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

[FMichael]

Utah HC is what'd I'd go with.

They need better jerseys though, the diagonal U-T-A-H is ugly and boring.

Yeah - outta those 3 choices I’d stay with HC as well.

 

[Zanon]

Terrible choices tbh

 

[BlueSeal]

How did the Beehive not get even a look?

 

[Kane One]

Utah HC. It’s definitely the best and would be unique for big 4 sports. Do it.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I always liked that aspect of it. Utah is the western conference Habs

So ...... you are suggesting the Utah Hab Nots?

 

[BKarchitect]

What is a Wasatch?

Wasatch is too regional. It's an obscure mountain range most people cannot pronounce correctly and won't care to when told otherwise.

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?

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Keep Utah HC, the haters can cry about it lol

I won't cry. I'll still be laughing in 10 years.

 

[Dirty Mind]

I hate non-plural names for teams in pro-sports. IMO “Kraken” is the only good one. These are all awful.

Speaking of non-plural names, the Wild franchise should be called the North Stars. Why not? It’s not like there’s no precedent for it, Major League Baseball has two teams with the Sox name.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

A boring and more kid friendly hybrid of a sasquatch and wasquatch.

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Stick with HC, atleast it's different

What? HC is different and Wasatch isn't.

 

[Andre Palot]

So no Utah McUtahfaces?

 

[Nogatco Rd]

We already have that. Have to believe they would get rejected again if they went that direction...

https://coloradomammoth.com/

I’m guessing they’ve already negotiated a deal with them in principle if they’re announcing it as a possibility. It does seem strange though considering there is some territorial overlap there

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I like Mammoth but it should be Mammoths.

Matches my first thought - but, after thinking a bit, Mammoths suggests large players, Mammoth says the team is a big thing, big deal, etc.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

I’m guessing they’ve already negotiated a deal with them in principle if they’re announcing it as a possibility. It does seem strange though considering there is some territorial overlap there

...so Yeti can't be used cuz of the cups & coolers, but another sport's franchise name can be used despite the fact that they play in the same geographic area of the US...makes sense...

 

[PettersonHughes]

They should be called the Best Around (Utah Best Around, nobody's gonna keep you down => shout out to Karate Kid).

For real though, as a Canucks fan I think unique names like Wasatch would be cool to showcase something local. Mammoth would be a close 2nd for me but I could see that being the most marketable of the 3.

 

[D Wakaluk]

What? HC is different and Wasatch isn't.

Oh yeah - it is. Just blocked it out in my head because they aint gonna pick it anyway.

Gotta go with a fluffy animal

 

[BrockLobster]

I had to Google what a wasatch was...

 

[aniketus]

Why don't they just recycle old team names Utah Scouts rolls right off the tongue.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

I had to Google what a wasatch was...

And now you know. Everyone else who cares can do the same.

 

[BKarchitect]

I had to Google what a wasatch was...

Imagine us poor 80’s kids not having google to wonder what in the world a “Knick” was or why there were so many angry Irish immigrants in South Bend, Indiana.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Why don't they just recycle old team names Utah Scouts rolls right off the tongue.

Can’t tell me there wouldn’t be some sales of a jersey incorporating “US” as a logo.

There were certainly some scouts involved. There are still scouts involved.

Goly that is so much better than anything else I’ve heard.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

...so Yeti can't be used cuz of the cups & coolers, but another sport's franchise name can be used despite the fact that they play in the same geographic area of the US...makes sense...

im gonna go out on a limb and say that Yeti is an exponentially more valuable brand than an indoor lacrosse franchise. The cost to negotiate an agreement with Yeti would likely be prohibitively expensive and may even be a nonstarter from the cooler brand’s perspective.

Meanwhile they can probably license the Mammoth name for much cheaper, and it would probably be a smart business move on the part of the lacrosse franchise. That fee could easily equal 5-10+ years worth of their net revenue.

Not sure about the CO Mammoth’s specific financials but indoor and outdoor lacrosse franchises move or fold all the time (although I know the outdoor lacrosse team in Denver was one of the few profitable franchises in the MLL).

 

[Martin Skoula]

take the Prince route, just call the team Utah initially and then after a long legal battle go for The Team Formerly Known as Utah, and then just invent an unpronounceable new letter to represent the team.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

im gonna go out on a limb and say that Yeti is an exponentially more valuable brand than an indoor lacrosse franchise. The cost to negotiate an agreement with Yeti would likely be prohibitively expensive and may even be a nonstarter from the cooler brand’s perspective.

Meanwhile they can probably license the Mammoth name for much cheaper, and it would probably be a smart business move on the part of the lacrosse franchise. That fee could easily equal 5-10+ years worth of their net revenue.

Not sure about the CO Mammoth’s specific financials but indoor and outdoor lacrosse franchises move or fold all the time (although I know the outdoor lacrosse team in Denver was one of the few profitable franchises in the MLL).

...yeah, I just hate the New World...

 

[DuklaNation]

Don't like all 3. Surely there were better options.

 

[Bubbles]

Anyone leaked the three logos yet? The article says it would be revealed at tonights game for in game fans.