Former Cotton and Copper chef Tamara Stanger is returning to Arizona to build a hyperlocal menu at a restaurant already making waves in high country.

There’s always a sort of buzz to a team that’s competing in a new place, and the Blueshirts were no different.

They praise the fan base and the family friendly environment. The Delta Center is not ideal for hockey, but all should be well once the renovations are completed. Now that the halfway point of the Utah Hockey Club’s inaugural season has come and gone, let’s compare the expectations to the reality of the NHL in Utah.

Most states still levy taxes on their residents at graduated rates, but not here. In fact, Arizona helped to kick off a mini flat-tax "revolution."

The Florida Panthers will play their first game in Utah tonight when they visit the NHL’s newest team. A team, one may notice, is not all that new. Unlike previous expansion teams, the Utah Hockey Club was not slapped together one offseason before making its debut in a matter of weeks.

The 2022-23 season marked the first season at Mullett Arena for the Arizona Coyotes. While the team missed the playoffs for its third consecutive season, Clayton Keller‘s 86-point campaign tied Keith Tkachuk for the most points in a single season in Coyotes’ history.

Utah football and Cam Rising are officially going their separate ways. Rising had been with the program since the 2020 season.

Kansas State returns home after a two-game road trip in Utah to a two-game homestand against Arizona and Arizona State. This will be the first matchup between the two schools

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs was ejected for fighting against Arizona State and will be suspended for Tuesday's game against Utah. She leads Baylor with 14.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

Game Preview, 1/18: Utah Hockey Club vs. St. Louis Blues WHEN: 7:00 p.m. MT WHERE: Delta Center - Salt Lake City, Utah TV: SEG+, UtahHC+, NashCast, Utah 16 | RADIO: KSL Sports Zone 97.5 FM, NHL App

In the latter half of 2024, the Arizona Coyotes moved to the mountains to become the Utah Hockey Club. But, which version of the team had a better 2024?

Ezra Ausar led the Utes with a season-high 21 points, shooting 7 of 12 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line. Wahlin scored a career-high 16 points on 5 of 5 shooting, including three second-half 3-pointers as he found success working the perimeter.