@@pagejames8754it wasn’t a game either😂 30k in for season tickets in the first 2-3 days of the team being official. No one shows more support than Utah, hockey doesn’t belong in Arizona. Keep crying.
@@braxyong Very few are crying. It is hard to garner support when you are a perennial loser. So yay, good for you . . . I Bet the players are just thrilled to have to go there.
Me and my wife are moving to Utah in the spring. I lived in west and south Jordan for awhile I’m sure most can guess why I moved there. Came back home met my wife and can’t wait to get back. So glad we are going to have hockey in the state when we move there. We are flyers fans but our children are 3 and one baking in the oven. I’m sure they will be lifelong Utah sports fans. Congratulations Utah you deserve it!!
I’m sad for the die hards in Phoenix. But I’m happy for the fans in Utah! Best wishes from a Boston Bruins fan. Hope to come out when the Big Bad Bruins visit SLC! Utah is the most beautiful state in the West.
What die hards? Most of the fans in the Valley are those of the opposition. Always have and always will. Phoenix is mostly made up of transplants that keep their loyalty to their home teams and not Arizona's. I know this because I live out here. And besides, all those crocodile tears from those fans are for nothing, since the Yotes will return to the NHL around 2027-28.
@@mithex8414 I say ice hockey to emphasize the fact that it’s a WINTER sport being played in a WINTER climate. Ps. When you say bro like that you sound like Jonesy and Reilly. F*ckin 10 ply bud…
Unless you're Winnipeg or Ottawa. Winnipeg can't sell out the smallest arena in the NHL with a contending team. You have one pro sport. We have 4 or 5. Canada will never compete with the U.S. in sport fandom little bro.
@mr.brenman2132 has nothing to do with what they're talking about..just making us look like arrogant Americans as usual..sorry Canadians we aint too bright😂
The local MLS team regularly sells out a twenty thousand seat arena, and has the highest average attendance in the league. The Jazz also regularly sells out their games, and I hear they aren't particularly good right now. I don't think low attendance will be an issue
Won't be a problem. Utah has been selling out AHL, IHL, and ECHL hockey games for decades. And tons of NHL fans walking around, jerseys are seen all the time, off and on season
So if Utah does want to re-sign them, they should’ve told them to stay at home and not experience this, which would help sell them on re-signing with them? Huge brain on you.
@@WaffleLover-my1hi I literally said “if”. IF you want any chance to re-sign a player, whether it works out or not, you don’t do it by first telling them they aren’t coming to Utah and that celebration. What’s so hard to understand? They don’t have to sign either of them, but you are basically telling them we aren’t re-signing you if you don’t. Mental gymnastics over here.
@@MES1331 Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. I guess I mean to say I'm surprised the O'Brien and Brown would want to go, not surprised the Coyotes invited them.
@@Dinothunder3309 I bet you Josh Doan will remain in Tucson until his dad's old team returns in 3 or 4 years once that new arena is built and they get hometown hero Auston Matthews on the team.
@@dnuck318 The Utah Eagles in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. So stupid that name was not among those to be selected. Instead they're gonna have an awful minor league name like the Wild, Kraken or Golden Knights.
@@sjdrifter72 Ya I know. I remember the Golden Eagles from the early 90s! Decent name. All three of those names that you mentioned I think are good names. I live in Washington State and Have been to a Kraken game!! The name is awesome!! Just as I believe the Yetis Name will be.
@@timfronimos459 How can you have 'established" fans when the team has been in Utah for all of two weeks. Either way the music is pretty stand arena music, you hear it all time at basketball games, arena football. etc.
And just like that, an entire fan base in Arizona is forgotten by these guys. All because of the idiot owner we have. Enjoy this team Utah, we really did no matter what you hear.
Not even a yotes fan, but seeing that hype video and all the players…horrible times for those fans, they don’t deserve this, they deserve so much better than to have everything they’ve been working for for years and years get ripped away right when everything is about to work… was not a fan of them moving and this hurts, cant imagine what it must feel like for others
That's awesome! Now I can go watch my Golden Knights come play Provo City Prophets! Or is it the Salt Lake City Polygamists? Maybe the Utah Missionaries?! 😂 Nah, just playing. Good for you, Utah!
