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The Utah Hockey Club are in their inaugural season in Salt Lake City after their move from the desert and their previous identity as the Arizona Coyotes. They weren't able to settle on an official new identity and mascot, so they're simply known as the Utah Hockey Club for now.
Reports indicate that they were unable to secure a copyright to be known as the “Utah Yeti”, and the club is now allowing their fans to vote on what they feel the best new identity is. The initial choices that fans were given included their current name as well as the “Mammoth” and “Wasatch”.
However, the “Wasatch” didn't go over well with fans, and the team has since decided to scrap that choice and replace it with “Outlaws”, as they wrote on X.
“Hey Utah hockey fans! We listened to your feedback and dug into all the Qualtrics data from last night’s survey,” the team wrote on X. “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 Tuesday for you to vote for the options Utah Mammoth, Utah Hockey Club, and Utah Outlaws.”
The Utah Hockey Club will continue their schedule when they face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night at Delta Center.
The Utah Hockey Club are in their inaugural season in Salt Lake City
The decision by the NHL to move the Coyotes to Salt Lake City was a difficult one, as the league (and commissioner Gary Bettman in particular) had fought for years to keep the franchise in the desert. Despite multiple ownership changes, financial struggles, and attempts to secure a stable arena solution, the Coyotes' situation became too impractical to continue.
For the last two seasons prior to the current one, the Coyotes played at Mullett Arena, the college rink of the Arizona State Sun Devils that didn't even sit 5,000 spectators.
