The team was created on April 18, 2024, with the NHL Board of Governors granting an expansion franchise to Jazz owner Ryan Smith. In lieu of an expansion draft to stock the new team, Smith acquired the hockey assets (players, coaching staff, and draft picks) of the Arizona Coyotes, which suspended hockey operations at the same time.[5] The team is playing its inaugural season in 2024–25 with a temporary name and colors, while a full identity is developed for 2025–26.[6][7] The team's name, colors, and jerseys for their inaugural season were revealed on June 13, 2024.[8]
Professional minor-league ice hockey has been played in Salt Lake City since 1969, primarily at the Salt Palace (above) and the Maverik Center (below).
After just one season out of ice hockey, Salt Lake City received another IHL franchise in 1995, as the reigning Turner Cup champion Denver Grizzlies, having been replaced by the newly relocated Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, relocated to the Delta Center for the 1995–96 season as the Utah Grizzlies. The Grizzlies spent two seasons in Salt Lake City proper, including a second consecutive Turner Cup championship in 1996; notably, the Cup-clinching game 4 of the Turner Cup Finals saw an attendance of 17,381, at the time the largest attendance in minor-league ice hockey history.[9] The Grizzlies later moved to the newly constructed E Center (since renamed the Maverik Center) in the suburb of West Valley City for the 1997–98 IHL season, and joined the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2001 alongside five other surviving IHL franchises upon the latter's collapse. However, the Grizzlies voluntarily suspended operations for the 2005–06 season, before being sold to Dan Gilbert, the owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, and relocating to Cleveland, as the Lake Erie Monsters (later Cleveland Monsters) for the 2007–08 season.
The AHL iteration of the Grizzlies were subsequently replaced by a relocated ECHL franchise of the same name; the franchise had most recently played in Lexington, Kentucky, as the Lexington Men O' War but had become dormant after the 2002–03 ECHL season. The new Grizzlies began play out of the E Center in 2005, immediately after their AHL predecessor had gone dormant, and have played 19 seasons in the ECHL since. However, the franchise has been comparatively unsuccessful; although they have missed the playoffs only three times, they have won just one division championship and no conference championships, only having reached the conference finals twice.
The Delta Center has hosted multiple Los Angeles Kings preseason games as part of the NHL's Frozen Fury series.[10][11] However, the arena was not considered well suited to host ice hockey permanently, owing to poor sightlines and broadcasting capabilities.[12] The Maverik Center and the Peaks Ice Arena in the suburb of Provo, hosted the ice hockey tournaments at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which featured NHL players. Salt Lake City is also the host city for the 2034 Winter Olympics.[13]
Establishment of the team
The Delta Center, where the Utah Hockey Club plays its home games
Salt Lake City initially emerged as a potential NHL destination in June 2023, with rumors regarding the Arizona Coyotes' potential relocation spreading after the failure of the New Tempe Arena referendum.[14] Six months later, in January 2024, Ryan Smith, owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz and co-owner of Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake, petitioned the NHL to begin the process of expansion to Salt Lake City. Discussions to bring an expansion team to the city were revealed to have been underway since early 2022,[15] with the Utah State Senate passing tax legislation in February 2024 to support a new ice hockey-capable downtown arena proposed by Smith; the only condition asked by the Senate was that any potential team be branded "Utah" to honor the state in general, as opposed to any branding using Salt Lake City.[16]
On April 13, 2024, it was reported that, with the NHL's permission, the Coyotes were making efforts to relocate to Salt Lake City following concerns about an indefinite timeframe on a new arena and the effects of continued play at the 4,600-seat Mullett Arena.[17] The deal became official on April 18 after the NHL Board of Governors voted to establish a team in Utah using the Coyotes' hockey assets;[18] under the terms of the agreement, rather than a formal relocation the Coyotes will be considered "inactive", with Utah regarded as an expansion team in a similar situation to the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.[citation needed]
While the deal was reported in the media as a $1.2 billion "sale" of the Coyotes,[19][20] it is in reality two separate transactions in which $1 billion is being paid by the NHL to Alex Meruelo for the Coyotes franchise while Smith is paying a $1.2 billion expansion fee to the NHL's other owners. The $200 million difference is thus in effect a de facto relocation fee to be shared equally by the other 31 NHL clubs.[21] According to Smith, the team sold more than 11,000 season-ticket deposits in the four hours after going on sale, with 6,000 sold in the first two hours.[22] The team was formally introduced at the Delta Center on April 26, with over 12,000 fans attending a welcome celebration featuring players and coaches.[23][24] On May 6, the Smith Entertainment Group announced that a practice facility would be built for the team in the nearby suburb of Sandy, Utah,[25] which had its groundbreaking ceremony on August 12.[26] On June 13, the NHL announced that the sale of the franchise had officially been completed and that the team would be known as "Utah Hockey Club" for their inaugural season.[3]
