Published for Mammoth fans — October 2026
By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 21, 2026
🏒 Mammoth Fans — Your Mountain Blue Is Waiting!
Utah’s first-ever playoff berth is in the books and a Winter Classic is coming to Salt Lake City — Keller and Cooley are just getting started, so wear a fan-inspired Mammoth jersey.
The Club
The Utah Mammoth are the newest heartbeat in the NHL. The franchise was created in April 2024 from the hockey assets of the Arizona Coyotes, played its inaugural 2024-25 season under the temporary name Utah Hockey Club, and then let the fans decide: after a public vote, the permanent name Utah Mammoth was revealed on May 7, 2025. The team plays at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City — a building it shares with the NBA’s Utah Jazz — and wears rock black, mountain blue and salt white, colors pulled straight from the Wasatch landscape. In a market that had waited generations for major-league hockey, the reception has been electric: a young, fast team in a loud, steep building, with a fan base building traditions in real time.
Behind the bench stands André Tourigny, a coach whose connection to this group runs deep — 2026-27 is his sixth season leading these players counting his Arizona years, and he has been extended through 2027-28. That continuity matters for a roster built around a young core that is growing up together. Searching for a Utah Mammoth jersey, the latest Mammoth schedule or Mammoth tickets? Start with the question every fan asks each fall: when do the Mammoth play — because in Salt Lake City, the new answer is: in games that matter, including the biggest outdoor stage in hockey.
The captain’s rock black — Keller’s No. 9 with the mammoth and the peaks, front and back.
Buy Now →Last Season (2025-26): Year Two, Playoff Bound
Utah’s second season in the league ended with a first the franchise will talk about forever: the first playoff berth in team history. The Mammoth went 43-33-6 for 92 points, finished fourth in the Central Division and grabbed the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. For a team that did not exist three years earlier, simply hearing playoff hockey echo around the Delta Center was a landmark — the moment an expansion experiment became a real hockey club.
The reward, of course, was a first-round date with the Vegas Golden Knights — and Utah nearly stole the whole thing. The Mammoth led the series 2-1 before Vegas’s experience took over and closed it out in six games. There was no shame in it: the youngest core in the conference pushed a powerhouse to the brink, learned exactly what playoff hockey costs, and came home to a fan base that had watched its team belong.
That series is now the measuring stick for everything. The Mammoth know the gap between arriving and advancing, and they spent the summer closing it — adding proven winners to a core that is still ascending. Year two was about making the dance. Year three is about staying in it longer.
Best Players Right Now (2026-27 Roster)
Clayton Keller, Right Wing (#9) — The captain and the face of the franchise. Keller’s vision and puck skills drive the entire offense, and he wears the C for a team that has followed his lead from day one in Utah.
Logan Cooley, Center (#92) — The dynamic young center at the heart of Utah’s future. Cooley’s speed and creativity down the middle give the Mammoth a top-line weapon who is only getting started.
Dylan Guenther, Right Wing (#11) — A pure finisher with a release that beats goalies clean. When Guenther gets time on his wing, the puck tends to end up in the net.
Mikhail Sergachev, Defense (#98) — An alternate captain and the anchor of the blue line. Sergachev plays the hard minutes in every situation and gives a young defense corps a proven, calming presence.
Nick Schmaltz, Center (#8) — The steady playmaking center who keeps the top six connected. Schmaltz’s passing touch turns Keller and Guenther’s speed into scoring chances.
Karel Vejmelka, Goaltender (#70) — The man between the pipes who backstopped Utah to its first playoff berth. Vejmelka’s workload and timely saves were the foundation of last spring’s run.
Vincent Trocheck, Center (#16) — A headline addition for 2026-27, bringing veteran edge, faceoff craft and hard playoff miles to a young locker room that learned last spring how valuable those miles are.
Star Spotlight: Stories You Should Know
Every young franchise needs a founding star, and Utah’s wears number 9. Clayton Keller was already the best player on the roster when the team landed in Salt Lake City, and instead of treating a relocation as an inconvenience, he became its heartbeat — the captain, the scoring leader, and the player whose jersey filled the Delta Center before the team even had a permanent name. When the Mammoth made the playoffs in year two, it was the payoff for Keller’s buy-in: the star who bet on Utah before Utah could promise him anything. Franchises remember their first captain forever, and Keller is building that legacy in real time, one season at a time.
