Ice Hockey

5/10/2025 |  The Needle: Is NHL ratings story incomplete without Canadian viewership? (Sports Media Watch) Outside of the immense success of the Four Nations Face-Off, which produced the largest NHL-sanctioned audience in Nielsen people meter history in February, the 2024-25 NHL season has not been one to write home about in the ratings. Regular season viewership declined 12 percent from last year, and the postseason has been far worse — with the ESPN networks down 30 percent through Thursday and TNT Sports down 16 percent for its first round games.

5/7/2025 |  Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City (Associated Press (AP)) The NHL team in Salt Lake City is now known as the Utah Mammoth.
Owners Ryan and Ashley Smith unveiled the franchise’s permanent name Thursday morning after more than a year of fan input and voting.
“From Day 1, we committed that this team would be built with and for the people of Utah, and we are excited to celebrate today’s launch with the entire state,” they said in a statement announcing the name. “The community chose the Utah Mammoth brand, and it stands as a symbol of who we are, where we came from and the unstoppable force we’re building together.” 

5/7/2025 |  Utah Hockey Club nickname: Franchise announces Mammoth after fan vote along with new jerseys, logos (CBS Sports) The NHL's Utah franchise has officially announced that its new permanent name will be the Utah Mammoth. After several rounds of fan voting, Mammoth was the winner, and the team unveiled new logos and jerseys on Wednesday.

5/7/2025 |  Utah Hockey Club finally reveals permanent identity as the Mammoth (Yahoo Sports) The NHL team in Salt Lake City will be called the Utah Mammoth going forward, ending a protracted, yearlong naming process that began with the Arizona Coyotes becoming the Utah Hockey Club last year.

5/6/2025 |  Moving up 4th in the NHL draft in the lottery adds to the Utah Hockey Club’s exciting summer (Associated Press (AP)) When the Utah Hockey Club selected Tij Iginla with the sixth pick and took 10 other players in the first draft since the team moved to Salt Lake City, fans were excited, thinking they would be in the NHL right away.
General manager Bill Armstrong tried to temper expectations, telling them, “No, it takes some time.” After an unexpected victory off the ice Monday night in the draft lottery, the expectations for the club’s future are Rocky Mountain high once again.