“We had several meetings and calls with Fanatics at the highest level of the company, along with the NHL, to think about how we could speed up the timelines — and the factory schedule, for example — to get the jerseys into the hands of our fans, so they could enjoy as much of our inaugural season as possible,” Armstrong said.

The first batch will include home and away shirts. All will be adult sizes and most will be empty because this was most effective in the middle of tight time. But there will be a limited number of player jerseys, including Logan Cooley, Dylan Guenther, Connor Ingram, Clayton Keller, Liam O’Brien, Nick Schmaltz and Mikhail Sergachev, and fans can customize the blank jerseys.

All will be from the Fanatics Premium line, which features a holographic NHL shield on the neck and the same fabric and graphic techniques as the Authentic Pro line. Blank jerseys will cost $200. Player jerseys — or blank jerseys customized with player names and numbers — will cost $250. Other custom shirts will cost $275.

Utah hosts the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday (9 p.m. ET; Utah16, SCRIPPS).

“Hopefully we’ll see a lot of Utah Hockey Club jerseys in the stands that night,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong said Utah will try to restock as early as possible in 2025. Youth sizes will come in the next wave.

“Ultimately, our goal for the whole season is to get as many shirts into the hands of our fans as possible, so I would be delighted to sell the team shop quickly and be tasked with the responsibility of trying to restock. ahead of schedule, as we tried to do in this first instance here,” Armstrong said.

“We understand that in order to get in line to get the jerseys into the hands of fans on this timeline that we will have to be patient later in the process. However, that won’t slow our determination to try to get more jerseys into the fans as quickly as we can and continue to work with Fanatics and the NHL to explore what’s possible out there.”