Utah team name polling opens, list of potential names revealed

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Frost, freeze, blast, ice,
That goal was f***in nice,
With these powers we unite,
Go.. Captain Planet Utah HCs?

That poem is as sad as this franchise will be in like 5 years, tops.

 

[kp61c]

awful

 

[VanillaCoke]

Pretty weak list for twenty options, unfortunately not very surprising.

Mammoth or outlaws only ones I like, but I'm sure they'll pick something amateur and/or blow the logo with some cartoony junk.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

What??? No Utah “Chill”

 

[Kranix]

How did good names like Eagles, Grizzlies, and Stags not make this list, but Powder did? Powder.
Powder.
I want a name that says, we're pristine in the morning, and then we get f***ed up by a yuppy! On the hill and on the mirror

 

[QuizGuy66]

I would vote for Black Diamonds, Mountaineers

Or to punish them Glaciers or Canyons.

This list is terrible.

Spikes woulda been better (for the Golden Spike but can't use Golden bc of that other team) because that reflects like the one piece of history that happened there

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Weren’t mammoths just big, dumb, slow, fuzzy elephants???

The Utah Snuffleupagus!!!

 

[TT1]

How did good names like Eagles, Grizzlies, and Stags not make this list, but Powder did? Powder.
Powder.
I want a name that says, we're pristine in the morning, and then we get f***ed up by a yuppy! On the hill and on the mirror

Stags is real nice

 

[QuizGuy66]

Utah Powder has big coke vibes. This might be the funniest possible name.

But really this is dying for a VFTW treatment

 

[Northerner]

I like:

Outlaws
Mountaineers
HC

If I had to choose I'd probably go w Outlaws.

 

[Northerner]

I'm shocked by how bad and corny these are. Utah Hive is the only one I'd support.

Stuff like "Outlaws" and "Venom" are names little Timmy would come up with while designing his first team with crayons. These can't be serious.

You clearly did not see the list of shite we Minnesotans had to choose from in 2000. And of course we settled for the worst name in the history of professional sports (Wild)

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

“The Hive” only works as an arena nickname.

Like if they went with a team name such as “The Bees”, Wasps, or the Swarm.

You could then have a #GetBuzzedAtTheHive campaign. Call home fans “The Hivemind”…etc.

 

[Amadeus]

Utah Fury sounds sick.

 

[RestlessYoungZero]

ya Caribou is pretty cool, it's original and sounds professional/hockeyish, my fav too

Except there are no caribou in Utah. And before anyone says 'well there are no Yeti's there either'; caribou are a real animal that are actually found elsewhere, like across most of the boreal forest and arctic in Canada and Alaska. It makes zero sense to call a team in Utah the Caribou

 

[Ezekial]

Utah

 

[kickback256]

Can someone explain to me when the plural 's' became passe when it comes to sports team names?

Of those, Outlaws because plural 's' and the NHL could use a cool western-themed team.

Seriously, your neighbors are the Avalanche, so you decide to propose a bunch of cold/snow themed names?

Utah isn’t known for our creativity. Snow and mountains is all most folks could dream up.

Of these, I like Mammoth best.

I was thinking Bison, Wolves or Bighorns.

Definitely not HC. That’s MLS garbage.

Do they have Wolverines in Utah? You could use the yell from Red Dawn on the Jumbotron.

The Utah Valley University Wolverines are already taken, unfortunately.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Swarm
Blizzard
Mountaineers
Mammoth

 

[Senscore]

go Utah

 

[Northerner]

Are there vultures in Utah? Utah Vultures would have been nice.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Utah Venom is actually cooler than 95% of the names in the league.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I like Utah Yetis

 

[Xirik]

Utah Blizzard that plays at the Dairy Queen arena. Every time the team wins you can get a free small blizzard at your local Dairy Queen.

 

[jetsforever]

Wish there were more plural nouns
I think I'm ok with Canyons, Blizzard, Yeti, Glaciers, Mammoth

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Utah HC is the lamest name for a NHL team of all time

 

[WatchfulElm]

Just looking at Utah resources and animals provide better ideas :

- Utah Miners
- Utah Black Bears
- Utah Rattlesnakes
- Utah Gila Monsters
- Utah Scorpions
- Utah Condors
- Utah Pinnacles
- Utah Ranchers
- Utah Black Widows