SALT LAKE CITY – As the Utah Mammoth continue to navigate their second season in the NHL, something truly special has taken shape in the state they now call home.

Despite being the newest market in the National Hockey League, a Mammoth transformation has taken place across the Wasatch front as Utahns have caught the hockey fever.

The Utah Mammoth fanbase grows each day as hockey resonates with Utahns

Before Smith Entertainment Group acquired its NHL team in the spring of 2024, hockey was a relatively niche sport in the state of Utah.

As someone who began playing locally shortly after the 2002 Winter Olympics, the community was always strong but understandably small.

Not to say that it was non-existent, but hockey was certainly uncommon as sports like basketball and football dominated

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