Fans are being asked to choose Utah Hockey Club, Mammoth or Outlaws for the NHL team's permanent nickname. Here's what the logos could look like.

Connor Ingram came out of the net to defend against Columbus’ rush and rocketed the puck off the boards and up the ice. Guenther gathered it at the offensive blueline, got an initial shot off which was stopped and then tapped in his own rebound for the final 3-2 scoreline. Ingram got an assist on the play and made 20 saves on the night.

And then there were three. But how did we get here? The naming of Utah’s hockey franchise — currently known as Utah Hockey Club — has become a dramatic, lengthy process because of copyright issues in seemingly every direction.

If you didn’t like the Utah Wasatch as a replacement name for the Utah Hockey Club, don’t worry. Smith Entertainment Group announced on Thursday that due to fan feedback, that name is out of the running. It will be replaced with the highly requested Utah Outlaws.

Despite the best efforts to keep the team-name voting a concealed process, the three potential logos have been leaked online.

: NHL insider Frank Seravalli reports that the three logos leaked to social media earlier today aren’t final versions. The logos leaked for the monikers Mammoth, Outlaws and Hockey Club are essentially draft versions.

The Utah HC didn’t have much time to plan its very first season in the NHL. The team’s identity was not a priority, which is why we currently have a team named Hockey Club in the NHL. The idea of waiting to make the best choice was a good one,

NHL fans noticed some similarities between the proposed Utah Outlaws logo and the create-a-team logos offered in EA Sports video games.