In April 2024 the Arizona Coyotes were sold to the NHL. It was bound to happen they were playing at the smallest arena in the NHL. Ryan Smith, owner of NBA team the Jazz, was interested in Utah getting their own NHL team and spoke to the NHL board of governors about his ideas. They decided to let Ryan buy the team from them and turn it into an NHL team for Utah. They named the team Utah Hockey Club. this is not the permanent name, they are going to change it by the 2025-2026 season comes around. They are playing their games at the Delta Center. Their 2024-2025 season is going pretty well; they rank 4th in the central division as of right now. People in Utah were pretty excited about this. We don’t have an MLB team or an NFL team so people were pretty excited about having an NHL team. We have the Utah Grizzlies which play in the ECHL. Their home stadium is the Maverick Center. They rank 19th right now in their league. The Cougar Claw interviewed Brittany Kirby who has been a fan since they came to Utah in 1995. She said, “I am excited for the Utah Hockey Club to win their first championship.” People are also excited to see Clayton Keller, who played for the Arizona Coyotes before they were sold out. A Lot of his fans have followed his career and have been rooting for Utah Hockey Club. We have a lot of promising players, the top 5 being Matias Maccelli, Logan Cooley, Nick Schmaltz, Mikhail Sergachev, and Clayton Keller. A Lot of people like hockey and it is interesting to watch. When Brittany was asked what her favorite thing was, she said, “I like how determined the players are, how they’ll get knocked down or pushed against the glass and keep playing and get back up.” A lot of people have this same opinion. They like sports because of how competitive they are. There is also a lot of loyalty with liking sports. You have loyalty if it is your home state you also have loyalty for the players and the team. We just got our team, and people are already dedicated to being fans and it is their first season. many people will be excited to see what this league has to offer and where the team goes.