • Faceoff Wins Federation
  • Family Hockey Pool
  • Farm Team Federation
  • Fastest Skater Federation
  • Federal League Rejects
  • Finance Floor Faceoff
  • Firehouse Faceoff League
  • First Overall Federation
  • First Star of the Week
  • Five for Fighting Federation
  • Five Hole Federation
  • Fleury of Activity League
  • Foghorn Federation
  • Forecheck Federation
  • Former Coworkers Hockey Pool
  • Four Straight Cups Dynasty
  • Franchise Cornerstone Conference
  • Fresh Sheet Society
  • Friday Night Shinny
  • Friendly Chirps Federation
  • Frozen Assets League
  • Frozen Categories League
  • Frozen FAAB League
  • Frozen Four Scouts League
  • Fuhr Elise League

G: 22 names

  • Garage League Greats
  • Garbage Goal Association
  • Generational Talent Watch
  • Glass Bangers Union
  • Glove Save and a Beauty
  • Goal Horn Guild
  • Goal Judge Society
  • Goal Oriented League
  • Goal Setting Seminar
  • Goalie Carousel Conference
  • Goalie of the Future Club
  • Goalie Tandem Troubles
  • Goalies Are a Mystery League
  • Goalies Take Longer
  • Goals Against Average Association
  • Goals, Assists and Grit League
  • Gordie Howe Hat Trick League
  • Grandpa's Hockey Pool
  • Great White North Classic
  • Gretzky's Office Pool
  • Grinder Line Guild
  • Group Chat Goal Horn

H: 27 names

  • Handshake Line Society
  • Hansel and Guentzel League
  • Hanson Brothers Invitational
  • Happy Gilmour League
  • Hardest Shot Conference
  • Hart Trophy Hopefuls
  • Hat Trick or Treat League
  • He Shoots, He Scores
  • Healthy Scratch Club
  • Hellebuyck Stops Here
  • Hello, Dahlin
  • Heritage Classic Hockey Pool
  • Hertl Power League
  • Hip Check Association
  • Hits and Blocks Believers
  • Hockey in June League
  • Hockey Moms Run This League
  • Hockey Night in the Basement
  • Hockey Night in the Group Chat
  • Hockey Parents Association
  • Hockey Pokey League
  • Hoist the Cup
  • House League Heroes
  • Howe About That League
  • HR-Approved Chirping League
  • Hughes Line Is It Anyway
  • Hull and Oates League

I: 9 names

  • Ice Fishing Shack League
  • Ice Guys Finish Last
  • Ice Ice Baby League
  • Ice to Meet You League
  • Iggy Pop Invitational
  • Igor Beaver League
  • Injured Reserve Stash
  • Intramural Broomball Champions
  • IT Department Icing Calls

J: 1 name

  • Jack Adams Association

K: 9 names

  • Keep Your Stick on the Ice
  • Keeper of the Cup League
  • Keepers of the Crease
  • Kick Save Classic
  • Kirill Instinct League
  • Knee Hockey Conference
  • Knuckle Puck Conference
  • Kuch Surfing League
  • Kurri in a Hurry League

L: 23 names

  • Lady Byng Gentlemen's League
  • Lady Byng Good Conduct Society
  • Lafleur Power League
  • Lake Cabin Cup
  • Lamp Lighters Guild
  • Last Change League
  • Le Magnifique League
  • Left Wing Lock Conference
  • Legal Department Coach's Challenge
  • Leon the Professional League
  • Letang Clan League
  • Lettuce and Flow League
  • Life of Rielly League
  • Light the Lamp League
  • Like a Bossy League
  • Line Combos League
  • Locker Room Boombox
  • Long Distance Linemates
  • Lord Stanley's Mug
  • Lord Stanley's Pool
  • Lower Body, Week-to-Week
  • Lunch Hour Line Change
  • Luongo Story Short

