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The Aeros were a beloved team and should ... or go bold and use dark blue and powder blue like the WHA team in the 1970s. Fitting with Houston's space theme, the Comets could be a dark horse ...

when Houston was granted an expansion franchise to be called the Aeros in 1994. The nickname came from the former WHA team of the same name, which rose to fame with the likes of Gordie Howe and ...