“Maybe after winning the championship, it would be nice to have a team name that is a part of our history,” Rabideau said.

Rabideau said that when he was at the Surge’s best of five series finale at the Municipal Park in Tupper Lake on Monday, fans of both the Riverpigs and the Surge suggested a name change.

Rabideau suggested the name Bootleggers to fans at the EPBL championship on Monday to honor Saranac Lake’s history of bootlegging during prohibition. Another fan suggested to Rabideau the team be called the Cure.

The idea to change the name is likely due to fact that Tupper Lake named their team the Riverpigs to represent the town.

A Saranac Lake Surge fan runs with a banner after the Surge won the Empire Professional Baseball League Championship on Monday in Tupper Lake. (Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

The name Riverpigs was chosen in 2019 to reflect the town’s logging history. River pigs were skilled loggers who broke up logjams on rivers.

“Let’s face it, Tupper Lake has a really cool name,” Rabideau said. “It is a part of Tupper Lake’s history, and the town and village embraced it.”

Rabideau said that the Saranac Lake Surge has good alliteration but it was not a name that Saranac Lake chose.

The name originated in 2015 when the Old Orchard Beach Surge were founded in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. At that point, the team played in the East Coast Baseball League.

The Surge joined the EPBL the following year, before relocating to Saranac Lake in 2019.

Rabideau said that he talked to EPBL President Eddie Gonzalez on Monday night during the game and he was pretty open-minded to the idea of changing the name.

“We are just throwing names out there,” Rabideau said. “If somebody else has a good name they can get a hold of me and we’ll see.”