Assuming the ECHL 'Clones (or the League?) still own the logo rights, it wouldn't be worth the legal costs to challenge.
I can’t speak to the Northern Cyclones… but the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones are sponsored by the ECHL franchise and the owner Ray Harris is part of their leadership group.
www.jrcyclones.com
Still no clear indication of who owns & who is turning the gears for the NAHL Watertown Lakers. But the "soft opening" of the new Prairie Lakes Ice Arena was last night, and videos of the interior spaces reveal a very attractive facilility.
I believe @GindyDraws reference to "their old logo" was referring to the Northern Cyclones & the Palm Beach Typhoon.I can’t speak to the Northern Cyclones… but the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones are sponsored by the ECHL franchise and the owner Ray Harris is part of their leadership group.
Leadership
The Cincinnati Cyclones Youth Hockey Association is sponsored by The Cincinnati Cyclones Professional Hockey Team and are partnered with Northern Kentucky Youth Hockey Association.
At least Northern took a righthanded shot at dodging the legal challenge.
I mean, both Northern and Palm Beach were like "can we copy your homework?"
This twitter page was taken down. Not sure if that is a bad omen or they are just getting ready to officially launch the team.
Weird reply. Seeing as it is still down, I doubt it was due to technical difficulties.
Interesting catch. They were tweeting generally about NAHL commitments and things like that. I would say likely they are preparing for a more official launch given the amount of leaks about a team coming there and the new arena opening recently.
Ah, thanks.
As with all pay-to-play junior hockey business models, it's sustainable for however long parents/benefactors are willing to shell out the money for a chance to grab the brass ring of a college commitment opportunity.
And as long as there are 33 ownership groups willing to lose annual money to keep the merry-go-round running (their motivations ranging from civic development to corporate-based tax strategies to unrealized hockey dreams of their own), the NAHL carnival sites will remain open for business. Coming to a town near you ... 
You have to realize that it's not like every team is going to ever play against one another except in the Robertson Cup. The idea is to build regions of teams to minimize travel costs, particularly in the case of the Alaskan and Southwest teams. And this also makes it so it allows players feel more comfortable with playing for a team so they don't have to worry about homesickness.
