Utah Hockey Club down to final 3 names: Hockey Club, Mammoth, and Outlaws (upd: Wasatch already nixed)

[VivaLasVegas]

Guess I'm still disappointed that they didn't choose the Utah Bees just so the announcers could say, "They are really buzzing around out there."

The yellow-stripped uniforms with the antennae on their helmets would have looked pretty cool too.

 

[paulmm3]

In person voting only? I'm working Sunday but I'll attend the games tomorrow and Tuesday and vote Outlaws.

Triple A baseball team is the Bees. Should have bought the ECHL Grizzlies name and logo though. All better choices than the singular "Mammoth" or Utah Hockey Club.

 

[Legion34]

Las Vegas Knights wouldn't gotten approved by the trademark board cause there's a hockey team in canada that uses knights.

I live here. In Canada we have an 8 team football league (CFL) that had two teams

Saskatchewan Rough Riders and The
Ottawa Rough Riders.

Considering at one point a full 25% of a professional league was named the rough riders im sure we could work something out

 

[The Burdened]

Just pick Mammoth and be done with it.
- it has meaning to the state of Utah
- there is no other elephant adjacent mascot in American sports save for Alabama Crimson Tide
- could do so cool logos and jerseys
- could have a fun mascot named Woolly

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Utah Hockey Club is easily the best. Every hockey team should be just that, almost every team name is cringe.

Good point, poster #934812. I.. can’t believe you’re serious. City names themselves are unnecessary and rather cringe, I’d rather be “city #408 sport #4 athletic club,” ya know?

 

[nowhereman]

It should be The Outlaws. The marketing opportunities are endless and it sounds downright badass.

The only argument against seems to be from the bleeding hearts who don't think a hockey team should encourage criminal activity. They should probably shut up.

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

It should be The Outlaws. The marketing opportunities are endless and it sounds downright badass.

The only argument against seems to be from the bleeding hearts who don't think a hockey team should encourage criminal activity. They should probably shut up.

I really like the outlaws, but I agree. I'm sure the league will be super involved to ensure the logos wouldn't be too menacing. And it's an unfortunate guarantee no logo will include a gun, despite the usual outlaw being portrayed as a wild west era gunslinger. God forbid we have a cartoon image of a gun, it will be directly responsible for the next act of gun violence of course.

 

[Jumptheshark]

with them not able to get the YEti name--I doubt they could get the Outlaw name

 

[DougBodger]

What the mother f- is a Knickerbocker, why is the team in Toronto named after a foliage (obviously that’s not why but if we are just going to pretend to be ignorant then…) and why are famous teams in baseball called “Sox” and have actual socks for logos?

We can play this game all day. It’s weird because you aren’t used to it. Your ignorance doesn’t mean it can’t eventually work. Do you think the majority of folks actually know why most teams are named they were or what the true origin stories are? You don’t think regionally important names have been used throughout professional sports history?

I think you misunderstood my post. I'm fine with a regional name - but a name which will more times than not be pronounced incorrectly outside the region the team exists in is problematic IMO.

Just pick Mammoth and be done with it.
- it has meaning to the state of Utah
- there is no other elephant adjacent mascot in American sports save for Alabama Crimson Tide
- could do so cool logos and jerseys
- could have a fun mascot named Woolly

Meet Wooly, the Colorado Mammoth mascot.

https://coloradomammoth.com/fans/wooly/

 

[BB79]

Some outlaws live by the side of a lake
The minister's daughter's in love with a snake
Who lives in a well by the side of the road...

Easy goal song for Outlaws

 

[RDTBay4]

Utah Latter-day Saints.

Like New Orleans in the NFL, but Utah.

 

[njdevils1982]

I live here. In Canada we have an 8 team football league (CFL) that had two teams

Saskatchewan Rough Riders and The
Ottawa Rough Riders.

Considering at one point a full 25% of a professional league was named the rough riders im sure we could work something out

small technicality. Saskatchewan does not have a space in their nickname while Ottawa did.

 

[Legion34]

small technicality. Saskatchewan does not have a space in their nickname while Ottawa did.

So in theory. If they were the Utah yetis it would be fine right?

 

[robertmac43]

As an aside, these singular sports team names have got to stop.

For real. The PWHL suffered from the same thing. Stop going with the perceived safe short names and do something more meaningful.

