Name a Snowplow contest

MnDOT’s 2022-23 Name a Snowplow contest

The votes are in!

This year, more than 64,000 people voted for their favorite names – and we’re excited to welcome eight new names to the MnDOT snowplow fleet.

Here are the eight winning names and where they’ll be found around the state:

Yer a Blizzard, Harry

District 8 (Southwest Minnesota)

Blizzo

Twin Cities (Metro District)

Clearopathtra

District 1 (Northeast Minnesota)

Better Call Salt

District 3 (Central Minnesota)

Han Snowlo

District 7 (South Central Minnesota)

Blader Tot Hotdish

District 2 (Northwest Minnesota)

Scoop! There It Is

District 6 (Southeast Minnesota)

Sleetwood Mac

District 4 (West Central Minnesota)

Vote totals

Below are the total votes cast for all 60 names. Individuals were able to vote for up to eight choices, so the final totals will differ from the overall number of votes. There was a total of 64,075 unique voters.

Rank	Name	Votes
1	Yer a Blizzard, Harry	15,248
2	Blizzo	14,935
3	Clearopathtra	12,729
4	Better Call Salt	12,112
5	Han Snowlo	11,361
6	Blader Tot Hotdish	10,901
7	Scoop! There it is	10,728
8	Sleetwood Mac	10,397
9	Taylor Drift	9,921
10	Sir Plows-a-Lot	9,741
11	Goonodaabaan (Ojibwe word for “snow vehicle”)	9,564
12	Aaron Brrrr, Sir	9,434
13	Ain't My First Snowdeo	9,389
14	Snow Force One	9,037
15	Hippoplowtamus	8,823
16	Plowabunga!	8,381
17	Just Scraping By	8,347
18	SKOL Plow	8,284
19	Harmon Chillebrew	8,156
20	Camp Scoopy	7,966
21	Alice Scooper	7,790
22	Clark Blizzwald	7,504
23	Beyonsleigh	7,428
24	Buzz Iceclear	7,413
25	Freeze Louise	7,391
26	Melton John	7,171
27	Ičamna (Dakota word for “blizzard”)	7,134
28	Waipahiƞte (Dakota word for “snow plow”)	7,082
29	I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered	6,609
30	Miracle on Ice	6,227
31	Best in Snow	6,173
32	Spirit of '91	6,134
33	Say it Ain't Snow	6,068
34	Optimus Brine	5,776
35	Mary Tyler More Snow	5,685
36	Ace of Blades	5,392
37	The Name's Plow, Snowplow	5,311
38	Plow Patrol	5,297
39	Here we Snow Again	5,281
40	Mighty Morphin Plower Ranger	5,244
41	Plower to the People	5,058
42	Bohemian Rhapsnowdy	4,959
43	One Plow Two Plow Red Plow Blue Plow	4,815
44	Orange You Glad to See Me	4,739
45	Ted Las-snow	4,594
46	Blades of Flurry	4,488
47	Bobsled Dylan	4,439
48	Bladezilla	4,291
49	Wolfgang Amadeus Snowzart	4,210
50	Lollaplowlooza	3,361
51	Queen El-ice-abeth II	3,099
52	Point of Snow Return	3,080
53	Paisley Plow	3,054
54	L’etoile du Nordy	3,009
55	Plowie Anderson	2,652
56	Kim KarDashing Thru the Snow	2,230
57	For Cold Times' Sake	2,025
58	Snow and Tell	1,429
59	It's a Squall World After All	1,215
60	As the Snow Flies	1,131