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Utah Hockey Club names first captain in franchise history
The Utah Hockey Club has anointed Clayton Keller as the first captain in franchise history, the team announced Friday. It’s a fitting honor for the team’s first star. But dating back to this roster’s time in Arizona as the Coyotes, it’s been Keller’s team ever since former captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson was traded to the Canucks in the 2021 offseason. The 2016 seventh-overall pick has broken out as an undeniable first-line threat since then, averaging just shy of a point per game over the last three seasons.
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