Utah captain Clayton Keller indicated back in September that the franchise was leaning toward the nickname Yeti, but team owners Smith Entertainment Group dropped pursuit of the name after running into trademark issues with the cooler brand.

It appears the Utah Hockey Club may have accidentally let slip what the franchise plans to rename itself ahead of the 2025–26 NHL season. Utah had been allowing fans to vote on the franchise's new nickname throughout the season and had reached a list of finalists including the Utah Mammoths,

It's been around a year since the Arizona Coyotes ceased to exist before the NHL welcomed its newest franchise in the form of the Utah Hockey Club. That