M: 19 names

  • MacKinnon Cheese League
  • Major Junior Scouts Association
  • Major Minor League
  • Makar-ena League
  • Malkin in the Middle League
  • Marketing Line vs. Engineering Line
  • McDavid Copperfield League
  • Men's League Hall of Fame
  • Mikita's Donuts League
  • Mini Cup Invitational
  • Miracle on Ice League
  • Miro, Miro on the Wall
  • Misconduct Unbecoming League
  • Mites on Ice Invitational
  • Modano Lisa League
  • Monday Morning Goalie Coaches
  • Mouthguard Chewers Union
  • Moves Like Jagr League
  • Mute Button Minor Penalty

N: 12 names

  • Natural Hat Trick Society
  • Net-Front Presence Union
  • Neutral Zone Trap League
  • New Hire Expansion Draft
  • New Year's Day Outdoor Classic
  • Night Shift Netminders
  • Nine-Game Tryout League
  • Ninety-Nine Problems League
  • No-Trade Clause Conference
  • Norris Trophy Nominees
  • Northern Lights Hockey League
  • Not Throwing Away My Shot League

O: 26 names

  • October to June
  • Octopus on the Ice
  • Odd-Man Rush Alliance
  • Off the Crossbar Club
  • Off-Night Schedulers Union
  • Offer Sheet Dynasty
  • Offside Chance League
  • Offside Review Board
  • Old Barn Organ Society
  • Old-Time Hockey League
  • Old-Timers Dynasty
  • Old-Timers' Hockey Pool
  • On Thin Ice
  • One-Timer Union
  • Open Office Open Ice
  • Opening Night Puck Drop
  • Organ Music and Goal Horns
  • Original Six Dynasty
  • Original Six Invitational
  • Orr Else League
  • Oshie-Wan Kenobi League
  • Out of Office for Puck Drop
  • Outdoor Game Invitational
  • Outdoor Rink Invitational
  • Ovi's Office League
  • Owen Power Play League

P: 31 names

  • Parent-Teacher Conference
  • Pasta la Vista League
  • PDO Truthers
  • Penalty Box Office League
  • Penalty Box Regulars
  • Penalty Kill Specialists
  • Penalty Shot Panel
  • Peripheral Stats Society
  • PIMs Still Count Here
  • Ping Off the Pipe
  • Pipe Dreams League
  • Pipeline Dynasty
  • Pitter Patter League
  • Pivot Table Power Play
  • Plant Floor Playoff Pool
  • Plante-Based League
  • Playoff Beards Association
  • Plus-Minus Haters Club
  • Points Only Purists
  • Poke Check Conference
  • Pond Hockey Association
  • Power Play Points Bureau
  • Power Play Union
  • PP1 or Bust
  • Prospect Pipeline League
  • Prospect Pool Party
  • Puck Luck League
  • Puckleberry Finn Society
  • Pucks in a Row League
  • Pull the Goalie
  • Pylon Appreciation Society

Q: 1 name

  • Quality Starts Conference

R: 18 names

  • Rebuild, Year Nine
  • Red Line Rules Committee
  • Regional Office Rivalry Cup
  • Reply All Hat Trick
  • Retired Numbers in the Rafters
  • Retirement Party Alumni Pool
  • Retool, Not Rebuild
  • Ring Around the Rink
  • Rink Burger Conference
  • Rink Rat Alumni Association
  • Rink Rats League
  • Rinky Dinks League
  • River Ice Classic
  • Road Hockey Alumni Association
  • Road to Sixteen Wins
  • Rocket Richard Race
  • Rookie of the Year Race
  • Roto on the Rocks

S: 47 names

  • Sales Team Snipe Show
  • Saucer Pass Society
  • Save Percentage Scholars
  • Scheifele Board League
  • Second Unit Blues
  • Sedin Stone League
  • See You Next October
  • Seider House Rules League
  • Selke Snubs Society
  • Seventh Man Society
  • Shinny Society
  • Shootout Specialists Guild
  • Shop Floor Shinny League
  • Short Shift Collective
  • Shorthanded Alliance
  • Shot Volume Association
  • Shots on Goal Syndicate
  • Shutout Streak Society
  • Sieve Support Group
  • Silky Mitts Society
  • Six Ounces of Rubber
  • Sixteen Wins Society
  • Skate Expectations League

