Both parties see their relationship as mutually beneficial.
It's rare that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks publicly without getting booed. Bettman was just as positive about Utah Mammoth owners Ryan and Ashley Smith on Wednesday as Utah fans are about him.
The 2025 NHL Draft is set for June 27-28 in Los Angeles at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater and the New
The Los Angeles Kings were eliminated from the playoffs, and today they held their exit interviews with the players. NHL veteran Trevor Lewis spoke with the media and shared that he isn’t planning on retiring this summer—he wants to keep playing.
Trading the fourth-overall pick could land Utah a significant piece to push them into the playoffs.
Evaluating the good, the bad and the impressive parts of Utah HC’s first season, one person at a time.
Now that the Utah Hockey Club/Mammoth's inaugural season has come to an end, we're taking a closer look at each team member's performance. In this, the third article in the three-part series, we'll evaluate the goalies, coaches and management. My take was that Karel Vejmelka was good enough to play at least a 1B role, splitting the games evenly, give or take, with his partner. Among goalies who played 17 games or more during that stretch, Vejmelka tied 2022 Vezina Trophy runner-up Jacob Markström for second in save percentage, behind only defending Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck.
Dmitry Simashev will be in North America next season. Expect Daniil But to do the same.
Smith Entertainment Group is passing team store operations off to Fanatics.
The Mammoth look to make the NHL playoffs for the first time in Utah. We look at their dream scenario in 2025 NHL free agency.
It is time for the Utah Mammoth to move on from Matias Maccelli. The 2019 fourth-round pick broke out for 49 points in 2022-23, his first full season in the NHL with the Arizona Coyotes. This gave high hopes for Maccelli's first season in Salt Lake City with the Utah Hockey Club. With Maccelli being scratched repeatedly leading up to the NHL's March 7 2025 Trade Deadline, plenty of speculation arose that Utah was looking to make a deal that included Maccelli.
Utah came somewhat close to making the playoffs, but would it have mattered?
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 Roadrunners went on to lose in the first round of the playoffs 2-1 to the Abbotsford Canucks. With the season in the books, it's time to look at the 48 Utah players under an NHL contract (excluding Connor Ingram for obvious reasons) and grade their 2024-25 seasons.
The Arizona Coyotes, before they became the Utah Hockey Club, selected Victor Soderstrom in the first round (11th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft. During the 2024-25 season, Utah traded him to the Blackhawks along with Aku Raty and the contract of Shea Weber for a fifth-round pick in 2026.
Plenty of players were deserving of NHL awards this season, but only a few can win. Here’s why I made my selections the way I did.
Here are two players the Utah Mammoth need to trade at some point during the 2025 NHL offseason this summer.
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Matias Maccelli from the Utah Mammoth on Monday in exchange for a conditional draft pick. If the 24-year-old Maccelli produces at least 51 points during the 2025-26 season and the Maple Leafs make the Stanley Cup playoffs, then Utah will receive a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft. If those conditions aren't met, then the Maple Leafs will convey a 2027 third-round pick to Utah. Maccelli, who carries a cap hit of $3,425,000 for the upcoming season, produced eight goals and 10 assists in 55 games for the Utah Hockey Club last year.
Utah Mammoth traded Matias Maccelli to Toronto, gaining $3.4 million in cap space. SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Mammoth made their second trade in less than a week Monday ahead of the NHL free agency period opening up Tuesday morning. The club announced the departure of 24-year-old left winger Matias Maccelli from Finland, in exchange for a conditional third-round draft pick in the 2027 NHL draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
When the Utah Mammoth signed Brandon Tanev on Tuesday, his agent, Wade Arnott, told GM Bill Armstrong that he'd quickly become a cult hero in Utah. In a game where players tend to be serious at all times, Tanev likes to keep things light — as evidenced by his deer-in-headlights headshots each year. “I didn't see the picture until it happened afterwards, but it caught so much traction, so it's nice to do it every year and have some fun with it,” he said of his first wacky headshot in a press conference with the local Utah media Wednesday afternoon. Armstrong mentioned in his press conference Tuesday that although he was primarily looking for good hockey players, it was also important to get guys who'd contribute positively within the locker room.
