NHL team in Utah is down to 6 finalists for a name

The NHL squad successful Utah is down to six finalists for a name.

Smith Entertainment Group announced Thursday nan choices person been narrowed to Blizzard, Mammoth, Outlaws, Venom, Yeti and Utah Hockey Club, aliases Utah HC.

Those are nan options fans person to take from aft nan process started pinch 20 possibilities and led to 520,000 votes. The nationalist has until nan extremity of nan time June 20 successful information 2 to find nan name.

Owner Ryan Smith has said he expects nan jerseys to person Utah connected them for nan inaugural season. He told The Associated Press upon taking power of nan franchise that nan sanction would impact Utah successful immoderate way.

Last week, SEG revenge 8 logo/wordmark applications involving nan authorities sanction aliases Utah Hockey Club successful ray bluish and black. That could extremity up being nan sanction aliases a placeholder until branding institution Doubleday & Cartwright develops semipermanent branding pinch a logo and colour strategy that will beryllium successful spot for nan 2025-26 season.

Smith’s group, which owns nan NBA’s Utah Jazz, bought nan squad formerly known arsenic nan Arizona Coyotes for $1.2 cardinal and relocated it to Salt Lake City. Carrying complete nan Coyotes sanction was not an action because erstwhile proprietor Alex Meruelo gets to clasp that logo pinch nan opportunity to bring nan franchise backmost if he tin get a suitable arena built successful nan Phoenix area.

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