The inaugural season for the Utah Hockey Club (now the Utah Mammoth) is officially over. The team finished with a 38-31-13 record while their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners, finished with a 34-32-4-2 record, which was good enough for the seventh playoff spot in the Pacific Division.
The Utah Hockey Club has an abundance of prospects in their system. Last season, many of those prospects had breakout years like Dylan Guenther and Josh Doan in the American Hockey League (AHL) and eventually the NHL.
A pair of USHL forwards have taken the next step in their career, as Dubuque’s Juraj Pekarcik (St. Louis) and Green Bay’s Julian Lutz (Utah) have inked their entry-level NHL deals.
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 Utah NHL team has signed forward prospect Julian Lutz to a three-year, entry-level contract, CapFriendly reported Sunday evening. Lutz, 20, collected 24 goals and 68 points in 50 games with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers during the 2023-24 regular season.
The USHL has announced its 26th Players of the Week for the 2023-24 season as Green Bay forward Julian Lutz, Dubuque defenseman Lucas St. Louis and Waterloo goaltender Jack Spicer earned the respective honors for Week 26.
The Rink Live’s Jordan McAlpine provides the USHL’s Rink Report. Take a look back at the top performers from Week 22, scores and various other news and notes from around the USHL.
The USHL has announced its 22nd Players of the Week for the 2023-24 season as Green Bay forward Julian Lutz, Madison defenseman Charlie Michaud and Fargo goaltender Hampton Slukynsky earned the respective honors for Week 22.
The 2024 IIHF World Juniors Championship (WJC) is only two days away, and the road to Gothenburg, Sweden, is vastly approaching. 10 of the world’s best teams are converging on Sweden for the first time since 2014, and it looks to be a stacked and talent-heavy tournament to finish off 2023 and kick-off 2024.