Utah Mammoth News

An outdoor game in Salt Lake City has long been rumored ever since the day the Utah Hockey Club, now the Utah Mammoth, arrived in town. Owner Ryan Smith has posted a couple of times on X that he was working on getting it done.

There was a lot of momentum going into Wednesday’s game for the Utah Mammoth. The team was going into a seven-game homestand after winning in overtime against the New York Rangers, thanks to a <a href="/nhl/players/sean_durzi/589841">Sean Durzi</a> goal, which he scored weeks after his grandpa died.

The NHL announced Wednesday that the 2027 Winter Classic would be played at Rice-Eccles Stadium, with the Utah Mammoth hosting the Colorado Avalanche. The event marks the first of its kind for the relocated franchise, giving Utah something to look forward to in their third year of play.

Utah Mammoth goaltender <a href="/nhl/players/karel_vejmelka/589490">Karel Vejmelka</a> had a 32-save night as his team battled for a 3-1 win against the visiting Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. <a href="/nhl/players/lawson_crouse/489688">Lawson Crouse</a>, <a href="/nhl/players/john_marino/590168">John Marino</a> and Daniil But all scored, and <a href="/nhl/players/clayton_keller/512407">Clayton Keller</a> tallied two assists for the Mammoth, who have won three of their last four games.

NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.

The NHL has announced that the Utah Mammoth will host the 2027 NHL Winter Classic. They will face off against the Colorado Avalanche. The news comes as the NHL commissioner <a href="/nhl/players/gary_bettman/126289">Gary Bettman</a> met with Utah’s Ryan and Ashley Smith at Rice-Eccles Stadium, where they held a press conference to announce it.

In a stunning announcement during the franchise’s inaugural season, the Utah Mammoth will host the Colorado Avalanche in the 2027 NHL Winter Classic. Just

One of the league’s “newer” teams is going to be taking things outside. 

The Carolina Hurricanes picked up defenseman <a href="/nhl/players/juuso_valimaki/516502">Juuso Valimaki</a> in a late-night trade with the Utah Mammoth on Monday. Utah received future considerations in the deal.

It was a hard-hitting, physical, gritty game, but the Utah Mammoth pulled off a big win under the brightest lights in the United States in Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers.

The Utah Mammoth knew that it was time for a fresh start for one of their struggling defensemen. <a href="/nhl/players/juuso_valimaki/516502">Juuso Valimaki</a> was a former first-round pick in 2016 by the Calgary Flames, but his NHL career never fully flourished, which made him a perfect option for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Late tonight a small trade occurred as Juuso Välimäki has been traded from Utah to Carolina in exchange for future considerations, as was first shared by Utah.

The Utah Mammoth have traded defenseman <a href="/nhl/players/juuso_valimaki/516502">Juuso Valimaki</a> to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for future considerations, the club announced Monday evening.

There are always arenas that NHL players absolutely want to and love playing in, besides obviously their home rink. When players are from certain NHL cities, like <a href="/nhl/players/clayton_keller/512407">Clayton Keller</a> and St.

Each day, our writers here at Last Word On Hockey look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and trends, then makes predictions based on how the game might play out.

When the offseason saw <a href="/nhl/players/mitch_marner/376580">Mitch Marner</a> moved by the Toronto Maple Leafs, the idea that Toronto could replace one player with a committee (and save money) sounded ambitious.

<a href="/nhl/players/dylan_guenther/728363">Dylan Guenther</a> collected his first career hat trick and <a href="/nhl/players/nick_schmaltz/490873">Nick Schmaltz</a> scored twice Thursday for the Utah Mammoth, who rolled to a 7-2 win over the New York Islanders Thursday in Elmont, N.Y.

The Mammoth announced that goaltender Karel Vejmelka has been activated off injured reserve. 

Many believed that top Utah Mammoth prospect <a href="/nhl/players/tij_iginla/912987">Tij Iginla</a> should have made Canada's roster for the 2025 World Junior Championship. He was a notable snub, and Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinal for the second straight year.

The Utah Mammoth were one of the National Hockey League’s best teams in the early going in 2025-26, but it’s been a slow decline for <a href="/nhl/players/andre_tourigny/910865">Andre Tourigny</a>’s club ever since.

The Utah Mammoth announced that they’ve placed netminder <a href="/nhl/players/karel_vejmelka/589490">Karel Vejmelka</a> on the injured reserve with an upper-body injury, retroactive to December 23. In a corresponding roster move, the Mammoth have recalled <a href="/nhl/players/matt_villalta/589838">Matt Villalta</a> from the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners.

Welcome back to another edition of NHL Rumours from the crew at Last Word On Hockey. Even with the downtime as a result of the Christmas break, the rumours haven’t stopped coming down the pipeline.

It has been a year since Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair Tom Galvin announced the formation of a committee to bring back the Arizona Coyotes.

<a href="/nhl/players/logan_cooley/894868">Logan Cooley</a>, 21, was injured on December 5th in Vancouver when he slid awkwardly into the net post, with his left leg crashing into the right post. He could be out for eight weeks, which will take him to the Olympic break in early February.

The Utah Mammoth have announced forward Logan Cooley will be out a minimum of eight weeks with a lower-body injury. Cooley crashed into the net against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday and hit his leg on the post.