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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is an avid winter sportsman, so yesterday’s announcement of an expert hockey group in Utah felt a bit extra private to him.
He is able to take benefit.
“On a private degree, I am unable to wait to come back to video games right here — and steal a few days snowboarding, with out anyone figuring out about it,” mentioned Bettman, after joking concerning the “uncommon” heat reception he acquired from the state. “That is only a great spot to be, and you may really feel the vitality and the joy right here. It is palpable.”
Ashley and Ryan Smith reiterated their roles as “stewards” of a brand new skilled hockey franchise that can play (at the very least instantly) alongside the Utah Jazz at Delta Heart.
“We’re not going to be excellent. … We cannot get it proper the primary time, however we’ll get it proper,” mentioned Ryan Smith, earlier than confirming that 22,700 season-ticket deposits have been processed. “We’ll want everybody. That is actually a group asset, and it’s for the group.”
However do not be afraid of expectations, his spouse mentioned.
“We wish to convey a championship, we wish to convey the Stanley Cup to Utah,” Ashley Smith added, “and we wish to proceed creating the best fan expertise in all of sports activities.
“We’re prepared for the problem.”
Ashley Smith follows up the commissioner and talks about assembly the gamers and wanting to maintain their vitality. pic.twitter.com/5wOCxPtzBK
— KSL.com Sports activities (@KSLcomSports) April 19, 2024
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox mentioned he was the “happiest governor since Gov. Matheson in 1979,” referring to the second the Jazz relocated from New Orleans to the Wasatch Entrance. However he reiterated the group position of the brand new group.
“The Jazz got here right here in 1979 as a result of folks took an opportunity and folks got here collectively,” Gov. Cox mentioned. “This does not occur accidentally. We had our first name with the commissioner about three months in the past … and did not know that this might be an possibility. However there have been a thousand methods for this to not occur, a thousand methods for it to go improper, and it virtually did go improper. So many individuals got here collectively to make this occur.”
And but …
“None of this occurs with out Ashley and Ryan Smith,” he added. “You must have folks keen to be the leaders, to put the wager, to sacrifice to make this occur.”
— Sean Walker, KSL.com
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