Yeah, it would continue the awful minor league names like Wild, Blue Jackets, Kraken, and Golden Knights. All non-traditional names. Should have chosen Utah Eagles in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles.
Very disappointed the name "Eagles" was not among those to be selected for the team name. It would have been in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles as well as a nod to the old St Louis Eagles who only played one season in the NHL. Gonna cringe at the name they choose, which I'm sure will be either Blizzard or Yetis. UGH!
@@mattnewel8298 I’m gonna disagree with you there bud. This coming from an oilers fan who endured the “decade of darkness” with “really good young talent” that will turn my team around next year. It’s gonna take some time. Be patient. It will be good eventually
Utah has been selling out IHL, AHL, and ECHL games for decades. Hockey knowledge is NOT lacking. At least try to know what you're talking about before spouting off
Now Utah residents won't have to continue to use Colorado teams as their teams to cheer for like they have for decades except for basketball even though the Nuggets still beat the Jazz to a championship 😂 Being from Colorado and having gone to school in Utah and being very familiar with it I have to say that I actually find all of this hilarious. Utah residents will be die hard fans and I'm sure the team will eventually be decent but like the Jazz will get oh so close but won't be able to do it. I'm pretty sure Utah is cursed when it comes to major professional sports.
Oh wow, this is so cringy hearing them talk about how good they are, can´t watch this lol. Are they gonna be called Salt lake city Mormons or Salt lake city Clowns?
@@pexrinne5144 Utah is super underrated and there's tons of misconceptions and nonsense about the State. Most people love it when they come. Even NBA players who are generally fall into demographics who you would think would not like it here love Utah. and I bet Scandinavians would feel right at home here in some ways. Lauri Markkenan says Utah reminds him of his home nation of Finland. Salt Lake City is what people think Denver is. You get to Denver and you see mountains way off in the distance like 2 hours away lol. In SLC, the mountains are right there all around you.
Special thanks to Gary Bettman to once again pass over one of the best hockey cities in the world - Quebec City. I heard them announce 2500 youth hockey players in Utah several times - like it’s an impressive stat or something. Quebec has 84,000.
They don't care as much as you do. Most of them are from cold weather countries or states. They aren't babies about it. They're pampered anyway while they're in any city. Not like they have to commute to work in the snow every day like the rest of us.
As a coyotes fan I’m glad you guys have embraced them like this. Hopefully Utah will treat them better than Arizona. I’ll be rooting for Utah!
I'm glad a lot of people showed up🔥
It was crazy, they had to start turning people away at the door, over 10,000 people that didn’t get in
@@turquoisenomad8418that’s way more people than Arizona at a arena in Phoenix
It was free
@@pagejames8754it wasn’t a game either😂 30k in for season tickets in the first 2-3 days of the team being official. No one shows more support than Utah, hockey doesn’t belong in Arizona. Keep crying.
@@braxyong Very few are crying. It is hard to garner support when you are a perennial loser. So yay, good for you . . . I Bet the players are just thrilled to have to go there.
This is awesome!!!! Can’t wait to be there for a games. Let’s go UTAH!!!!
32:30 gave me chills when we broke that out! Hopefully we can pack these games!
Buying tickets to the first game I will be there crying hard because man I have fallen in love with this sport at just the right time
welcome to hockey fam best sport in the world
We have great fans
This is amazing. I have been a Sabres fan since 1971. Now....I'm Utah.
Not that easy for most of us to abandon our team of many decades.
Utah has the loudest arena in sports. It's gonna be a madhouse when there's a powerplay and the playoffs will be deafening.
Let’s go utah!
Showed out!!!🤘💪
I’ve been waiting on this my whole life!
So thankful.
You Salt Lake fans can invite the AZ fans to join you guys as fans of the new team.
I like the Yetis. Utah always had great youth hockey and now they get a team. Awesome!
Me and my wife are moving to Utah in the spring. I lived in west and south Jordan for awhile I’m sure most can guess why I moved there. Came back home met my wife and can’t wait to get back. So glad we are going to have hockey in the state when we move there. We are flyers fans but our children are 3 and one baking in the oven. I’m sure they will be lifelong Utah sports fans. Congratulations Utah you deserve it!!
