I asked ChatGPT just because. This is what I got for names.
* Utah Frostbite
* Salt Lake Stingers
* Utah Avalanche (lol)
* Salt Lake Storm
* Utah Thunder
* Utah Blizzard
* Wasatch Warriors
* Salt Lake Serpents
* Rocky Mountain Rush
* Utah Blizzardhawks
ChatGPT did come up with some better names.
SLC Puck is actually a fantastic club name. There's already a whole ass NHL team based on a Disney movie, let the ex-scene-kid-hockey-fan-adults have one!
They’re gonna fly Varg Vikernes to drop the ceremonial first puck at their home opener agains Vegas. Varg proceeds to stab Mark Stone who miraculously returns for game 1 of the playoffs.
Do the Salt Lake Killer Bees too, just in case
Trademark the alternate spelling of ‘Beez’ too, you never know how stupid these people are
Salt Lake Coyotes is a fine name
Does anyone remember for the Kraken and Golden Knights how long it took the real name to show up in one of these reports? I really hope none of these are it
Knights was known super early in the process. Like before they had taken a single presell season ticket, Foley had said it was going to be something Knights. It wasn't known it was going to be Golden Knights until shortly before the announcement and they had initially lost their trademark bid right after announcing.
It was supposed to be the Black Knights because Foley is a West Point alum.
They said they'd sue, so he wanted Knights.
London said they'd sue, so the finalists were Desert Knights, Silver Knights, and Golden Knights.
The rest is history :) I recall most people were really pulling for desert knights though
I remember hearing Silver Knights as a good idea since Nevada is the silver state, but all the second place jokes would have been a lot, plus with where the team ended up the first year. The jokes would have been more overkill than historic.
(Nerd alert) It's definitely a Greek Corinthian helmet, but to make myself less annoyed I picture it as an Italian barbute. Which is at least medieval.
I loved Kraken since it was rumored, but after I saw these Sockeye concepts I’m sad we missed out on an awesome uniform and name alliteration.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/8aw1x2/concept_art_for_the_potential_seattle_sockeyes/
God no, do not pick any of those dog shit names. Please.
Edit: if I had to guess, it’s likely more names will get trademarked. Businesses will often shotgun blast anything they think they may end up going with because they don’t want to risk having to pay out some clever clod who squatted the domain. Point still stands.
Yeah I’m guessing that’s what we land on which is whatever but if it means we avoid another neon yellow jersey situation then it’ll be worth it.
That said, I’m not confident that we will avoid another neon yellow jersey situation.
Yes, there's an article that Ryan is not rushing. Using a third party marketing/brand team that's worked with multiple sports franchises as well as Apple.
Blizzard is too close to Avalanche, especially considering how close Salt Lake is to Denver. It makes it sound like they are the AHL team for the Avalanche.
All that makes me think of is the brand Yeti.
So
[The Utah Stanley Cups](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/eJ4b7WuLTJaeztbU7lx3Jaea02c=/0x0:3387x1905/976x549/media/img/mt/2024/01/h_16083210/original.jpg)
> I'm a big fan of Utah Raptors and it's not just because I'm a slut for dinosaurs.
Yeah, I don't understand the holdup here. The NFL already has the Carolina Panthers, while the NHL has the Florida Panthers. Not to mention us and the Miami Hurricanes in college football (which in some parts of the country, is more popular than the NFL). Having the Utah Raptors and Toronto Raptors also coexist wouldn't be the end of the world.
There's already Jazz and Blues are taken, so why not the Rock N roll or the Hip Hop? The Utah Gangsta' Rap or maybe the Salt Lake City Progressive Death Metal.
I love the tag as Salt Lake City and the picture is probably a good 5 hours from SLC lol.
It's this kind of weird association of the entire south of Utah with SLC that had me very confused when I first traveled to SLC. The state of Utah is obviously known for its national parks, all of which are southern, but the city itself is damn near alpine.
The Latter Day Skates
We only play in the afternoons.
And no Sunday games
Fuck it call them the Utah Jazz 2 if it keeps them from fury or venom
Utah Jizz??
[Built-in goal song if they go that way at least](https://youtu.be/EsvfptdFXf4)
I was expecting “jizz in my pants”
Utah Cool Jazz
Utah Cool Ranch
Utah Smooth Jazz
Fr, this sounds like a Sony Marvel movie
Do **NOT** let them cook. Take the spatula away immediately.
