Utah Hockey Club has added a new member to its roster. Archie, a 13-week-old black Labrador retriever, is now the official team dog. The Hockey Club partnered with America’s VetDogs — a national nonprofit providing service dogs to veterans and first responders — to help co-raise Archie who is named after Arches National Park near Moab.

This is Archie, the team dog of the Utah Hockey Club. Archie, who is named after Arches National Park, is a 13-week-old black Labrador retriever and is part of America’s VetDogs Puppy With a Purpose program.

The 13-week-old black Labrador Retriever is the official dog of the Utah Hockey Club. The team partnered with America's VetDogs — a nonprofit that provides service dogs to veterans and first responders — and will help raise Archie over the next 14-16 months.

What exactly is the Utah Hockey Club? I can give you the obvious answers: They’re an NHL team playing its first season in Salt Lake City; they’re the reanimated corpse of the Arizona Coyotes; they’re a company that still hasn’t settled on an name for its product.

Archie’ to make first public appearance on November 15 during Utah Hockey Club’s Military Appreciation Night Archie, Utah Hockey Club's Puppy with a Purpose Archie will spend the next 16-18 months with the Utah Hockey Club learning basic obedience and socialization skills that will help mold him into a calm and confident future service dog for a veteran or first responder.