 

[njdevils1982]

So in theory. If they were the Utah yetis it would be fine right?

of course not.

in other fun facts the hawks removed the space in their name starting in the '87 season.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I really like the outlaws, but I agree. I'm sure the league will be super involved to ensure the logos wouldn't be too menacing. And it's an unfortunate guarantee no logo will include a gun, despite the usual outlaw being portrayed as a wild west era gunslinger. God forbid we have a cartoon image of a gun, it will be directly responsible for the next act of gun violence of course.

I lived in DC when they changed the basketball team's name from Bullets to Wizards. I don't think anyone then or now thinks that mascots cause gun violence. But I personally found it in poor taste for a basketball team to be called the "Bullets" in a city where almost 500 people a year were dying from gun violence.

There are a lot of talented graphic designers out there, I'm sure they can come up with a suitably badass 'Outlaws' logo without fetishizing handguns. Don't think that makes them "bleeding hearts" for doing so

 

[yukoner88]

Utah Mammoth could potentially have a sweet logo

 

[Hank Plank]

The outlaw Jozi Vales.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

I was on the Utah Outlaws bandwagon a year ago and I'm happy to see it added back in. I think it's pretty obviously going to be Mammoth.

Anything but boring Utah Hockey Club. What's next? Atlanta Athletes?

 

[majormajor]

It should be The Outlaws. The marketing opportunities are endless and it sounds downright badass.

The only argument against seems to be from the bleeding hearts who don't think a hockey team should encourage criminal activity. They should probably shut up.

I really like the outlaws, but I agree. I'm sure the league will be super involved to ensure the logos wouldn't be too menacing. And it's an unfortunate guarantee no logo will include a gun, despite the usual outlaw being portrayed as a wild west era gunslinger. God forbid we have a cartoon image of a gun, it will be directly responsible for the next act of gun violence of course.

I wanted Outlaws but I doubt the gun issue is why that name didn't get picked. There's all sorts of awesome imagery you could use outside of guns.

 

[S E P H]

Honest question...what sounds better?

1. Utah Mammoth/Mammoths
2. Utah Ice Raptors
3. Utah Polar Raptors

For the lot who know the law, can't they just go with Ice Raptors?

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

I lived in DC when they changed the basketball team's name from Bullets to Wizards. I don't think anyone then or now thinks that mascots cause gun violence. But I personally found it in poor taste for a basketball team to be called the "Bullets" in a city where almost 500 people a year were dying from gun violence.

There are a lot of talented graphic designers out there, I'm sure they can come up with a suitably badass 'Outlaws' logo without fetishizing handguns. Don't think that makes them "bleeding hearts" for doing so

Having an "outlaw" with pistols doesn't glamorize guns but rather paints and accurate picture of what an outlaw has been for centuries.

In this instance it's bad guys with guns, but all the people who demonize guns/bullet references in sports are ignoring that good guys use those and they can be tools of good?

There's team logos and names of deadly natural disasters, teams have swords in name and logo, references to fire in names and logos. Guns have saved lives, a hurricane never has.

 

[S E P H]

Can they do Yeti(s) plural?

These names suck man. Why is it always the baffoons making these calls. I'm sure HFboards could come up with a good list of names in a day easy

It's not their fault, they both tried Yeti and Yetis which got denied due to similarity with the company named Yeti which make those waterbottles and thermals.

Utah Mammoth is a great name.

I agree too! But I do think something with Raptors is the best of the best.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Outlaws would be my vote. Tons of marketing stuff could be done with that, plus it ties directly into the history of the state. Thousands of fans in neckerchiefs would be fun.

I would have gone with Mastodons instead of Mammoth. Mastodons sounds more badass to me than Mammoth. Plus animal names shouldn't be singular.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Having an "outlaw" with pistols doesn't glamorize guns but rather paints and accurate picture of what an outlaw has been for centuries.

In this instance it's bad guys with guns, but all the people who demonize guns/bullet references in sports are ignoring that good guys use those and they can be tools of good?

There's team logos and names of deadly natural disasters, teams have swords in name and logo, references to fire in names and logos. Guns have saved lives, a hurricane never has.

Setting aside the issue of good taste, consider this:

Given the epidemic of school shootings in this country, there are plenty of middle/high schools where students are barred from wearing clothing on campus with depictions of guns.

With that in mind, do you think it would be a good idea for your business to prominently feature a handgun in its logo if your goal is to maximize revenue by selling merchandise and apparel to young people?