“We’ve had several meetings and calls with Fanatics at the highest level of the company alongside the NHL to figure how we could accelerate the timelines — and the factory schedule, for example — to get jerseys in the hands of our fans so they could enjoy them for as much of our inaugural season as possible,” Armstrong said.
The first batch will include home and away jerseys. All will be adult sizes, and most will be blank, because that was most efficient amid the tight timeline. But there will be a limited number of player jerseys, including Logan Cooley, Dylan Guenther, Connor Ingram, Clayton Keller, Liam O’Brien, Nick Schmaltz and Mikhail Sergachev, and fans can customize blank jerseys.
All will be from the Fanatics Premium line, which features a holographic NHL Shield on the neck and the same fabric and graphic techniques as the Authentic Pro line. Blank jerseys will be $200. Player jerseys — or blank jerseys customized with player names and numbers — will be $250. Other customized jerseys will be $275.
Utah hosts the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday (9 p.m. ET; Utah16, SCRIPPS).
“Hopefully, we will see a lot of Utah Hockey Club jerseys in the stands that evening,” Armstrong said.
Armstrong said Utah will try to restock as early as possible in 2025. Youth sizes will come in the next wave.
“Ultimately, our goal for the entire season is to get as many jerseys in the hands of our fans as we possibly can, so I would be thrilled to sell out of the team store quickly and be tasked with the responsibility of trying to restock that ahead of schedule like we have tried to do in this first instance here,” Armstrong said.
“We understood in sort of jumping the queue to get jerseys in the hands of fans on this timeline that we’d have to show patience later in the process. That won’t slow our resolve, though, to try to get more jerseys in the fans as quickly as we can and continue to work with Fanatics and the NHL to explore what’s possible there.”
