Utah’s Mammoth Defy Odds: From Arizona Relocation to Playoff Contenders in Just Two Seasons
“The guys are getting older, more mature, and they learn from what happens,” Mammoth coach André Tourigny said after his team’s playoff-clinching 4-1 win over Nashville on Thursday night. “The GM does a great job to improve the team every year. It’s easy now to look back and see we started from scratch. It’s a privilege when you start the process where you start. It’s not every time you have that much runway, so I feel fortunate and try to keep improving every year for the next.”
The win over Nashville put Utah (42-30-6) in the top Western Conference playoff wild-card spot, six points ahead of the Predators. The Mammoth are the third team in 45 years to make the playoffs in the first two seasons as a franchise — with Vegas and Seattle — but did it with a foundation of players who played in Arizona before the team moved.
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