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Kaori Sakamoto closes career with 4th women's skating world title
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto closed out her competitive career with her fourth world title in the women's singles competition at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague, Czechia on Friday.,The 25-year old wrapped up a historic skating career which included four Olympic medals, including two silve...
Alex Ovechkin's hat trick powers Capitals' rally against Mammoth
Alex Ovechkin produced his 34th career hat trick and the Washington Capitals rallied from a two-goal deficit to a 7-4 win against the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,Ovechkin has 29 goals this season, including two hat tricks, and an NHL-record 926 for his career.,Ivan Miroshnichen...
Mammoth out to bolster playoff position, dent Caps' chances
The Utah Mammoth look to solidify their hold on a playoff spot when they host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.,Utah (37-29-6, 80 points) leads the surging Nashville Predators by three points for the first wild-card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference.,Washington (3...
Creighton hands coaching job to Alan Huss
Creighton officially tabbed Alan Huss as its new head basketball coach on Wednesday.,The news comes two days after Greg McDermott announced his retirement after 16 seasons as head coach of the team. McDermott will coach the Bluejays through the postseason College Basketball Crown event (April 2-5) b...
Connor McDavid nets Nos. 400, 401 as Oilers topple Mammoth
Connor McDavid scored his 400th and 401st career goals, the first of which gave the Edmonton Oilers the lead for good in a 5-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Eight seconds after Utah's Lawson Crouse tied the game 2-2 at 11:59 of the second period, McDavid caught a break o...
Oilers hope visit to Mammoth sparks turnaround
Two Western Conference teams trying to lock down playoff spots face off Tuesday as Clayton Keller and the Utah Mammoth host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in Salt Lake City.,This is the second of three regular-season meetings between these teams. The Oilers won the first game in Edmonton 6-3...
Greg McDermott retiring after 16 seasons at Creighton
Head coach Greg McDermott announced his retirement on Monday after 16 seasons leading the Creighton men's basketball team.,McDermott, 61, will coach the Bluejays through the postseason College Basketball Crown event before stepping down, at which point Alan Huss, who has seven seasons on McDermott's...
Mammoth's Nick Schmaltz scores twice, including in OT to edge Kings
Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game 1:46 into overtime and the Utah Mammoth beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday night in Salt Lake City.,Schmaltz entered the zone 2-on-1, kept the puck and beat Darcy Kuemper with a wrist shot.,Lawson Crouse had two goals and an assist for the Mammo...
Kings visit Mammoth amid wild-card race in West
Two teams in the thick of the Western Conference wild-card race will meet Sunday night when the Los Angeles Kings face the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City.,The Mammoth (36-28-6, 78 points) hold the first wild-card position, while the Kings (28-25-16, 72 points) are in third place, six points behind U...
Ducks score four straight, take season series from Mammoth
Alex Killorn had a goal and two assists for the Anaheim Ducks, who came from behind to defeat the Utah Mammoth 4-1 on Friday night.,Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist, and Lukas Dostal made 29 saves for the Ducks (38-27-4, 80 points), who have won two of their last three games and five of their ...
Mammoth, learning about season-ending pressure, brace for Ducks' visit
A potential Stanley Cup playoff preview is on the schedule for Friday when the Anaheim Ducks visit the Utah Mammoth.,The teams will be the meeting for the third time this season and the first time in Salt Lake City. The Ducks won 3-2 in overtime on Nov. 17, and the Mammoth responded with a 7-0 rout ...
Karel Vejmelka, Mammoth dominate Knights in shutout
Karel Vejmelka made 28 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Utah Mammoth scored on their first three shots en route to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night in Las Vegas., ,Clayton Keller scored two goals, Barrett Hayton had a goal and an assist and Jack McBain ...
Karel Vejmelka, Mammoth dominate Golden Knights 4-0
Karel Vejmelka made 28 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Utah Mammoth scored on their first three shots en route to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night in Las Vegas., ,Clayton Keller scored two goals, Barrett Hayton had a goal and an assist and Jack McBain ...
Mammoth can't dwell on huge win with capable Knights on deck
Coming off arguably their biggest win of the season, the Utah Mammoth travel to Las Vegas to take on the Vegas Golden Knights in the front end of a key back-to-back for their playoff hopes.,Utah (35-27-6, 76 points), fourth in the loaded Central Division, returns home afterward to host the Anaheim D...
Elsa Jacquemot pulls out narrow 3-setter to kick off Miami Open
France's Elsa Jacquemot opened the Miami Open in dramatic fashion as she took 3 hours, 15 minutes to defeat Darja Vidmanova of the Czech Republic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Jacquemot committed a whopping 17 double faults yet stayed in the match by breaking Vidmanova's serve ...
Elsa Jacquemot pulls out narrow three-setter to kick off Miami Open
France's Elsa Jacquemot opened the Miami Open in dramatic fashion as she took three hours and 15 minutes to defeat Darja Vidmanova of the Czech Republic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Jacquemot committed a whopping 17 double faults yet stayed in the match by breaking Vidmanova's...
With 4-goal 3rd, Mammoth deny Stars record point streak
Kailer Yamamoto scored the eventual game-winning goal as the visiting Utah Mammoth doubled up the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Monday night.,Clayton Keller, Nate Schmidt, Jack McBain, Michael Carcone and Lawson Crouse also scored for the Mammoth, who snapped a four-game winless skid (1-2-2). Vitek Vanecek ma...
World Series hero Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start Dodgers' opener
World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be the Opening Day starter when the Los Angeles Dodgers kick off the season against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on March 26.,It will be the second straight Opening Day start for the right-handed Yamamoto, who was sensational in the 2025 postseason while...
On verge of history, Stars host sliding Mammoth in Central showdown
As they conclude a six-game, 11-day homestand, the Dallas Stars are finding ways to grind out victories and pick up points as they look to chase down the Colorado Avalanche for the top seed in the Central Division.,Before taking on the Avalanche on the road later this week, Dallas wraps its home str...
Down 2 early, Penguins rally to keep Mammoth reeling
Noel Acciari scored with just less than 12 minutes left in regulation for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Utah Mammoth 4-3 Saturday in Salt Lake City.,Anthony Mantha recorded a goal and an assist for the Penguins, and Bryan Rust and Tommy Novak also li...