The Utah Mammoth added a big (literally) new piece to their game night identity earlier this week, introducing “Tusky” as the franchise’s first mascot before their home opener. Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, “Tusky” was thrown from a huge block of ice and fell to the surface of the Delta Center.
The new mascot ties in perfectly with Utah’s new branding, which features a prehistoric mammoth with “Mountain Blue” fur with a darker blue mohawk, “Salt White” fangs and a long blue trunk, very similar to the logo and colors introduced along with the team’s permanent identity earlier this year. Tusky wears the team’s black home sweater with the Utah Mammoth Logo in the chest.
“We named the Utah Mammoth mascot ‘Tusky’ to support our team’s rallying cry ‘Tusks Up,'” owners Ryan and Ashley Smith said in the press release. “Tusky will be a big part of our community, creating memorable experiences in and out of the arena. Fans can expect to see Tusky everywhere, from Mammoth games and team events to community gatherings, schools and hospitals.”
Tusky’s official website shares his origin story:
Many millennia ago, life on Earth froze and became encased in ice. A recent expedition deep into the Wasatch Mountains discovered a mammoth, preserved in ice, trapped in a time thousands of years ago, perfectly preserved. The specimen, carved in the icy mountains, was taken to Salt Lake City. Those who found him named him Tusky and shared their discovery at the Delta Center, not realizing that Tusky was not only perfectly frozen, but was in fact alive. In front of a packed house, on opening night of the Utah Mammoth, Tusky emerged from his icy confines and debuted as the Mammoth’s official mascot on October 15, 2025. Tusky’s love for the ice age led to his love for the game of hockey, especially in his home of Utah. And even more fitting was that his home team was named after his kind.
The arrival of a larger-than-life, full-bodied character as the club’s mascot seemed inevitable since Utah set the Mammoth name and trademarks, and possibly even more hinted at by Recent Full Body Mammoth Brand Submissions seen earlier this fall.
Tusky joins a list of 31 mascots across the NHL; Only the New York Rangers do not have an official mascot. The Detroit Red Wings do not have a costumed mascot, but have designated their “Al the Octopus” figure as the team’s official mascot. Tusky is the first mascot to join the league since the Seattle Kraken introduced Buoy in 2022. Tusky essentially, albeit unofficially, fills the spot left by “Howler,” the mascot of the Arizona Coyotes from 2005 to 2024.