The other half of the founding story stands behind the bench. André Tourigny coached most of this core through the Arizona years, through a relocation, through a season without a real name — and instead of wearing out, the group grew tighter. Six seasons into the project and extended through 2027-28, Tourigny is the rare coach who has been allowed to build something from the ground up, and the trust runs both ways. When Vegas finally ended Utah’s first playoff run last spring, the message from the room was not relief or pride. It was that they would be back — and with this coach and this captain, nobody doubted it.
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This Season (2026-27): A Winter Classic Winter
The Mammoth have opened 2026-27 like a team in a hurry. Utah sits at 7-3-0, good for 14 points, through its first ten games — a start that says last spring’s playoff berth was a beginning, not a peak. The additions have slotted in around the young core — veteran center Vincent Trocheck and winger Anders Lee among them, bringing the playoff mileage last spring proved this group needed — the Delta Center remains a miserable place for visitors, and the Central Division race already has Utah’s fingerprints on it.
And then there is the date the whole state has circled. On December 31, 2026, the Mammoth host the Colorado Avalanche in the 2027 NHL Winter Classic — outdoors at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, on New Year’s Eve, in Utah’s first-ever outdoor game. A franchise that is three seasons old is getting the league’s biggest regular-season stage, in front of its own fans, against its biggest divisional rival. Before that comes the other circle on the calendar: November 11 in Vegas, a playoff rematch with the team that ended Utah’s first run. This is the season the Mammoth stop being a nice story and start being a problem.
Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Games to Watch
Check the Mammoth schedule and grab Mammoth tickets early — these are the nights that will shape Utah’s third season:
- November 11 — at Vegas Golden Knights: A playoff rematch in Sin City. Vegas ended Utah’s first-ever playoff run last spring after the Mammoth led the series 2-1 — this is the first chance to answer.
- December 3 — at Vegas Golden Knights: The second trip to T-Mobile Arena in three weeks. Whatever November settles, December reopens.
- December 31 — vs Colorado Avalanche (Winter Classic): The 2027 Discover NHL Winter Classic, outdoors at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on New Year’s Eve — Utah’s first outdoor game, against its fiercest divisional rival. The biggest night in the franchise’s young history.
Biggest Rivalries — The Wars
1. Vegas Golden Knights — the first playoff enemy. Vegas is the team that ended Utah’s first playoff run, rallying from 2-1 down to win in six games in the 2026 First Round. Young franchises form their hatreds in the spring, and this one was forged immediately — with two more meetings in Vegas before Christmas.
2. Colorado Avalanche — the mountain neighbor. Central Division rivals and geographic neighbors, Colorado is the standard Utah is chasing — and the Winter Classic opponent on New Year’s Eve, when the Mammoth host the Avalanche outdoors at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the biggest game in team history.
3. Dallas Stars — the Central heavyweight. Dallas is one of the division’s established powers, and every young contender has to prove it can trade punches with the Stars before it is taken seriously. Utah’s meetings with Dallas are measuring-stick nights.
4. Minnesota Wild — the division grudge forming. Another Central Division opponent standing between Utah and the top of the standings. As the Mammoth push from wild-card hopeful to division contender, Minnesota is exactly the kind of team they will have to climb over.
Frequently Asked Questions
When do the Utah Mammoth play next?
Circle two nights: the playoff rematch at the Vegas Golden Knights on November 11, 2026, and the big one — the Winter Classic against the Colorado Avalanche outdoors at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2026.
Where do the Mammoth play their home games?
At the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah — a building the Mammoth share with the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and one of the loudest young home-ice advantages in the NHL.
Have the Utah Mammoth ever made the playoffs?
Yes. In just their second season, the Mammoth earned the first playoff berth in franchise history in 2025-26, going 43-33-6 to claim a wild-card spot before falling to Vegas in six games in the First Round.
Where can I buy Utah Mammoth fan gear?
Toxlay Sports offers fan-inspired apparel for Mammoth supporters — fan-designed gear made for real fans. Note that fan-inspired apparel is not official NHL licensed merchandise.
Sources: NHL.com, ESPN, The Hockey News — team schedules, rosters and records checked October 2026.
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Tusks up, Salt Lake — the Mammoth are just getting warmed up.
