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The new NHL team in Utah is down to 6 name finalists, and you can help pick it

You can vote on these 6 name finalists for the new Utah NHL team through June 20.

We’re now down to six possible names for Utah’s new NHL team.

After unveiling a roster of 20 possible names last month for a fan vote, six names have emerged as finalists for the relocated franchise (formerly the Arizona Coyotes). Sadly, the Utah Caribou didn’t make the cut.

The six possible names are the Utah Blizzard, Utah Hockey Club (HC), Utah Mammoth, Utah Outlaws, Utah Venom and Utah Yeti.

Fans can vote on these six names through June 20 as the franchise inches closer to finding its forever mascot.

If it were up to us, Utah will either host the Mammoth or the Hockey Club. It’d be amazing to have an NHL team that’s just the Utah Hockey Club, but the Utah Mammoth also sounds pretty cool.

It’d give us an “Ice Age” rivalry between the Mammoth and the Nashville Predators, at least.

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NHL fans can help vote on the new Utah hockey team name from 20 options

These 20 names are being considered for the new Utah NHL team, and you can help pick.

NHL fans can help pick out the new name for the former Arizona Coyotes team that recently relocated to Utah, per the team’s new owner, Ryan Smith.

Smith posted a survey link on Twitter (X) on Wednesday evening with 20 possible team names that fans can choose from with four preferred votes.

“Utah’s NHL team is for the community and will be named with help from the community,” the survey link reads.

“In partnership with Qualtrics, the leading feedback and experience management provider, and Doubleday & Cartwright, a highly acclaimed creative consultancy and design studio, Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) has created a multi-phase branding process for fans to vote on the name.”

The survey link also says that in 2024, the team will “don jerseys that display UTAH during their inaugural season.”

The first round of voting will be available from Wednesday, May 8, through Wednesday, May 22.

These 20 names are listed as possibilities for fans to vote on:

  • Utah Swarm
  • Utah Canyons
  • Utah Hive
  • Utah Blizzard
  • Utah Venom
  • Utah Freeze
  • Utah Ice
  • Utah Outlaws
  • Utah Fury
  • Utah Squall
  • Utah Black Diamonds
  • Utah Caribou
  • Utah Blast
  • Utah Glaciers
  • Utah Mountaineers
  • Utah Powder
  • Utah Mammoth
  • Utah HC
  • Utah Yeti
  • Utah Frost

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Ranking the 5 possible Utah NHL team names (Venom!) reportedly filed as trademarks

The Utah Venom would be AWESOME.

The Arizona Coyotes are officially moving to Utah next season, and while fans have thrown around names for the relocating NHL franchise, the word from owner Ryan Smith is the moniker may take time to figure out.

Per NHL.com: “It will 100 percent be ‘Utah,’ and then it will be ‘Utah Something,’ obviously,” he said. “I don’t think given this timeline that we’re going to have time — or nor should we rush with everything else that’s going on — to go force what that is in the next three months.”

That said, a report from DetroitHockey.net found that some U.S. Patent and Trademark Office applications revealed five possible names that were registered anonymously. It could be the team doing so, or not. But with that in mind, we decided to rank those potential names if they’re indeed being considered by the franchise:

5. Utah Hockey Club

The one below it is much better and more soccer-y.

4. Utah HC

We’ve seen Washington Football Team be cool. But Utah HC is simple and effective, and as I said, soccer-team-like.

3. Utah Blizzard

We have the Avalanche. Do we need the Blizzard?

2. Utah Fury

I … kind of like it! Expect a lot of MCU jokes if this happens, though.

1. Utah Venom

HECK YEAH! Even if there are Venom from Spider-Man jokes, this name rocks.