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

[TheBeerNerd]

Don Garber deserves punishment for importing "generic sport club" naming schemes to North America.

 

[Whalers Fan]

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

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

They would become... Mammoth!

 

[algernon]

Mammoth is the one then.

Wasatch can't be a serious option. Would be one of the worst team names in pro sports.

Wasat-chhhh

In the style of budlites' wasssupp

I propose a compromise: Hockey Mammoths

 

[BKarchitect]

I wanted Yeti. Bummer. No Stingers or Venom? UHC is lame and Wasatch is too esoteric for the average fan. I guess Mammoth is it.

I think it’s pretty clear they wanted either Yetis or Mammoth. The HC and Wasatch options are the Yetis logo/branding repurposed.

 

[McShogun99]

The HC name has kind of grown on me.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

Mammoth Sn@ch... Hockey Club it stays.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

What does Wasatch mean anyway?

 

[Toby91ca]

What does Wasatch mean anyway?

Mountain range that runs through the area

The HC name has kind of grown on me.

There still time to cut the growth off.....get that soccer crap out of the NHL

 

[Dr Pepper]

The HC name has kind of grown on me.

If they stick with "Utah HC" I hope they at least figure out how to make a logo out of it, going into next season.

I know the Rangers have pretty much perfected the boring, diagonal-lettering look on the front of their jerseys in place of an actual team logo, but Utah shouldn't follow suit. Need a crest on there.

 

[blundluntman]

It'll probably be Mammoth but Hockey Club does sound kinda interesting. I wonder what a logo for that would look like.

Edit: If I had to guess the logo: maybe some crest with mountains in the background and the generic crossed hockey sticks.

 

[Kingsfan1]

What happen to Utah Yetis ? I liked that one the most along with Outlaws also. What is a Wasatch anyway ?

 

[Shark Finn]

The problem with HC is that you can just never call the team by its name. It has to be Utah.

 

[These Are The Days]

Jesus Christ. "Hockey Club" is literally the worst name in history

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Samsquanch. Problem solved.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Imagine taking a year to decide on the best name possible and then it’s Utah Hockey Club

 

[le_sean]

Sorry but the Utah franchise isn’t important enough to be the one called "Hockey Club" in the NHL

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...it's gotta be Wasatch...the Utah Frozen Penis...logo design by Penthouse Magazine...

 

[Voight]

Don Garber deserves punishment for importing "generic sport club" naming schemes to North America.

It was his effort to "legitimize" the MLS as an actual professional soccer league, tho I agree with you.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Well I'm not 100% sure how to pronounce Wasatch and had to google what it is so I guess Mammoth? My vote still goes to SLC Soakers

 

[Crashsunday]

Hate HC, but I think it will stick based on the options offered and the fact they’ve already been using it for this year.

 

[HabzSauce]

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

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Utah Hive, Utah Hornets, Utah Stingers, Utah Wasps... all better than any of the 3

All of those are much better

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

What happened to Outlaws? I liked that one.

These just stink

Name withheld for future Houston team, lol.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

all 3 are absolutely horrible.

Still maintain it would be 10x better for them be the “Utah Mammoths” not “Utah Mammoth”

definitely. "Mammoth" is f***ing stupid

 

[Unholy]

I’d choose Mammoth then I guess. HC I was fine with as a placeholder, not full time