What do you want Utah's NHL team to be named?

[banks]

Yeti was the only name I liked that got any real consideration. I can't believe they couldn't make that work because of some thermal cup brand. It's extra ridiculous because the leading competitor for those Yeti cups is a brand called Stanley. They can call their product "Stanley cups", infringing on an NHL trade mark, but a hockey team can't be called Yeti? Come on!

I wish the name Phoenix had been considered form the start for Utah. I say it in every team name thread. It's a cool reference to the team formerly being from Phoenix, and a firebird would make an amazing logo! It's a no-go now, because of the colour scheme for Utah. But what a missed opportunity!

 

[Voight]

Leave it as Utah Hockey Club. It's actually a pretty cool name. Granted they will sell a lot more stuff if they rebrand, but the name as-is better than the other options

No it isn't. It's absolutely sucks.

 

[bauer]

Outlaws would be my choice.

Have they said when they plan to reveal the name? I’d assume at the draft?

 

[wingerdinger]

It'd be funny if they called themselves outlaws and there logos were just politicians

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

It'd be funny if they called themselves outlaws and there logos were just politicians

 

[westc2]

I was sold on Outlaws when I saw the fan crated jersey. They were phenomenal!

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I don't like this logo. It's got too many focal points and the horn points lead the eye away from the logo. From a graphic design perspective, it needs work. It's a decent concept though.

A steer skull wearing a cowboy hat just looks weird. Are they the steers or the outlaws? Gotta pick one.

 

[1989]

The Utah state bird is the California gull. Utah Gulls has an okay ring to it, but the San Diego Gulls would presumably not appreciate the attempt.

Other state symbols:

Animal: Rocky Mountain elk
Astronomical symbol: Beehive Cluster
Emblem: Beehive
Cooking pot: Dutch oven
Crustacean: Brine shrimp
Fish: Bonneville cutthroat trout
Flower: Sego lily
Dance: Square dance
Firearm: Browning M1911
Fruit: Cherry
Gem: Topaz
Insect: Honey bee
Mineral: Copper
Mushroom: Porcini
Reptile: Gila monster
Rock: Coal
Star: Dubhe (Alpha Ursae Majoris)
Stone: Honeycomb calcite
Tree: Quaking aspen
Vegetable: Spanish sweet onion
Vegetable, historic: Sugar beet
Snack: Jell-O (unofficial)

Oh, interesting list.
From a purely alliterative standpoint, I would choose the Utah Ursa, which I'm sure some people might be familiar with as the Bear or the Big Dipper.

Their existing colour scheme kind of works for a night sky/constellation theme, too.
So basically the Utah Star Bears... likely in the shape of a grizzly motif as well.

U-tah Ur-sa!

 

[fsanford]

I guess it doesn't have to necessarily have to be anything that is specific to the state. Not sure if there a lot of Jazz clubs around Salt Lake CIty..


That said, the Utah Salt, I would prefer Utah Golden Spike (the whole Promontory Point thing was a major event in US History) you could also tie in other rail themes.

 

[VaporTrail]

Maybe go with Mammoth then have some scientists find some Mammoth DNA and clone an embryo in a lab...Bring back the Mammoth from extinction and have a Mammoth Zoo outside their arena.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Out of the names selected, Mammoth. But I thought Stingers would be a great one.

 

[Ratsreign]

The Dahs

The U-tah dahs

 

[Llewzaher]

After this last game

The Utah Giveaways

 

[MoneyManny]

Leave it as Utah Hockey Club. It's actually a pretty cool name. Granted they will sell a lot more stuff if they rebrand, but the name as-is better than the other options

Pretty cool name? It's the least creative and most scared-to-fail branding ever.

NHL teams have identities f*** that European Soccer shit.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I hope it's the Summits, but that's not likely.

The Contracted Team of Utah. Where the hell is Bud Selig when you need him?

 

[BoJet]

Pretty cool name? It's the least creative and most scared-to-fail branding ever.

NHL teams have identities f*** that European Soccer shit.

Lol. Go to an English soccer club that was founded in the 1800s and explain to them the superiority of your identity because your corporate franchise has a happy meal toy for a logo. I think the word you’re looking for is "mascot". That being said, Utah Hockey Club is indeed dumb and pretentious. Utah Raptors would be dope.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Personally I like the current name and the uniforms/branding. I'd just go with it over some cheesy name I'm sure someone will come up with.

 

[BKarchitect]

Out of the names selected, Mammoth. But I thought Stingers would be a great one.

Salt Lake City Stingers is a fantastic name (even Utah Stingers work IMO, since they were never going to call the team “Salt Lake”) - but probably hit too close to home to the team’s AAA Salt Lake City Bees who were also called the Salt Lake City Stingers earlier this century.

 

[Shark Finn]

Team

 

[Shark Finn]

Personally I like the current name and the uniforms/branding. I'd just go with it over some cheesy name I'm sure someone will come up with.

The problem to me with Hockey Club is that you can't just refer to them by their team name.

 

[Snuggs]

Personally I like the current name and the uniforms/branding. I'd just go with it over some cheesy name I'm sure someone will come up with.

Pffft this isn't soccer.
Hockey club isn't cheesy? We're not clubs over here. It's an organization.

I like the 'Salt Lake City Mammoths of Utah' but who cares, the future colors might be more important than any or either name. (Are they keeping the same?)

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

The problem to me with Hockey Club is that you can't just refer to them by their team name.

UHC just like they do in soccer. I like it.

 

[Erika]

Utah HC is the classiest out of all the random animals or weather catastrophe names that they could come up with.

Utah Hockey Club for me by a landslide ngl.

 

[HanSolo]

Yeti was the only name I liked that got any real consideration. I can't believe they couldn't make that work because of some thermal cup brand. It's extra ridiculous because the leading competitor for those Yeti cups is a brand called Stanley. They can call their product "Stanley cups", infringing on an NHL trade mark, but a hockey team can't be called Yeti? Come on!

I wish the name Phoenix had been considered form the start for Utah. I say it in every team name thread. It's a cool reference to the team formerly being from Phoenix, and a firebird would make an amazing logo! It's a no-go now, because of the colour scheme for Utah. But what a missed opportunity!

The emergence of "Stanley Cups" is something I've only noticed in the past year. It's really f***ing annoying hearing 20-30 year olds say things like "Aw damn it. I left my Stanley cup in the car."

Yeti would've been fine. I'm more deferential to Outlaws.

 

[hangman005]

Utah Sports Team.

 

[MoneyManny]

Lol. Go to an English soccer club that was founded in the 1800s and explain to them the superiority of your identity because your corporate franchise has a happy meal toy for a logo. I think the word you’re looking for is "mascot". That being said, Utah Hockey Club is indeed dumb and pretentious. Utah Raptors would be dope.

Lol what??? You guys cheer for the Madrid Fly Emirates and you telling me North American sports franchises are corporate?

Would the Utah team feel like home for you if they replaced their crest with a giant McDonalds logo?