Trio Of Third Period Goals Gives Utah Hockey Club Late Lead Over Minnesota

Dec 10, 2024, 10:09 PM

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Hockey Club isn’t going away quietly, scoring three third-period goals to grab a 4-3 lead over division-leading Minnesota.

Utah Hockey Club (12-11-4, 28 pts) is hosting the Minnesota Wild (18-5-4, 40 pts) at Delta Center on Tuesday, December 10.

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It has been a wild final period. Utah battled back, scoring three goals in the first 12 minutes.

Minutes after a 59-second sequence that saw Minnesota answer Clayton Keller’s first power-play goal by retaking the lead, Keller had another power-play chance.

The Captain found himself in space on the right side. After closing the gap, Keller ripped a shot that beat Filip Gustavson low.

With momentum on its side, Utah Hockey Club pressed its advantage.

Juuso Valimaki jumped on the ice and fired a shot that Gustavson knocked down but couldn’t contain. With a head of steam, Valimaki grabbed the rebound and blasted it by the Minnesota keeper to give his team a one-goal lead.

Utah has been outshot 32-21 with 2:30 left.

Utah Hockey Club is working on 2025 jerseys

According to NHL Insider Nicholas Cotsonika, following the Board of Governors meeting this week, front office members and individuals from Utah’s ownership group met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and senior executive vice president of marketing and chief branding officer Brian Jennings to discuss their plans.

“We’re deep in the [jersey] design process for next season, which goes hand in glove with our brand identity and what we’re going to do there,” Armstrong told NHL.com.

“We’re all working within the timelines and trying to get creative about those to give ourselves as much runway to get all those pieces lined up properly.”

Utah’s branding and jersey design deadline is swiftly approaching to make things more permanent moving forward.

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“I’d say we’re getting close to needing to make some decisions. I’d say early in the new year. Everybody’s tried their best to work flexibly — or away from hard and fast deadlines — because it is a complicated process, especially on the [intellectual property] side.

“Just making sure we’ve got everything lined up and buttoned up before we make any firm decisions,” Armstrong told NHL.com.

According to Armstrong, they won’t deviate much from the current jerseys aside from introducing whatever their new logo is onto one of them.

That means that the other will likely not change very much if it all, and based on the fact that Armstrong has said they like to feature “Utah” on the road, that would likely mean the white sweater does not change.

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Trio Of Third Period Goals Gives Utah Hockey Club Late Lead Over Minnesota