I’m sad for the die hards in Phoenix. But I’m happy for the fans in Utah! Best wishes from a Boston Bruins fan. Hope to come out when the Big Bad Bruins visit SLC! Utah is the most beautiful state in the West.
What die hards? Most of the fans in the Valley are those of the opposition. Always have and always will. Phoenix is mostly made up of transplants that keep their loyalty to their home teams and not Arizona's. I know this because I live out here. And besides, all those crocodile tears from those fans are for nothing, since the Yotes will return to the NHL around 2027-28.
Amazing crowd to welcome the Utah Fighting Saints!
More like the Utah Yetis or Stags
@@l-wolverine2211 The Yetis would be unique, since the Stags, and Fighting Saints have already been used in the old World Hockey Assoc.
@@angeloangelojoseph1494 That, and it would give them the nickname;
“The Abominable Snowmen!”
That’s really a great way to do this. And kudos to the players. This can’t be easy for them
This feels like Colorado getting the Nordiques with the level of talent Utah is getting.
An ice hockey team in a city that actually knows what snow is… what a novel concept…
Please don't say ice hockey. its just hockey bro
@@mithex8414 I say ice hockey to emphasize the fact that it’s a WINTER sport being played in a WINTER climate. Ps. When you say bro like that you sound like Jonesy and Reilly. F*ckin 10 ply bud…
Americans: Thanks for showing up.
Canadians: Thanks for showing out.
😂😂😂
Unless you're Winnipeg or Ottawa. Winnipeg can't sell out the smallest arena in the NHL with a contending team. You have one pro sport. We have 4 or 5. Canada will never compete with the U.S. in sport fandom little bro.
@mr.brenman2132 has nothing to do with what they're talking about..just making us look like arrogant Americans as usual..sorry Canadians we aint too bright😂
@@mkultra5752 If you're American you should move to Canada.
I believe they pronounce it “showing oot.”😂😂
That kid winning season tickets was stoked
Who wouldn't be?!
So weird seeing Matt McConnell (voice of the Coyotes for 13 years) yelling "let's go Utah". Guessing his buddy Tyson Nash won't be joining him.
I’d give it 50/50 Nash will be there too
@@Mansini77 Nash will most likely head to Tucson with the RoadRunners and lay low until the Coyotes return in 2027 or 2028.
Great that so many fans showed up! The DJ needs to learn about hockey music though.
Nice warm day in Utah, but there was a massive Blizzard that blew through the state!
Opening night will be a hoot
BTW Spicey Tuna is from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Spicy Tuna
Wow these fans want to watch some hockey!
Maccielli from Finland 2!! Didnt know they released that!
I had a spicy tuna roll for lunch
Colorado Avalanche fan welcomes Utah. Looking forward to future games. Maybe some playoff games.
Thank you UTAH
for ending that nightmare in Arizona. The league is so much stronger with you. Good luck n enjoy your squad. ✌️n ❤️ from 🇨🇦
The Utah MOUNTAINEERS!
Go U-Team
I've grown up in Utah and always wanted a Utah hockey team I'm a la kings' fan but looks like I will have two teams now. I hope it is the Utah yetis.
LOL! Pull those pants up a little higher and let us all know about that purple color!
THE UTAH WOLF PACK
What happens if very few people show up to these games?
I live in AZ,they will sell out for next 10 years,they will be excellent in two years!
They already have 27,000+ preorders for season tickets and the stadium holds 16,000 when set up for hockey they’re gonna sell out every game
People will show up.
The local MLS team regularly sells out a twenty thousand seat arena, and has the highest average attendance in the league. The Jazz also regularly sells out their games, and I hear they aren't particularly good right now. I don't think low attendance will be an issue
Won't be a problem. Utah has been selling out AHL, IHL, and ECHL hockey games for decades. And tons of NHL fans walking around, jerseys are seen all the time, off and on season
Utah Thunder
Surprising that Liam O'Brien and Josh Brown showed up despite being pending UFAs. Not sure they need to be looking for a house in Utah quite yet.
So if Utah does want to re-sign them, they should’ve told them to stay at home and not experience this, which would help sell them on re-signing with them? Huge brain on you.
@@MES1331 How do you know the Coyotes want to re-sign them?
