Utah Hockey Club 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
To paraphrase the late President Gerald Ford, the long National Hockey League nightmare is over. The Arizona Coyotes are no longer. Arizona is now the Utah Hockey Club and will play in Salt Lake City at the Delta Center, home of the NBA Utah Jazz. The same group owns the NHL and NBA teams. While the Delta Center is not built for hockey, the franchise will invest a tidy sum to make it so. Excitement is high in the Salt Lake area, not to mention the entire state, with the season already sold out to what will be a rabid fan base. Best of all, the Utah Hockey Club (which will be named next year) has a team that will entertain and contend.
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Utah Hockey Club Team Overview
In the 2023-24 season, the Utah Hockey Club, then known as the Arizona Coyotes, were 36-41-5 straight up and 45-32 over/under the total.
Also, Arizona was 13th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Arizona was 36 points behind the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference playoff race.
Arizona had NHL rankings of 25th for goals scored and 15th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Coyotes had NHL rankings of
25th for goals against and 15th for penalty killing.
Arizona finished 21 points out of a Western Conference playoff spot.
Utah Hockey Club Key Players
C Clayton Keller has been the key offensive producer for Utah. Keller was the 7th overall pick of the 2016 NHL Draft. He immediately broke into the NHL in 2016-17 and is a four-time NHL All-Star, including last year. Last year, he scored 33 goals with 43 assists.
LW Lawson Crouse was the 11th overall pick of the 2015 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers. He has played for Utah since 2016-17. Last year, he scored 23 goals with 19 assists.
Number one defenseman Sean Durzi is emerging as one of the best in the NHL. Durzi began his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings in 2021-22. Last year, he scored nine goals with 32 assists.
Utah Hockey Club Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Connor Ingram was 23-21-3 with a 2.91 goals against average and .907 save percentage last year. Ingram broke into the NHL with the Nashville Predators in 2021-22.
Utah Hockey Club Head Coach
Head coach Andre Tourigny is in his fourth season behind the bench for Utah. He arrived from the Quebec Major Junior League and Ontario Hockey League, where he was one of the most accomplished coaches in the junior ranks. His career NHL record is 89-131-26
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
36 |
41 |
7th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
28 |
40 |
7th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
25 |
50 |
8th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
24 |
26 |
5th, West |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
70 |
33 |
29 |
5th, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Avalanche) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
39 |
35 |
4th, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
Utah Hockey Club History
Born in 1972 as a World Hockey Association charter member of the Winnipeg Jets, the Coyotes moved to the metro Phoenix area in 1996. Their best season was in 2012 when they made the Western Conference Final. Ironically enough, that is when they were an orphan owned by the NHL.
From the start, it was a struggle for Arizona in the desert. Originally, the Coyotes shared an arena with the NBA Phoenix Suns. But many of the seats in one end zone were obstructed. When the Coyotes finally got their own home, it was in remote Glendale.
The theory was that there would be major land development with a shopping mall, homes, and entertainment complexes. The project never worked despite a football stadium for the NFL Arizona Cardinals being next door. Coyote fans hated the long drive from downtown and affluent Scottsdale, especially for weeknight games.
Next, the Coyotes left Glendale to play at the home of the NCAA Arizona State Sun Devils program in an arena that seats around 6,000 fans. The plan was to play there for a couple of years until a new arena could be built in Tempe. But the project never saw a shovel penetrate the ground.
As a result of the Arizona stalemate, Utah has a new hockey team. The Utah Hockey Club will share the Delta Center with the NBA Utah Jazz, which the same group owns.
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