The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused a request by the NHL’s Utah Hockey Club to trademark the name Utah Yetis.

Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season, Barrett Hayton scored twice and Utah beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Thursday night for its third straight victory.

Playing in front of USA's Four Nation Face-off general manager Bill Guerin (whose day job is being the GM of the Wild), Keller delivered a beauty of a goal, skating across the offense zone before whipping a shot short side to beat Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson in the first period.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Utah Hockey Club defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-0 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.

PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) are in action tonight against the Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7) for the third meeting between the two teams this year. The Wild are welcoming Kirill Kaprizov and Jared Spurgeon into the lineup tonight.

Having their best player and their captain back on the ice didn’t help them turn around their recent struggles at home.

Utah Hockey Club has had this week circled on the calendar. Four consecutive games against Central Division opponents in the span of seven days. The playoff-picture buzz circling around the room even if not explicitly talked about.

Vejmelka recorded a 26-save shutout in Thursday's 4-0 win over Minnesota. This was technically Vejmelka's second personal shutout of the season, as the previous one was a 4-0 loss to Ottawa in which he stopped the 14 shots he faced after coming in as relief after Connor Ingram got the hook,

Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season, Barrett Hayton scored twice and Utah beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Thursday night for its third straight victory. Clayton Keller and Lawson Crouse also scored,

(St. Paul, MN) -- Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Utah Hockey Club blanked the Wild 4-0 on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center.

Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Utah Hockey Club defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-0 at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. “We did a great