Utah Hockey Club owner Ryan Smith gave away free single-goal view seats, which usually aren't open to the public, for a game against the Vancouver Canucks. The move spurred an almost sold-out crowd at the Delta Center, leading to a 3-2 overtime victory for the team.
With less than five hours until puck drop on Wednesday, Ryan Smith sent out a memo to Utah Hockey Club fans. The team owner made all single-goal view seats — which usually aren’t open to the public — free for one game. Each person could get two tickets in a first come, first serve process.The official game attendance was 11,131 which only includes full-view seats. However, the entirety of the upper bowl was also filled.
Utah Hockey Club felt the support in its 3-2 overtime win over the Vancouver Canucks.“That means a ton for the players. You want to be supported, you want to feel you belong,” head coach André Tourigny said of Smith’s initiative to get people in the building. Tourigny’s team played at Arizona State University’s Mullet Arena from 2022 to 2024. It had a 5,000-seat capacity which was usually filled with a split of home and away fans. To have Delta Center nearly sold out for a Wednesday night game in December, backed by a supportive owner and an animated audience moved the players. “It’s awesome. It was an amazing crowd tonight. It gives all of us chills,” said Clayton Keller who had a goal and an assist in Utah’s fifth win in six games. “This is what you dream of, playing in front of however many thousands of people, playing the game you love with your best friends. There’s no better feeling.” (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Hockey Club center Clayton Keller (9) celebrates his goal alaiong with teammates, Utah Hockey Club center Barrett Hayton (27) and Utah Hockey Club defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98), in NHL Hockey action between Utah Hockey Club and Vancouver Canucks at the Delta Center, on Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024. While Utah has a six-game winning streak on the road, it had not earned a victory on home ice since Nov. 13 before Wednesday’s matchup. Accordingly, Mikhail Sergachev’s overtime goal to complete the comeback carried a little extra weigh
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