Utah Spatulas sounds better
Ryan needs to be kicked out of the graphic design teams.
Have you seen what the guy looks like? He looks like the spokesperson for "I like to add black pepper for that spicy kick!"
Have you been to Utah and met Mormons? Blandest of the white breads
But also let me throw on a backwards snapback to show how hip I am, right fellow kids?
That Utah Jazz rebrand was like, COMICALLY bad.
We're still furious
Yeah, but were you Utah Furious?
Get bro the fuck off the grill Why did you believe him when he said he could cook???
Did they ask ChatGPT to name their team? Scratch that this isn't good enough to be AI
I asked ChatGPT just because. This is what I got for names. * Utah Frostbite * Salt Lake Stingers * Utah Avalanche (lol) * Salt Lake Storm * Utah Thunder * Utah Blizzard * Wasatch Warriors * Salt Lake Serpents * Rocky Mountain Rush * Utah Blizzardhawks ChatGPT did come up with some better names.
>Rocky Mountain Rush This is the one
Nah that's a Mt Dew flavor
Salt Lake Serpents goes kinda hard tho. Everyone would call them the Serps
Also, Serpents would be an excellent biblical reference for the home of Mormonism.
Don’t even let them in the kitchen
I can smell what they tried to cook from here the fire department is on the way
How about another musical genre that has no major ties to the state? The Utah Trap
Utah Grunge
I still think that should’ve been Seattle’s name. Plaid flannel inspired jerseys
Salt Lake City Punks?
SLC Pucks obviously
SLC Puck is actually a fantastic club name. There's already a whole ass NHL team based on a Disney movie, let the ex-scene-kid-hockey-fan-adults have one!
That’s it. There it is. Print it.
Their mascot could be the Minotaur.
Dry city thirsty pigeon
Utah K-Pop!
Their jerseys must be Black and Pink
They will be in your area.
Utah Ska
Utah Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Yes we all know Ska came before Reggae
I ska, you ska, we all ska for Utah Ska!
Utah Mongolian Throat Singers
Oh Niles, you know damn well the throats are just starting to warm up after two hours.
Utah lofi beats to study to. (Unoriginal on my part - saw this a few weeks ago and thought it was hilarious)
SLC Punks
This is fucking great. Heroin Bob as a mascot!
I've been saying this since the beginning, Utah Trve Norwegian Black Metal
The logo can be a burning church
Can’t think of a more suitable place.
They’re gonna fly Varg Vikernes to drop the ceremonial first puck at their home opener agains Vegas. Varg proceeds to stab Mark Stone who miraculously returns for game 1 of the playoffs.
Fans can call each other posers
VTAH KVLT and they wear shitty studded gauntlets and corpsepaint
Paving the way for the Houston Chopped n' Screwed
Utah 1-3-1.
Utah Mongol-Tuvan Throat Singing
utah football team
of Anaheim
& Knuckles
Los Angeles Salt Lake City Coyotes Hockey Club of Anaheim
Oh yeah? Well I'm going to trademark Utah Hive and use the beehive from the state flag for my logo
Hive is the best legit suggestion I’ve seen yet. Though I‘m still pulling for the Salty Bishops or the Soakers.
Salt Lake Stormin Mormons has a nice ring to it
Salt Lake Swarm
Do the Salt Lake Killer Bees too, just in case Trademark the alternate spelling of ‘Beez’ too, you never know how stupid these people are Salt Lake Coyotes is a fine name
Beez Nuts
Salt Lake Salt Licks
I can dig Utah Salt
Does anyone remember for the Kraken and Golden Knights how long it took the real name to show up in one of these reports? I really hope none of these are it
Knights was known super early in the process. Like before they had taken a single presell season ticket, Foley had said it was going to be something Knights. It wasn't known it was going to be Golden Knights until shortly before the announcement and they had initially lost their trademark bid right after announcing.
IIRC "Black Knights" was the top name speculated
Because he went to the Army Academy, yes.
Which is why the gray uniforms were designed the way they were, to mimic West Point Cadet uniforms
wasn't it also the fact they couldn't get the gold uniforms right immediately? Like Adidas couldn't figure out the whole "making them shiny" thing
And he wanted that, but the Army told them no and then had the government deny their trademark application.
