A sold out Delta Center greets members of the newest NHL team, set to begin play in Utah for the 2024-2025 season
Subscribe to our channel for the latest hockey action by clicking the big, red shiny SUBSCRIBE button.
Breaking news, scores, stats, analysis & real-time highlights: https://www.nhl.com
Feeling social?
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nhl
Facebook: http://facebook.com/nhl
Instagram: http://instagram.com/nhl
44 Comments
The NHL didn’t choose. You let them move NHL
They will miss the playoffs next year too
I wish the players good luck in their individual careers but i'll not support the team from Utah. Coyotes fans from Poland are waiting for return hockey on the desert!
boring state.
What is the team name?
How would you feel if they took your NHL hockey team away from you? I feel so bad for the fan base of the Arizona Coyotes. They got screwed big time because of mismanagement.
Utah "Govornor" lol. Who the hell was doing the captions? 😂
Congratulations to Utah in getting an NHL team. It seems overdue but glad that Utah has a hockey team. I'm looking forward to seeing this team play and pinning their games next season. Can't wait to know their team name and logo.
No, konečně, tohle si kluci zaslouží, paráda, takže hodně toho sportovního štěstí kluci i trenér Tourigny, budeme Vám držet palečky 😊😊😊
This is good for Utah and the players especially. Feel for the Coyotes fans tho. My daughter got her husband to start going and he saw his first nhl game this year and loved it. My daughter grew up watching hockey and loves and kool her husband likes it now. Amazing how many tickets were sold and the Urah fans coming out to see the players. Hope everything goes well for Utah new team and players,fans.
Quebec City – averages 9,726 (in QMJHL) that's more than Arizona Coyotes and their AHL affiliate Tucson Roadrunners combined – 8,225. And they average over 18,000 a game in the playoffs. Quebec City has a population 839,311 (7th largest city in Canada – and larger than Winnipeg – 834,678). Entire province of Quebec has a population of 8,501,833 (2021) and 39,265 registered hockey players, and 66 NHL players. More than any US state (Minnesota had 59 NHL players this year).
Winnipeg has 800k people and does better than Phoenix, Arizona (6.1 million) in basically every metric. The team has a better attendance than Arizona (even before Mullet Arena). A higher valuation than Arizona. And generates more income than Arizona (Arizona actually loses money for the league). A city of 800k that until last year had an NHL team, AHL team, and a WHL team. That is a lot of hockey teams. Thrashers were valued at 135 million in 2010, and had a population of 5.5 million people. Winnipeg had a population of 731,000 and uses canadian currency, and the value of the team skyrocketed to $200 by 2012. They lost money in Atlanta, but generated revenue for the league in a small Canadian city of only 731,000 people in 2011.
Houston – no NHL team, no AHL team, no ECHL team (if they like hockey so much in Houston (7.1 million) wouldn't they have a team by now in ANY league? Mexico City also has a large population with ZERO hockey teams.) Population of Texas is 29,145,505 (2020). NHL players from Texas – 7
Kansas City – lost one NHL team already (Kansas City Scouts), and the ECHL team is bottom 5 in attendance in the ECHL where are the fans?
Atlanta – lost two NHL teams already (Atlanta Flames and the Atlanta Mistakes), lost 26 million a year, lost 130 million between 2005-2010, the ECHL team averages 41.3% capacity (4,900 fans). Population of Georgia is 10,711,908 (2020). Number of NHL teams in Atlanta = 2. NHL players from Georgia in 2022-2023 = 0. Hockey registration in Georgia after 19 years of hockey is 0.02% (2020-2021) or 1 out of every 500 people plays hockey.
There is a clear cut difference between hockey markets and large markets.
Fun Fact:
Every major population center in Canada (except one) ALREADY HAS AN NHL TEAM. It's literally just a matter of time.
1 Toronto Maple Leafs (5,647,656)
2 Montreal Canadiens (3,675,219)
3 Vancouver Canucks (2,426,160)
4 Calgary Flames (1,305,550)
5 Edmonton Oilers (1,151,635)
6 Ottawa Senators (1,068,821)
7 QUEBEC (839,311)
8 Winnipeg Jets (834,678)
EVERY NHL TEAM IN CANADA GENERATES REVENUE FOR THE LEAGUE
Fun Fact:
Salt Lake City will be the SECOND SMALLEST US Market in the NHL (after Buffalo)….congratulations NHL….Wisconsin has NO NHL team….what a loser league.
Houston, Atlanta, and Phoenix over Quebec City, Hamilton, Portland or Milwaukee makes me hate hockey.
It's a bunch of Americans literally making the sport worse, but too rich and low IQ to realize the impact.
A natural rivalry between VGK and SLC.
So what's the Team Name?
Alriiiight Liam O'Brien, you just got a fan here. Let's gooooo!!! 👊💥🏒
Governor*
Booo!!!!
wow
Can’t wait for this to be the loudest arena in the league Vegas reaction: good luck 😒
NHL has too many teams.
Welcome to Utah, NHL!
They’re gonna get gifted the 1st overall pick. Just watch.
I don't understand all of these "Utah finally has a hockey team" comments. Sure, this is our first major league hockey team, however hockey has been in Utah since 1969 with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles up to 1994, and the Utah Grizzlies from 1995 to now.
Let’s go! Utah Mormons!
From 4000 fans to over 12000+ overnight. The feeling must be very conflicting yet exciting for these players. Awesome.
Congratulations Utah yall got one of the worst teams in the nhl.
Please name them.
“The Utah’Elders”
Still no team name? Who's with me on Pioneers!
The funniest part about all this is that Utah, NOT Arizona, will prove to the league that YES hockey does work in the desert.
Idk utah if you believe everything that host said you're in for a rude awakening. You inherited doo doo.
The Utah Sister Wives
Utah Natives, Planning a Road Trip? May I recommend these places:
Montreal, QC
Toronto, ON
New York, NY
Nashville, TN
St. Louis, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
That announcer is first class… that "its on" at the end was perfect
Say bye to Arizona 👋🏔️🥳
Utah Unicorns 🦄
Utah Urinals.
Utah Umbrellas.
Utah Utensils.
Utah U-Turns.
Utah Umbilical Cords.
This is a good fit for Utah tbh. Baseball didn't really fit but hockey suits Salt Lake City
Utah Templars. Mormon temple logo type theme.
If they don't go with Skinwalkers as their name… I'm over them already…RIP Coyotes!
Makes sense
UTAH RAPTORS
Should be something that starts with T:
Utah Tigers
Utah Talons
Have such a better flow
Let's gooooooooo!!!!!!
They probably sold more tickets for this intro than the entirety of last season.
Utah Fighting Mormons