Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith hoped nobody saw him having dinner with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York two years ago when he first broached the idea of bringing a hockey team to Utah.

Ryan Smith is going to give new meaning to the expression that there aren’t enough hours in a day. “Ah jeez, Day 2 is definitely different than Day 1. The work starts!” the new Utah NHL ...

It does not require a lot of imagination to picture Ryan Smith as a roller hockey player. Three hours before his Utah Jazz host the Boston Celtics at the Delta Center, Smith is inside the team’s ...

It’s clear: Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith is pushing for hockey in Utah — and is confident that he’ll be able to bring a team to the state. That’s after Smith revealed more about his plans on ...

Ryan Smith, the chairman of Smith Entertainment Group, announced via X on Friday that he plans to construct more hockey rinks across Utah — specifically, one in every municipality. The post was ...

A 30-foot statue? Genetically-modified mammoth? Here is what could be in store for Utah’s NHL team following its rebrand.

Utah Feels They Had a Successful 2024 NHL Entry Draft In the lead-up to the draft, Dan Rosen, senior NHL writer, sat down with Ryan Smith, who shared his excitement about the franchise’s first ...

Wade, the retired Basketball Hall of Fame guard who starred for the Miami Heat and is now a limited partner of the Utah Jazz and the Hockey Club, turned to Ryan Smith, his billionaire partner and ...

In a recent tweet, Utah Hockey Club owner Ryan Smith teased that an outdoor NHL is coming to Utah in response to a question posed by Utah Jazz analyst Holly Rowe. In a recent unveiling of the ...

Despite missing the Stanley Cup playoffs, excitement over hockey in Salt Lake City has been through the roof, especially late Tuesday night. When owners Ryan and Ashley Smith brought the Arizona ...