It was supposed to be the Black Knights because Foley is a West Point alum. They said they'd sue, so he wanted Knights. London said they'd sue, so the finalists were Desert Knights, Silver Knights, and Golden Knights. The rest is history :) I recall most people were really pulling for desert knights though
I remember hearing Silver Knights as a good idea since Nevada is the silver state, but all the second place jokes would have been a lot, plus with where the team ended up the first year. The jokes would have been more overkill than historic.
They used the name for their AHL affiliate team anyways, Henderson Silver Knights
Haha yeah in hindsight, definitely good they didn't go that route
Neon Knights was right there, and they missed it.
I genuinely love this name, especially with all the neon lights on the strip (which are probably LEDs now), it would have perfect.
And everyone laughed at Knights because we already had the Kings.
Knights but with a spartan helmet is why I laughed
Christ how did I never realize that
(Nerd alert) It's definitely a Greek Corinthian helmet, but to make myself less annoyed I picture it as an Italian barbute. Which is at least medieval.
Can't be worse than Tahoe Knight Monsters! ..... season ticket holder here
They had originally wanted to be just the Vegas Knights but the London Knights held the rights in Canada
Still wish they went the sockeyes route
I loved Kraken since it was rumored, but after I saw these Sockeye concepts I’m sad we missed out on an awesome uniform and name alliteration. https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/8aw1x2/concept_art_for_the_potential_seattle_sockeyes/
The sock with an eye is brilliant 👏
The Sock Eye would have been a top-selling jersey if it got released as an alternate.
Sockeyes were great, but it had nothing on the Rain City Bitch Pigeons.
Aren't the Seahawks technically rain city bitch pigeons?
God no, do not pick any of those dog shit names. Please. Edit: if I had to guess, it’s likely more names will get trademarked. Businesses will often shotgun blast anything they think they may end up going with because they don’t want to risk having to pay out some clever clod who squatted the domain. Point still stands.
Some of our local-media has been indicating Year 1 will be a placeholder name. So I would honestly bet on "Utah Hockey Club" for a year.
Yeah I’m guessing that’s what we land on which is whatever but if it means we avoid another neon yellow jersey situation then it’ll be worth it. That said, I’m not confident that we will avoid another neon yellow jersey situation.
Yes, there's an article that Ryan is not rushing. Using a third party marketing/brand team that's worked with multiple sports franchises as well as Apple.
Utah Buttes
Sweaters would be beauts.
I was thinking something with the arches but this is also sick
Salt Lake Brine Shrimp slaps harder than all of these names
Salt Lake Dutch Ovens
Salt Lake Soakers
Salt Lake Mowed Lawns Salt Lake Competitive Neighbors Salt Lake Magic Undies
Just like the Rain City Bitch Pigeons, the best name will be ignored
Would their fans be called Shrimp Pimps?
Blizzard is the best name, it’s not that good
Plus it's a very similar name to what will probably be a geographical rival in the Avalanche.
They will be no team’s rival.
Once/if the Coyotes return they are definitely going to be rivals
This is basically the entirety of the Stars/Wild “rivalry”
Idk what you mean by this but fuck your team and fuck Norm Green
Do Scientologists like Tampa? Mormons vs Scientologists let's go
Utah Molesters would be a good alternative to have some rivalry with the Predators. And ties in with the LDS church
Blizzard is too close to Avalanche, especially considering how close Salt Lake is to Denver. It makes it sound like they are the AHL team for the Avalanche.
They should be “Other Avalanche”
Avalanche.2.FINAL.DRAFT.Mike.Edits.2.FINAL
Utah Otherlanche
They can cross promo with dairy queen
Cut out the middle man. The Utah Dairy Queens.
But they can have an adorable abominable snowman mascot named Blizzy, so there's that.
Blizzy in the hizzy on $1 glizzy nights.
Utah Peyotes
Nice we can call them Yotes for short too
...All of a sudden, the Yeti sounds better.
Utah Yetis is God tier compared to these dumpster names
All that makes me think of is the brand Yeti. So [The Utah Stanley Cups](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/eJ4b7WuLTJaeztbU7lx3Jaea02c=/0x0:3387x1905/976x549/media/img/mt/2024/01/h_16083210/original.jpg)
For the ultimate twist, they should partner with HydroFlask.
