Only 9 NHL teams own their team name in .com: 2024 update

A number of teams could acquire their matching domains for five figures.

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The National Hockey League finals are here, pitting the Edmonton Oilers against the Dallas Stars in the West and Florida Panthers against the Fresh York Rangers in the East.

It’s been regarding five years since I last looked at which NHL teams own their team name as a domain name. No NHL teams have purchased their domain names since then. This is a bit surprising, given that many of them are available at low cost. Edmonton can buy Oilers.com for $30,000, or even buy it on lease-to-own.

These nine teams own their .com domain name:

Hurricanes.com (Carolina)
Senators.com (Ottawa)
Blackhawks.com (Chicago) – obtained via UDRP
BlueJackets.com (Columbus)*
Sabres.com (Buffalo)*
Canadiens.com (Montreal)
Canucks.com (Vancouver)
MapleLeafs.com* (Toronto)
Wild.com* (Minnesota)

As for the other team names, some are not obtainable since of how they’re used. Some NHL teams have the same name as teams in other sports, and the team in the other sport owns the domain. Three teams’ matching domains are owned by the MLB, NFL or NBA. Here’s who owns the other team names:

Rangers.com (Fresh York) – Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers
Islanders.com (Fresh York) – Domain investor Michael Castello. Up for auction at NamesCon in June.
Flyers.com (Philadelphia) – Ice House Sportscards in Pennsylvania. It’s a site regarding the Flyers.
Bruins.com (Boston) – GoDaddy’s NameFind. The domain has a minimum offer of $65,000.
Panthers.com (Florida) – National Football League for the Carolina Panthers
Ducks.com (Anaheim) – Bass Pro Shops
Flames.com (Calgary) – In 2019, this domain was owned by GoDaddy’s NameFind. It appears Ammar Kubb’s Afterthought now owns it.
Oilers.com (Edmonton) – GoDaddy’s NameFind. Buy now of $30,000 or lease-to-own.
Kings.com (L.A.) – National Basketball League for the Sacramento Kings
Blues.com (St. Louis) – Blues Wireless purchased the domain in 2019
Devils.com (Fresh Jersey) – Resolves to an email login page
Penguins.com (Pittsburgh) – Domain investor DigiMedia owns this domain
Capitals.com (Washington DC) – Parked
RedWings.com (Detroit) – Parked
Lightning.com (Tampa Bay) – Salesforce for its “Lightning Experience”
Stars.com (Dallas) – Listed for sale for $5.9 million
Predators.com (Nashville) – Parked
Jets.com (Winnipeg) – Private jet firm
Sharks.com (San Jose) – Resolves to an Afternic “might be for sale” page, suggesting perhaps the domain sold.
GoldenKnights.com (Las Vegas) – Does not resolve.
Coyotes.com (Phoenix) – Domain does not resolve. The Coyotes are on hiatus as the team moves to Utah. The fresh name hasn’t been selected.
Kraken.com (Seattle) – Used by Kraken cryptocurrency platform.

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