How Utah Hockey Club fans, Ryan Smith celebrated the franchise’s first-ever NHL Draft

The Utah Hockey Club and its fans celebrated their first NHL draft with an inaugural party at the Delta Center on Friday.

From earlier: Utah Hockey Club right wing Dylan Guenther talked about SLC’s first NHL Draft and the excitement surrounding the new team.Guenther isn’t used to this amount of fanfare. Before moving to Salt Lake City, the Arizona Coyotes — the franchise’s former iteration — could only host about 5,000 fans in

Attending the Utah Hockey Club’s draft party on Friday, Malstrom, donning a Coyotes jersey, could be seen carrying the rug on his shoulder and posing for pictures with fellow fans. His excitement and dedication — enough to make a hand-crafted rug — is just one example of the growing hockey fanbase in Salt Lake City.

“I’m a hockey fan in general,” Tanner said. “I love to collect jerseys, but I will never own a jersey for the Vegas Golden Knights. I can’t stand them.” Ryan Smith would’ve thought you were crazy if you told him he’d own an NHL franchise a few months ago. “It’s pretty cool,” Guenther told The Salt Lake Tribune of his reaction to Iginla’s selection. “I played with Tij . He’s a great kid, so I’m super excited.”

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