On June 17, Utah made their first official player signing, with former Coyotes third-round pick Noel Nordh signing his three-year, entry-level contract.[27] This was followed just under two weeks later by their first NHL entry draft, where they selected Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla as their first-ever draft pick at 6th overall.[28]
Utah played their first preseason game on September 22, 2024, defeating the St. Louis Blues 5–3 in a neutral-site matchup played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.[29] On September 23, Utah played their first home preseason game at the Delta Center, defeating the Los Angeles Kings 3–2.[30]
The team was initially introduced without a name, though Smith confirmed on April 18, 2024, that the franchise would use the "Utah" state moniker, rather than Salt Lake City.[33][18] After emphasizing not wanting to "rush" the naming process, Smith announced on April 22 that the team identity would be chosen via an eight-name bracket, voted on by fans using the Smith-founded Qualtrics platform.[34] In the days surrounding the team's founding, a law firm filed trademarks for a multitude of names on behalf of an anonymously owned LLC; these included Utah Hockey Club (Utah HC), Blizzard, Fury, Venom, Yetis, Outlaws, Ice, and Mammoth.[34][35]
Initial announcement logo
On May 8, the Smith Entertainment Group confirmed the team would play their first season simply named "Utah", with no official logo, mascot, or team colors, and "Utah" written across the jerseys.[36] At the same time, SEG released a Qualtrics poll featuring the 20 name finalists. The options included Black Diamonds, Blast, Blizzard, Canyons, Caribou, Freeze, Frost, Fury, Glaciers, Utah HC (Hockey Club), Hive, Ice, Mammoth, Mountaineers, Outlaws, Powder, Squall, Swarm, Venom, and Yeti.[6][7] On May 29, Smith confirmed on The Pat McAfee Show that the club had narrowed the list down to four names, specifically mentioning the Mammoth and the Yeti.[37] On June 6, however, the six finalists were revealed to be Blizzard, Utah HC, Mammoth, Outlaws, Venom, and Yeti, and a second round of polling began.[38]
On June 13, it was announced that the team would be known as the Utah Hockey Club for the 2024–25 NHL season.[8]
Logo, colors, and uniforms
On June 13, the same day that the temporary name was revealed, the team also released their logos, colors, and jerseys for the inaugural season; the primary logo depicts a roundel with a "Utah" wordmark in the center, ringed with "Hockey Club" and colored with mountain blue, rock black, and salt white. The secondary logo features a "Utah Hockey Club" wordmark over an outline of Utah itself.[8] The home uniforms consisted of a black base with a diagonal "UTAH" wordmark across the front, their "Inaugural Season" patch on both shoulders, with blue and white striping, with the road uniforms utilizing a white base with black and blue striping.[39][40]
Mascot
On October 7, 2024, the team announced that Jazz Bear, the mascot of the Utah Jazz, would also serve as the Hockey Club’s mascot during their inaugural season.[41]
Team information
Broadcasting
Television
On April 18, 2024, shortly after the establishment of the team, it was announced that the team had reached an agreement with the E.W. Scripps Company to broadcast Utah NHL games on their Provo-based station KUPX-TV;[42] KUPX had previously served as the Coyotes' affiliate in the market, and also broadcasts Vegas Golden Knights games.[43] The telecasts are produced by Smith Entertainment Group's SEG Media division. The team also launched a subscription streaming service known as UtahHC+, which carries the games and other video content related to the team. The service is an expansion of SEG's partnership with Kiswe for the Utah Jazz's Jazz+ service introduced the previous season, with both services newly-merged into a new platform branded as SEG+.[44][45]
On September 20, 2024, the team announced an agreement with Bonneville International to broadcast games on KZNS, branded as the KSL Sports Zone, with Mike Folta serving as the play-by-play announcer. Radio broadcasts are additionally simulcast on the KSL Sports app and website.[47]
^The team was technically formed in 2024; in terms of the team's history, it was not a relocation of the Coyotes. Utah only received the existing personnel and picks, similar to the aftermath of the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy.[1][2]
^Larsen, Andy (October 6, 2023). "The NHL's only Utahn thinks the state is ready for hockey's best. Is a major league team ready for Salt Lake?". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2024. But the Delta Center simply isn't an ideal NHL venue at this time. Fans sitting in certain seats struggled to see the corners, TV cameras for the game had to be propped up in the row where broadcasters typically sit. The broadcasters and scorekeepers seated near me sometimes struggled to do their jobs as a result.
^"Coyotes bid Arizona farewell with bittersweet win over Oilers". ESPN.com. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024. There could be a new arena -- eventually. Meruelo had been pursuing a tract of land in north Phoenix to build it. When delays pushed the land auction until June, the NHL and the players' association got cold feet about continuing to play at Mullett Arena, the loud-but-bandbox-sized venue shared with Arizona State University. Meruelo was adamant about not selling the team despite constant offers since he bought in 2019, but he also didn't want the players stuck playing in a 5,000-seat arena -- by far the NHL's smallest -- that wasn't up to league standards. With no guarantee he would have an arena and with no other options, Meruelo agreed to sell the franchise.
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