Utah Hockey Club down to final 3 names: Hockey Club, Mammoth, and Wasatch

[BigDaddyLurch]

'Mammoth' is cheesy but maybe a good hockey-team name.

The issue is --- what about the pint-sized players who play for them?

...Mammoth contracts...

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Other issue with Wasatch is pronunciation. Just looked it up and found 3 different ways to pronounce it in 3 YouTube videos. How are you supposed to market a team like that?

 

[iam76]

It was never going to be yeti... Inside job...

They are going to keep hc aren't they.. didn't the owner always want that

 

[Coffee]

Honestly all 3 are good options. I think Utah Wasatch is similar to the Seattle Rainiers, which is a cool name as well.

Did not except that from you

 

[Pablo El Perro]

No kid wants a Wastach jersey sorry. Jazz is iconic because of the irony

I know enough kids to know mammoth isn't a winner either

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Other issue with Wasatch is pronunciation. Just looked it up and found 3 different ways to pronounce it in 3 YouTube videos. How are you supposed to market a team like that?

Wait until you hear someone from Boston say Dallas Stars

 

[red devil]

Over the next four UHC home games, starting with Utah’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, patrons attending games at the Delta Center will be allowed to go up to iPad kiosks stationed around the arena and cast their votes on which identity they like most. Fans will be exposed to two potential logos along with the three names. For the Mammoth, the extinct figure will be highlighted on the crest, while Utah HC and Wasatch both have similar logos featuring a mythical snow creature in the form of a yeti.

Utah Hockey Club’s new name to be decided by fan vote; down to three options

Fans at games will have the chance to give their pick for the team’s identity.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Continuing with Hockey Club on the short list? Seriously? This is not English soccer. Just call them Utah No Names and be done with it?

 

[belair]

Yo Dookie! Pick up the phone!

Wasssssssaaaaaaaatch!

 

[Dust]

Could always do Utah HC and have the Yeti as a logo or shoulder patch. None of the other options seem all that appealing.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Yo Dookie! Pick up the phone!

Wasssssssaaaaaaaatch!

Somebody's studied marketing

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Hockey Club is better than any other remaining option.

Utah Puck Sticks would be better than that - and its not good.

Is there nothing associated with Utah that would make a better name than HC? That is like admitting you couldn't come up with any decent name.

 

[DieSendungmitderMaus]

Not really the point but imo calling the team Utah rather than Salt Lake is the original sin. I feel there's plenty of good options for short nicknames that roll of the tongue when paired with SL (Salt Lake Sting, Salt Lake Swarm, Salt Lake Bees just to keep it to that theme) due to the rhythm of it. Utah on the other hand makes everything feel clumsy. Not sure why that is, maybe because it starts with a vowel.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Mammoth is the only decent one left

Well it is the only decent one on that list.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

If Yeti got turned down because of the cooler, Mammoth should get turned down because of the professional lacrosse team based in Colorado. Wouldn't want fans to get confused about which sport they are watching.

Utah HC should just buy up Yeti Cooler.

 

[bov]

If it's really down to these three they'll probably go with Mammoth, which sucks imo. Wasatch is at least unique so I don't hate it, but I'd lean towards keeping it HC. You don't need some bullshit name for the sake of having one, Utah can build its brand in other ways. They definitely have to do something about those amateur hour jerseys though. That is worrisome for their big picture creativity as an organization to half-ass a jersey so badly.

Some of the most iconic teams in sports don't need names, I don't see why this is any different. Come on....Mammoth?

 

[jetsforever]

Mammoth is decent although I would prefer 'Mammoths'

I really hope it isn't 'Hockey Club'

Wasatch is just a weird pick and would confuse a lot of people

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Nah. It's a bit like those old Budweiser ads, shitty beer, but I remember it.

Waazaaaaaatch

 

[jetsforever]

If Yeti got turned down because of the cooler, Mammoth should get turned down because of the professional lacrosse team based in Colorado. Wouldn't want fans to get confused about which sport they are watching.

I hate when I think I'm watching hockey and then realise I'm actually drinking from a water cooler

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

WTF is a “Wasatch”

Its a mountain range. Just Southeast of SLC. Great skiing.

 

[Mione134]

I thought the Yeti was in the running?

Better than all of these.

Go with Mammoth I guess

 

[BKarchitect]

Not really the point but imo calling the team Utah rather than Salt Lake is the original sin. I feel there's plenty of good options for short nicknames that roll of the tongue when paired with SL (Salt Lake Sting, Salt Lake Swarm, Salt Lake Bees just to keep it to that theme) due to the rhythm of it. Utah on the other hand makes everything feel clumsy. Not sure why that is, maybe because it starts with a vowel.

I tend to agree that Salt Lake or SLC (SLC Punk anyone?) sounds better but I just wonder if they wanted to be more broadly representative one of the fastest growing states on n the country, much of which is occurring outside the immediately “SLC” defined area - like in Utah County and along the entire Wasatch front.

Much like the Phoenix Coyotes rebranded as the Arizona Coyotes when that area was undergoing its population explosion.

Rightly or wrongly, there’s an idea of more of a regional marketing inclusivity to “Utah” over “Salt Lake City”.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Wasatch Mammoth HC of Utah

..... In Salt Lake City

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Yoo-Taw Waaa-Saaatch


...sounds very foreign...better hope ICE doesn't hear about it...