Utah Hockey Club subs out nickname option after it falls flat, brings back another

The Utah Hockey Club’s Utah Wasatch nickname idea didn’t last long. It has been dropped for a previous option after one night of fan voting.

The Utah Hockey Club‘s bid for a permanent nickname took another twist Thursday.

Wednesday, the Salt Lake City-based NHL team announced that the popular Utah Yeti name was out of the running because it couldn’t reach a co-existence agreement with YETI Coolers, LLC and that it was putting Utah Wasatch (a new option) and previous choices Utah Hockey Club and Utah Mammoth up for an in-person fan vote.

Though the Wasatch mountain range towers over the Utah capital region, the name apparently fell flat with fans in the first night of voting. So, Utah Outlaws is back in the mix.

“Hey Utah hockey fans!” the team posted on social media. “We listened to your feedback and dug into all the Qualtrics data from last night’s survey. For the team name, it’s clear that Outlaws should be in the mix instead of Wasatch, so we’re swapping it out.”

Utah Hockey Club, Outlaws and Mammoth were on the list of six names (along with Yeti, Blizzard and Venom) that survived the original 20 suggestions that were put up for an online fan vote. Wasatch, which the team said was “designed to honor the idea of a mythical snow creature,” wasn’t on that first list.

Source: Utah News