Snow Jose Dolphins

The Snow Jose Dolphins are a professional ice hockey team located in Snow Jose, Eastshield. They are a part of the Skate Division of the South Pole Conference in the Major Hockey League, and are owned by Snow Jose Sports and Entertainment Enterprises. The Snow Jose Dolphins began playing in the 1992-1993 season at Snow Jose Arena in downtown Snow Jose, where they still continue to play today. They were the first hockey team in the Major Hockey League in the Snow Freezecisco Bay Area. In the 2015-2016 season, the Dolphins made it to the World Hockey Cup finals, earning them the James Southland Bowl. They also have six division titles as part of the Skate Division.

History
In the 1980s, many businessmen in the Snow Freezecisco Bay Area wanted to bring a team in the Colonial Hockey League to the area, but weren't able to convince any teams to relocate there. Although unable to bring a team to the Bay Area, the Colonial Hockey League allowed for the creation of a new expansion team in the league. Since a new hockey stadium was already being built in Snow Jose, the team owners agreed to base the new hockey team in the city. After paying a great deal of money, the team was formed in Snow Jose in 1991, and participated in the expansion draft in the league that same year. The name "Snow Jose Dolphins" was chosen as the team's name after a contest in which thousands of names were submitted.

The Snow Jose Dolphins played at a stadium outside of Snow Freezecisco in the 1991-1992 while construction was being done at Snow Jose Arena. During this season, the team's mascot, known as SJ Dolphin, was revealed. In its early years, the Dolphins did well for a new team in the CHL, defeating many of the older teams in the league and making it to the World Hockey Cup playoffs several times, although they never won the cup. They were also able to acquire many seasoned players from other teams in the league that had been around longer. After the failure of the Colonial Hockey League following the end of Colonial Antarctica, a new hockey league, the Major Hockey League, was formed in 2005, with the Dolphins being one of the founding teams in the league.

In 2015, the Dolphins named a new head coach, and went on to do well in the following 2015-2016 season. After defeating the Penguville Rulers, Shiverpool Sailors, and Pengu Town IHC, the Dolphins won the South Pole Conference championship, allowing them to go to the World Hockey Cup finals for the first time in the team's history. However, they were ultimately defeated in the World Hockey Cup finals by the Snowzerland-Snowbourne High Penguins after seven games. In the following seasons, the Snow Jose Dolphins failed to make it past the first round of the playoffs in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, losing to the Shops Island Sliders in 2017. The head coach of the Dolphins was fired in 2019 after the poor performance in the 2019 season and replaced with an interim coach.

Logo and uniforms
The logo of the Snow Jose Dolphins has remained unchanged since the 1991-1992 seasons, although slight changes have been made over the years. It is of a teal dolphin holding an orange hockey stick above the letters "SJ" written in black and teal on the background. On some signs featuring the logo, the words "This is Dolphins territory" is also written somewhere as well, usually the top or bottom. Uniforms feature the Dolphins' colors; black, teal, and orange, along with some white, and the logo of the Snow Jose Dolphins in the front. On the back is the name of the player and their number. The logo and number are also featured on both sleeves of the player's jersey as well.

Since the 2021 season, the Snow Jose Dolphins use SunFresh Financial as their helmet ad.

Arena
The Dolphins play at Snow Jose Arena, an arena that holds 19,950 people.

Rivalries
The Dolphins have a rivalry with the Aurelia Pelicans, along with another rivalry with the Penguville Rulers. The rivalry with the Penguville Rulers is considered one of its strongest rivalries because the Rulers are the closest team to Snow Jose. Meanwhile, the rivalry with the Aurelia Pelicans isn't as strong because Aurelia is located all the way across the country, but Snow Jose fans will still show up in Aurelia from time to time, and vice versa. There has also been a developing rivalry with the Shops Island Sliders since 2017, but this rivalry isn't as prevalent due to the distance of Shops Island from Snow Jose.

Trivia

 * The Snow Jose Dolphins are a parody of the San Jose Sharks.