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Utah Hockey Club shares final three team name choices

KPCW | By Sydney Weaver

Published January 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM MST

Utah Hockey Club jersey is shown during a tour of the new temporary practice facility locker room at the Olympic Oval, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kearns, Utah.

Utah Hockey Club owner, the Smith Entertainment Group, has released the final name options for the National Hockey League’s newest team.

What started as a list of 20 has now been narrowed down to three: Utah Hockey Club, Utah Mammoth and Utah Outlaws.

Hey Utah hockey fans! We listened to your feedback and dug into all the Qualtrics data from last night’s survey. For the team name, it’s clear that Outlaws should be in the mix instead of Wasatch, so we’re swapping it out.

Surveys will continue at the arena Friday, Sunday and…
— Utah Hockey Club (@utahhockeyclub) January 30, 2025

The NHL reports one of the top choices in the first round of voting, Utah Yeti, is off the list after an SEG executive said YETI Coolers wasn’t willing to share the name.

Fans who attend any of Utah Hockey’s next three home games will be able to vote on the team’s permanent name.

In this round, fans will select their favorite name, logo and branding.

Utah Hockey will be at home Friday to face the Columbus Blue Jackets. The next two home games are Sunday against the St. Louis Blues and Feb. 4 against the Philadelphia Flyers.