@@WaffleLover-my1hi I literally said “if”. IF you want any chance to re-sign a player, whether it works out or not, you don’t do it by first telling them they aren’t coming to Utah and that celebration. What’s so hard to understand? They don’t have to sign either of them, but you are basically telling them we aren’t re-signing you if you don’t. Mental gymnastics over here.
@@MES1331 Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. I guess I mean to say I'm surprised the O'Brien and Brown would want to go, not surprised the Coyotes invited them.
@@WaffleLover-my1hi all good. They want to see what Utah is about most likely. Got to soak it in…looked cool, I’d be hyped up after that.
Anyone else here the player say “BUZZING”
UTAH MASTODONS !!! (Or SunDancers)
Where was Josh Doan??
He and Guenther and Kresserling where sent down to Tucson For the Playoffs
@@Dinothunder3309 I bet you Josh Doan will remain in Tucson until his dad's old team returns in 3 or 4 years once that new arena is built and they get hometown hero Auston Matthews on the team.
Go Utah Yeti's!!
Boooooooo hate this name
@@pagejames8754 Ok cool. What name do you like?
@@dnuck318 The Utah Eagles in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. So stupid that name was not among those to be selected. Instead they're gonna have an awful minor league name like the Wild, Kraken or Golden Knights.
@@sjdrifter72 Ya I know. I remember the Golden Eagles from the early 90s! Decent name. All three of those names that you mentioned I think are good names. I live in Washington State and Have been to a Kraken game!! The name is awesome!! Just as I believe the Yetis Name will be.
The coy Yetis?
They have not announced a team name Yeti is just a theory of what some fans want.
Yeti is awful, I won't be buying merch if that's chosen
Still gonna be bottom 10 in the league for few years to come
Hi can Philippines get their own nhl hockey them
New Utah NHL team has a tasty breakfast after using the little boy’s toom. Film at 11.
Does anyone at this event even like this entrance music?
That music is horrible.
@@ebl89 First thing I thought when I started watching the replay. :(
Garbage music they think will 'draw' new fans but just sickens established fans.
@@timfronimos459 It's really not that deep bro, chill out.
@@timfronimos459 How can you have 'established" fans when the team has been in Utah for all of two weeks. Either way the music is pretty stand arena music, you hear it all time at basketball games, arena football. etc.
SPICY TUNA
Hope they have better colors than rhise balloons
Yetis!!
And just like that, an entire fan base in Arizona is forgotten by these guys. All because of the idiot owner we have. Enjoy this team Utah, we really did no matter what you hear.
What do you expect them to do/say?
Sorry it had to happen this way. We will take good care of them for you
@@Ralfscho Utah is the desert. Many of these guys are from cold countries. They aren't babies. They can hack some snow.
I'm sorry you guys lost your team. Hope all you Coyotes fans join us Utahns in cheering for them. Y'all are welcome here!
Congrats!!!
Now the Colorado Avalanche has something to worry against.
😇
HA!! Hardly
@@pagejames8754 Like how you Choked against Seattle last year?!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
I may have to change my loyalty from the Habs to Utah! Now let's get an organ in the Delta Centre and hire Diane Bibaud away from the Habs! :-)
Golden eagles
Not even a yotes fan, but seeing that hype video and all the players…horrible times for those fans, they don’t deserve this, they deserve so much better than to have everything they’ve been working for for years and years get ripped away right when everything is about to work… was not a fan of them moving and this hurts, cant imagine what it must feel like for others
Agree but as whole they weren't even filling a college rink.
@@iron-farmerYes they were.
Ya but look at the players and staff they are stoked as can be to not deal with old ownership
5,000 fans is not enough income for an NHL team. Owner wasn't interested in making things work for how long now?! So someone else stepped up
@@pagejames8754 i mostly feel for the fans in this situation
That's awesome! Now I can go watch my Golden Knights come play Provo City Prophets! Or is it the Salt Lake City Polygamists? Maybe the Utah Missionaries?! 😂
Nah, just playing. Good for you, Utah!
So theyll bring a stanley cup to utah before an nba championship 😂
"Welcome your Utah Salty!!!"
Still think it sounds better than any of their potential names.
