SALT LAKE CITY — Members of the Utah Mammoth hockey team spent part of their holiday week visiting patients at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, bringing books, crafts and smiles to kids who are spending Thanksgiving away from home.

The team's mascot, Tusky, joined players as they handed out books and helped children make slime in the team's signature colors. Patients also colored with athletes and strung friendship bracelets together.

Fourteen-year-old Phippin Tingey went straight to meeting Tusky. They played a competitive game together.

"No. 98, yeah, 98, he told me he was from Russia. And that was really cool to me because there's actually a famous Russian dish called borscht," Phippin said. "I just, I like to talk to people because, you know, when you're sick, you have to

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