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NHL in Utah: second round voting for team name now open till June 20th



NHL in Utah: second round voting for team name now open till June 20th

by Jimbuub

45 Comments

  1. under_cooked_onions

    The fact that “Utah Hockey Club” is apparently one of the top 6 is absolutely wild to me.

  2. Ngl, they don’t have too many compelling choices on that ballot.

  3. Ecstatic-Arachnid-91

    Just voted for Outlaws. I think that sounds like a name I could get used to seeing.

  4. MinePlay512

    I believe the Blizzards would be just right for Utah.

  5. votrechien

    Have they not learned from John Scott about letting hockey fans do the voting?

  6. KoolDiscoDan

    So it’s down to:

    Utah Drinkware/Coolers

    Utah TV Show/Southern Rock Band/Biker gang

    Utah Dairy Queen ‘Treat’

    Utah Hockey Club you know like they do in Europe and here when you have a problematic name.

    Utah Marvel comic character turned movie franchise

    Utah Mountain in California/Cave in Kentucky/band of a Van Halen kid

  7. TsarOfSaturn

    All six are really fucking stupid. Might as well call it Utah HC and just have black and white as the colors. Much more fitting for the plain, boring, mormon ass state

  8. HinduKussy

    Yeti and Blizzard are absolutely shit names.

    Yeti is a lazy copy of significant Avalanche history. They still use the secondary logo of a yeti footprint, for fucks sake. Not to mention, yetis have absolutely nothing to do with Utah, so there isn’t any significance there.

    Blizzard is simply far too similar to the Avalanche.

    HC is just so fuckin ridiculous.

    Outlaws and Mammoth are solid choices and have direct relevance to Utah, vast options for branding, and actually unique. It should definitely be one of those.

  9. alfondspond

    “The final name will be selected through a multi-factor process.” Fine print on the voting page that reads an awful lot like “we’ve pretty much already picked it.”

  10. Goldwings13

    There is some fascination they have with trying to pick a name that doesn’t end with “S”…trying to be like the Wild, Kraken, and Avalanche.

    But the names are all horrible. Ironically, the only one that isn’t bad is Outlaws, which ends with “S”.

  11. BagofMilk17

    Utah HC? If you guys choose this I’m coming to a game with soccer balls to throw on the ice. Yup, I hate the name- but that could be fun.
    Outlaws is the only unique name that doesn’t suck. I’m not just saying that to sell more bandana’s and toy 6-shooters.

  12. They need to be called the Outlaws. Imagine getting to come out onto the ice with Ghost Riders in the Sky blasting at outrageous volumes with Jets of fire shooting out of the roof.

  13. Outlaws and their schedule should be every game at high noon.

  14. elcabeza79

    They’re really going to miss out on the Utah Teetotallers. Shame.

  15. Specific_Joke8870

    I’m sad there are no bee themed ones – considering along with Mormons that’s one of Utah’s “things” and there are so many good options

    I feel like remaining ones are really generic or just remind me of another team – like Yeti?? I can’t associate that with anything but the avs

  16. Disappointed Utah/SLC Phoenixes isn’t an option.

  17. Xdfghijujsw

    “Utah Phoenix” don’t worry it won’t be weird. 🙃

  18. LeisureSuiteLarry

    I hate all those names. Even calling them the Utah Sisterwives would be better.

  19. I mean, there was so many options for names… and then they just skipped past them all and decided to name the team like it’s some small town minor hockey club.

  20. Fetty_is_the_best

    Utah Yeti is the worst name I’ve ever heard

  21. downrightwhelmed

    Isn’t the plural of mammoth “mammoths”?

  22. Unlikely_Basis_9634

    Stormin Mormons or deseret soakers are better than all the options way to go shitty smitty

  23. Villainitus1

    Outlaws I think fits utah better than the rest of the names

  24. Sensitive_Mousse_445

    What about Utah Scorpions? Utah Vipers? Idfk at this point, not really digging the other options

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