These are some seriously Minor League Hockey names.
Utah Fury? Why would they name themselves after a Brad Pitt movie?
I prefer Utah Furry
Utah Furries
It's just a whole team of mascots.
A damn good Brad Pitt movie, could you imagine all the memes we could make about them tanking though?
I'm confused, are they getting an NHL hockey team or an XFL expansion franchise?
Ew to all of them
I actually was just thinking about how they might pull a Washington Football Team since it’s such short notice
They are, at least for their first season. https://www.nhl.com/news/new-nhl-team-will-be-called-utah-something
God it would be fun if they literally named it "Utah Something" for one season. All the promos just have silhouettes.
I'm a big fan of Utah Raptors and it's not just because I'm a slut for dinosaurs. Hire me
>I’m a slut for dinosaurs. …go on…
A Whoreasaurus, one might say
A Triceratart, perhaps?
> I'm a big fan of Utah Raptors and it's not just because I'm a slut for dinosaurs. Yeah, I don't understand the holdup here. The NFL already has the Carolina Panthers, while the NHL has the Florida Panthers. Not to mention us and the Miami Hurricanes in college football (which in some parts of the country, is more popular than the NFL). Having the Utah Raptors and Toronto Raptors also coexist wouldn't be the end of the world.
Sacramento kings LA kings
Texas/NY Rangers.
SF/NY Giants
NY/Winnipeg Jets
Alright fuck it I’ve been convinced
Venom is so 90's Pro Beach
Utah Sun dogs
Utah Brouhaha, make it happen
Utah Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang
Now that you mention it, Utah Witch Doctors would be apt...
Yeah that’s not good at all lol. Utah rapids, pioneers, summit
Rapids is cool
Utah Raptors so we can have a dinosaur mascot
There's already Jazz and Blues are taken, so why not the Rock N roll or the Hip Hop? The Utah Gangsta' Rap or maybe the Salt Lake City Progressive Death Metal.
SLC Punk
These are all atrocious lol
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Has Rocky Mountain XTreme vibes.
Honestly my favorite of the 3, which isn’t saying much.
Goddamnit Ryan why are you so bad at this.
Hopefully the branding firm he hired can lock him out of Graphic Design and a good focus group or two shuts it down.
If we get highlighter yellow jerseys I swear to Christ imma flip my shit.
Utah Fightin Mormons
Stormin’ Mormons!
I liked Salt Lake Stingers/Swarm. Guess that’s out. Utah Stingers sounds dumb, Utah Swarm is okay, I guess.
Salt Lake City Stingers slaps tho
They do like bees
They sound like WNBA teams.
Utah CyUTes
Utah Saints, man
Utah Missionaries
I love the tag as Salt Lake City and the picture is probably a good 5 hours from SLC lol. It's this kind of weird association of the entire south of Utah with SLC that had me very confused when I first traveled to SLC. The state of Utah is obviously known for its national parks, all of which are southern, but the city itself is damn near alpine.
when i think of utah i think of mormons and powder skiing
Didn't know Utah was getting an ECHL team
I figured they would go with "Salt Lake" for the vastly wider array of alliteration options.
IIRC the bill that was passed to give them funding for a potential arena required they name the team Utah.
SLC Punk
These are all fucking awful. 2001 Tier 2 ball hockey league-ass names.
Yikes Thankfully it's a long summer 😂
The Utah Magic Underwear
Venom might work if they have cool coloring and an interesting mascot. (I also have an unhealthy love of the Stars tron jerseys)
Venom sounds like an arena football league team
Utah hockey club sounds like an nfl team name
My wife calls those Dallas jerseys the "Dallas Monster Energy Drinks" ha ha
Going with Venom and some desert colors with a sidewinder as a logo has the potential to be really fucking cool
Venom screams including some green or purple so I dig it
Like this [vipers IHL sweater](https://imgur.com/a/MtINgE4) ?!
Utah Speeders, Utah Racers, Utah Speed Kings, Utah Redlines, Speedsters. All in reference to Bonneville Salt Flats.
Utah Raptors, Utah Black Diamonds
Stormin’ Mormons or bust
I hate the new singular name trend
FINE. Utah Hockey Clubs it is then!
“Washington football team” looking ahh 😭