That's awful. But so are most of the other suggestions so far
Just please dont be the Yeti, Fury, or Venom. All ultra minor league
Agreed. Hate the Yeti name and how much traction it's getting. Especially because the fans will vote on the team's name
Yeah, it would continue the awful minor league names like Wild, Blue Jackets, Kraken, and Golden Knights. All non-traditional names. Should have chosen Utah Eagles in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles.
Very disappointed the name "Eagles" was not among those to be selected for the team name. It would have been in honor of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles as well as a nod to the old St Louis Eagles who only played one season in the NHL. Gonna cringe at the name they choose, which I'm sure will be either Blizzard or Yetis. UGH!
The whole NHL is bummed! Do you think cold weather NHL teams want to visit Utah in the winter or AZ?
😂 😂 You don't know a lot about utah do you?
It snows here 1-2 days a year 😄 and 40 degrees temp during winter.
my guy knows nothing about utah
Most NHL players grew up in colder climates than Utah has. Doubt they're pre Madonnas like NBA players.
Just a warning: you guys are going to suck for another year or two, but stick around, your team is going to be pretty decent soon!
Jazz are constantly selling out games despite sucking. Utah knows how to support their teams. Don’t see this being any different.
@cameron4435 also depending on free agency they could be a playoff team this upcoming year, they have really good young talent just need a few pieces
@@mattnewel8298 I’m gonna disagree with you there bud. This coming from an oilers fan who endured the “decade of darkness” with “really good young talent” that will turn my team around next year. It’s gonna take some time. Be patient. It will be good eventually
Hopefully Utah fans will have some class and actually learn the games/rules, unlike Vegas fans.
Utah has a long history of hockey.
Utah has been selling out IHL, AHL, and ECHL games for decades. Hockey knowledge is NOT lacking. At least try to know what you're talking about before spouting off
God that rap music is cringe.
Yeah, I agree, why would the league want to connect with younger fans in a brand new market? /s
@@regancorbett1562 Utah is mostly white and Mormon, hardly the kind of people that listen to awful rap from "da hood'.
@@sjdrifter72 I think you’re underestimating how popular rap is with Gen Z dude.
Now Utah residents won't have to continue to use Colorado teams as their teams to cheer for like they have for decades except for basketball even though the Nuggets still beat the Jazz to a championship 😂 Being from Colorado and having gone to school in Utah and being very familiar with it I have to say that I actually find all of this hilarious. Utah residents will be die hard fans and I'm sure the team will eventually be decent but like the Jazz will get oh so close but won't be able to do it. I'm pretty sure Utah is cursed when it comes to major professional sports.
Utah is going to fold in 1 year
What a joke
Oh wow, this is so cringy hearing them talk about how good they are, can´t watch this lol. Are they gonna be called Salt lake city Mormons or Salt lake city Clowns?
Wow aren't you original, a mormon joke 🙄
@@pagejames8754 Thank you sir, I´m from Sweden so the mormon thing is all new to me.
All I know about the mormons are what South Park has taught me.
@@pexrinne5144 Utah is super underrated and there's tons of misconceptions and nonsense about the State. Most people love it when they come. Even NBA players who are generally fall into demographics who you would think would not like it here love Utah. and I bet Scandinavians would feel right at home here in some ways. Lauri Markkenan says Utah reminds him of his home nation of Finland. Salt Lake City is what people think Denver is. You get to Denver and you see mountains way off in the distance like 2 hours away lol. In SLC, the mountains are right there all around you.
The nhl sucks
Special thanks to Gary Bettman to once again pass over one of the best hockey cities in the world - Quebec City. I heard them announce 2500 youth hockey players in Utah several times - like it’s an impressive stat or something. Quebec has 84,000.
I heard someone say the NHL doesn't want any more Canadian markets. Is there any truth to that or just nonsense?
Logic says they should be named the Utah Ontarians
Salt lake 6 wives is a catchy team name
Had to work, otherwise I would’ve been there! Stoked for this team! Welcome guys! Excited about this!
The whole NHL is bummed! Do you think cold weather NHL teams want to visit Utah in the winter or AZ?
They don't care as much as you do. Most of them are from cold weather countries or states. They aren't babies about it.
They're pampered anyway while they're in any city. Not like they have to commute to work in the snow every day like the rest of us.
The soon 2x Winter Olympic hosts? Tell me you didn’t research🤣