'Name A Snowplow' Contest Winners: 'Blizzo,' 'Sleetwood Mac,' And More

ST. PAUL, MN — "Yer a Blizzard, Harry," "Blizzo" and six other names were chosen as winners of the 2023 "Name a Snowplow" contest, the Minnesota of Transportation announced Wednesday.

A snowplow from each of MnDOT’s eight districts will receive one of the newly-chosen names.

More than 64,000 people voted in the contest

The winning names, in order of vote totals, and their future homes are:

• Yer a Blizzard, Harry – District 8 (Southwest Minnesota)
• Blizzo – Metro District (Twin Cities)
• 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 for all 60 finalists can be found below:

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

MnDOT now has 25 named snowplows statewide, including:

• Plowy McPlowFace
• Betty Whiteout
• Duck Duck Orange Truck
• The Big Leplowski
• Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for the North Wind)