S, continued

  • Skate Guard Guild
  • Skate Sharpening Guild
  • Slap Happy League
  • Small Town Arena Association
  • Snake Draft Showdown
  • Snowed-In Hockey Pool
  • Sock Tape Federation
  • Sophomore Slump Society
  • Spin-o-Rama Circuit
  • Sports Bar Hockey Pool
  • Spreadsheet Snipers League
  • Stadium Series Circuit
  • Staff Room Stanley Pool
  • Starting Goalie Watch
  • Stevie Y Not League
  • Stick and Puck Sessions
  • Stick to the Plan League
  • Sticker Book Society
  • Sticks and Stones Circuit
  • Stream the Goalie
  • Streamers on Ice
  • Street Hockey Legends League
  • Sudden Death Overtime
  • Sunday Morning Skate League

T: 67 names

  • Table Hockey Federation
  • Take a Hintz League
  • Tank for the Top Pick
  • Tape-to-Tape Association
  • Teachers' Lounge Hockey Pool
  • Teemu Spirit League
  • Tendy Union
  • The Barn Burner League
  • The Commissioner's Cup
  • The Conn Smythe Conference
  • The Dangle Dynasty
  • The Dryden Pose League
  • The Family Feud on Ice
  • The Five-Year Rebuild
  • The Flying V League
  • The Frozen Classic
  • The Frozen Pond League
  • The Good Old Hockey Game League
  • The Great Eight League
  • The Great One Invitational
  • The Group Chirp
  • The Hockey Sweater Society
  • The Intern Took a Goalie First
  • The King Henrik Classic
  • The Line Blender
  • The Loser Point League
  • The Messier the Better
  • The Minor League Shuttle
  • The Morning Skate Report
  • The Name on the Front
  • The Offer Sheet Club
  • The Office Hockey Pool
  • The Original Six League

T, continued

  • The Price Is Right Invitational
  • The Puck Stops Here
  • The Rat Trick League
  • The Real McAvoy League
  • The Silver Chalice League
  • The Sin Bin Society
  • The Situation Room
  • The Snipe Show
  • The Summit Series League
  • The Trade Bait Board
  • The Winter Classic League
  • Third Period Collapse Club
  • Three Periods, No Excuses
  • Three Stars of the Night
  • Three Stars Selection Committee
  • Tinfoil Stanley Cup League
  • Tip of the Iceberg
  • Tkachuk Norris League
  • Toe Drag Federation
  • Too Many Men on the Ice
  • Top Pair Defensemen Union
  • Top Shelf League
  • Top Six Forwards League
  • Towel Power League
  • Trade Deadline Tribunal
  • Trapezoid Rule Committee
  • Triple Deke Society
  • Trocheck Yourself
  • Tube Skates Society
  • Tuch and Go League
  • Twenty Winters Deep
  • Two Hundred by Eighty-Five Club
  • Two Minutes for Tripping
  • Two-Way Forwards Federation

U: 2 names

  • Ullmark My Words
  • Upper Body, Day-to-Day

V: 3 names

  • Vasy Does It
  • Vezina Voters League
  • Vulcanized Rubber League

W: 20 names

  • Waiver Claim Committee
  • Waiver Wire Wingers
  • Warehouse Hockey Pool
  • Water Cooler Hockey Pool
  • Wax and Tape Association
  • Wayne's World on Ice
  • Wednesday Night Beer League
  • Weekly Matchup Mayhem
  • West Coast Start Time Club
  • Where Mama Hides the Cookies
  • Whiteout Conditions
  • Window of Contention League
  • Winter Is Coming League
  • Wooden Stick Era League
  • Work Friends Winter Classic
  • Working Lunch Waiver Wire
  • World Juniors Holiday Dynasty
  • World Juniors Watchers League
  • Wraparound Alliance
  • Wrister Circuit

Y: 1 name

  • Young Core Dynasty

Z: 3 names

  • Zamboni Lap League
  • Zone Starts Bureau
  • Zoom Meeting Zamboni Break

0-9: 2 names

  • 10:45 Ice Time League
  • 6 A.M. Ice Time Club