GO DEEPER Why Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith is hellbent on bringing an NHL team to Salt Lake City Smith’s passion for basketball is well-documented. He’s a lifelong fan who is present with a ...

Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith’s public bid for an NHL team didn’t come as a complete surprise this week. But the timing of the request was certainly up for debate. Smith has talked about his ...

Utah Jazz owner ... Smith indicated via Twitter on Saturday that he’s trying to bring yet another professional sports league into the Beehive State. A sports anchor for KSL tweeted about the NHL ...

Smith Entertainment Group (SEG), owner of the Utah Jazz ... bring NHL hockey to Utah,” the NHL responded in a statement, saying it has talked with SEG and Ryan and Ashley Smith, owners of ...

Ryan Smith has some hockey roots. He played roller hockey growing up and can skate a little bit. He used to watch the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, a minor league hockey team from 1969-94, and wear Los ...

The Utah Hockey Club are in the Wild Card fight in the Western Conference, and now Owner Ryan Smith has made a classy move for the fans in Salt Lake City as they look to wrap up their first season ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Smith Entertainment Group owners will be joined by the National Hockey League commissioner for a press conference to celebrate the new pro team coming to Utah.

Ryan Smith believes he has such a proposal. On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz owner made an official play for the NHL. The Smith Entertainment Group announced it has formally requested the NHL to start ...

Ryan Smith, owner of Utah Hockey Club and Utah Jazz, joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss rising NHL team valuations, the interplay of mixed-use real estate in sports, and more.

Ryan Smith has made his affection for the National Hockey League official. The owner of the Utah Jazz and CEO of its ownership group, Smith Entertainment Group, wants to bring professional hockey ...

Ryan Smith, co-founder and chairman of Smith Entertainment Group, speaks before his Utah NHL ... and hockey operations department, while Alex Meruelo, the team’s previous owner, retained the ...