What will Utah’s NHL team be called? Here are 20 options

Possession of the NHL’s crew in Utah has given followers 20 selections to vote on for the franchise’s new identify, based on a survey despatched out Wednesday by Smith Leisure Group.

Proprietor Ryan Smith has instructed The Related Press the crew may have a reputation beginning with Utah. The inaugural season will characteristic jerseys with the identify of the state on them, with a reputation, brand and colours to debut for 2025-26 after work achieved by the branding firm Doubleday & Cartwright.

“Utah’s NHL crew is a neighborhood asset, and we wish to ensure that the neighborhood has a say in what the identify is,” stated Smith, whose group additionally owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz. “Utah has proven up for this crew from the second the NHL awarded us the franchise lower than three weeks in the past, and it’s only becoming that our followers get the uncommon alternative to assist identify the crew they’ll be cheering for.”

The choices supplied to select from are Frost, Ice, Powder, Mountaineers, Freeze, Mammoth, Black Diamonds, Blast, Caribou, Blizzard, Swarm, Hive, Outlaws, Yeti, Squall, Fury, Glaciers, Canyons, Venom and HC, which stands for Hockey Membership.

SEG purchased the Arizona Coyotes from former proprietor Alex Meruelo for $1.2 million and relocated the crew to Salt Lake Metropolis. Utah will begin play within the Jazz’s downtown enviornment, Delta Middle, and has the sixth choose within the NHL draft after not shifting up within the lottery gained Tuesday night time by San Jose.

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