Utah Hockey Club Naming Struggles: Name Rights Issues

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00:00So the Utah Hockey Club,

00:03they call themselves Utah Hockey Club

00:05because they came into the league so fast

00:06and they were like, oh, we're gonna decide on a name.

00:08They wanted to use the name Yeti,

00:10but they can't do the copyright infringement,

00:12which I really don't get.

00:14That's ridiculous.

00:15It's like the Las Vegas Golden Knights

00:19wanted to be the Las Vegas Black Knights.

00:22That's what they wanted to be called, the Black Knights,

00:24but Army football wouldn't allow it, right?

00:27And I don't know, you have a bunch of other Tigers

00:29and same team names, but,

00:31so they're down to three names

00:34and people on the Vancouver Canucks

00:36have just scored to take a 2-1 lead

00:38and people are less than enthusiastic about the names.

00:42Listen, if you don't know how to say the name,

00:44you got a problem with the name, right?

00:47That's kind of like, it's sort of like a company

00:50because a sports team name is a company.

00:52So whether it's stupid or not,

00:54and whether you think it's a dumb name,

00:59as long as you're able to say the name,

01:01but people are having a hard time with the Utah names

01:06and I've got a million tweets here.

01:09What the hell is a Wasatch?

01:12And people don't really even know,

01:13that's how you pronounce it, a Wasatch.

01:17And the Utah Wasatch take a 1-0 lead tonight.

01:20It just doesn't work, guys.

01:23Like, seriously.