{"id":547700,"date":"2026-04-08T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547700\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:45:14","slug":"utah-mammoth-unveil-nhls-coolest-zamboni-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547700\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth unveil NHL\u2019s coolest zamboni \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Utah Mammoth may be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NHL&#8217;s newest franchise<\/a>, but it has already cornered the market on amazing Zambonis.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise unveiled the &#8220;Zammoth&#8221; Tuesday night ahead of its tilt against the Edmonton Oilers, bringing a mammoth-like machine to the ice.<\/p>\n<p>The Zammoth is the same Zamboni that was used during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2002 Salt Lake City Olympics<\/a>. The team decked out the ice resurfacing machine to mimic the team&#8217;s mascot, giving it giant tusks, glowing eyes and more mammoth features.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2002 \u2192 2026<\/p>\n<p>Built from the Zamboni used in the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games, our Zammoth is a reimagined piece of Utah history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0CSm3QgRlV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0CSm3QgRlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahmammoth\/status\/2041615990010826809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Up to eight fans can fit on the Zammoth at a time. It made its inaugural lap around Delta Center, the Mammoth&#8217;s home arena, with team mascot Tusky leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>The Zammoth will continues as a mainstay at Delta Center, running pregame and during intermissions.<\/p>\n<p>Utah got an NHL team in 2024 when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nhl\/coyotes-officially-leaving-arizona-salt-lake-city-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> relocated to Salt Lake City. The club spent the 2024-25 season as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nhl\/utah-hockey-club-history-origin-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Utah Hockey Club<\/a> before announcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nhl\/utah-mammoth-nhl-team-name-uniforms-jerseys-logo-colors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> as its permanent name last May.<\/p>\n<p>While the Zammoth pays homage to 2002 Salt Lake City Games, the capital city will add to its Winter Olympic history in the near future. Salt Lake City will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/ioc-tabs-french-alps-salt-lake-city-as-sole-candidates-for-2030-2034-winter-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2034 Winter Games<\/a>, following the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom opening night to the Olympic break, here are the key dates to know for the 2025-26 NHL season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth may be the NHL&#8217;s newest franchise, but it has already cornered the market on amazing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-547700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-utah","11":"tag-utah-hc","12":"tag-utah-hockey-club","13":"tag-utahhc","14":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116370101124616489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}