The Utah Mammoth were back to work on Wednesday with a practice. More on the team\u2019s training camp is below!<\/p>\n
Injury Updates<\/p>\n
Defenseman Maveric Lamoureux was injured in the Mammoth\u2019s preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings. Head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny gave an update on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cMight take a little bit but we don\u2019t have an update yet,\u201d Tourigny said. \u201cHe will have more exams, but we can assume he will miss some time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Carcone was missing from Wednesday\u2019s practice; however, it isn\u2019t expected to be a long term injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s banged up a little bit, just day to day,\u201d\u00a0Tourigny shared. \u201cHe should be a couple more days, but we\u2019re not talking weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roster Cuts<\/p>\n
This week, Utah has made a series of roster cuts which has reduced the training camp roster down to 37 players.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Utah assigned the following players to the Tucson Roadrunners (AHL):<\/p>\n
Owen Allard, Sam Lipkin, Julian Lutz, Miko Matikka, Noel Nordh, Sammy Walker, Gregor Biber, Brandon Holt, Cal Thomas, and Jesper Vikman. The team also returned three players to their respective junior teams: Reko Alanko (Seattle, WHL), Max P\u0161eni\u010dka (Portland, WHL), and Florent Houle (Sherbrooke, QMJHL).<\/p>\n
Wednesday morning Utah assigned two more players to the Roadrunners, Vadim Moroz and Austin Poganski. The Mammoth also put three additional players on waivers for the purpose of being assigned to Tucson: Cam Hebig, Montana Onyebuchi, and Jaxson Stauber. Following Wednesday\u2019s practice, the team announced that Kevin Rooney was assigned to the Roadrunners as well.<\/p>\n
Making a Strong Impression<\/p>\n
A name that has been brought up multiple times this training camp? Forward Yegor Borikov. He\u2019s played in both preseason games and Tourigny discussed what he\u2019s shown so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s doing a really good job,\u201d Tourigny said of Borikov. \u201cHe has that poise, and a swagger, and he\u2019s doing a really good job. We\u2019re really happy about his play. Really good.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his first preseason game this year, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar had a strong performance. Tourigny has liked what Weegar has brought on the ice and in the locker room.<\/p>\n
\u201cMight have been the best player on the ice,\u201d Tourigny said of Weegar\u2019s performance in Tuesday\u2019s game. \u201cHe\u2019s in top shape. I think he\u2019s moving with conviction, is assertive, making a lot of good plays. He always plays with a lot of passion, a lot of intensity, but he has a swagger or confidence right now. He\u2019s really assertive in everything he does, and he\u2019s doing it with a lot of urgency. Really like his presence as a human, as a leader, and as a player right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Superstitions or Routine?<\/p>\n
Goaltender Sebastian Cossa was asked about his pregame rituals and how he prepares for games. Unlike some goaltenders, Cossa isn\u2019t too superstitious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty loose actually,\u201d Cossa said about himself. \u201cI think you kind of hear the goalie stereotypes of guys are pretty locked in. I do get pretty dialed in, but I think I\u2019m pretty loose and I play sewer ball with the guys and other than that, do some visualization stuff, some breathing stuff like that before the game for me. But other than that, just get my body prepared, and mind as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
He may have his pregame routine down, but Cossa has learned a few things from his partner Karel Vejmelka.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been good,\u201d Cossa said of his time with goaltender Karel Vejmelka. \u201cContinuing to get to know him. I think he does a really good job (going) away from the rink and trying to get away from hockey a little bit, which its maybe showing how he\u2019s been able to compete at that high level for that long. Obviously 64 games last year, really impressive. He works really hard on and off the ice and just kind of trying to take some things from him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Learning from Foote<\/p>\n
When the Mammoth brought in Adam Foote as an assistant coach, they were ready for him to bring his championship pedigree and strong coaching abilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a hell of a player,\u201d Simashev said of Adam Foote. \u201cHe\u2019s a teacher. He\u2019s really calm, and we have a lot of meetings. Even the guys have told me, on the bench he\u2019s really quiet and sometimes will talk to the guys. He feels like a coach for sure, but he\u2019s really close with us. He (had) a great career and it\u2019s really, really exciting to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Teammates<\/p>\n
Before this year centers Logan Cooley and Vincent Trocheck would train together in the offseason before parting ways. Now that they\u2019re on the same team, Trocheck is still adjusting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little weird honestly,\u201d Trocheck said of playing with Logan Cooley on the same team. \u201cWe haven\u2019t been on the ice a whole bunch together. I feel like we\u2019re in separate groups for the games. But when we are out there, it\u2019s definitely a little weird that we\u2019re actually on a team together in the NHL. Every time we\u2019re on the ice, typically we\u2019re going separate ways at the end of the summer. But I\u2019m starting to get used to it a little bit more. But it\u2019s obviously a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth were back to work on Wednesday with a practice. More on the team\u2019s training camp…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":["post-671135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utah-hockey-club","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-utah","tag-utah-hc","tag-utah-hockey-club","tag-utahhc","tag-utahhockeyclub"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117331726399390873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671135","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=671135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}