The NHL will be in Utah beginning next season. But the Salt Lake City-based team still needs a name.
We’ve seen a flurry of possibilities hit the internet since the Arizona Coyotes were officially sold to Qualtrics owner Ryan Smith and wife, Ashley, last week. Many have stemmed from recent trademark applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Uyte LLC, based in Delaware.
1. Utah Mammoth(s)
2. Utah Yetis
3. Utah Blizzard
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4. Utah HC
5. Utah Venom
6. Utah Outlaws
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7. Utah Ice
8. Utah Fury https://t.co/gBhOC2wJvw— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) April 24, 2024
Just pick any damn animal that lives in/near the mountains and call it a damn day
— Slick Dueceman, Attorney-at-lawl (@slickdueces) April 24, 2024
As opinions on the options pile up, we decided to do a ranking, entrusting Julian McKenzie and Sean McIndoe with determining which name suits the new Utah team best. They both ranked each team name on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is the best, 1 is the worst) and what you see below is based on the combined score between our judges.
1. Utah Yetis
McIndoe: 8
McKenzie: 6
McIndoe: I like it. I’ve seen a few people saying it should be “Yeti,” but we already have one recent team that went with a singular version of a mythological creature. Yetis is one of those names that…
