‘That’s something I won’t forget’: Mammoth register win in home playoff debut to take 2-1 series lead

Utah Mammoth left wing Lawson Crouse (67) celebrates with defenseman MacKenzie Weegar (52), right wing Clayton Keller (9), defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) and center Nick Schmaltz (8) after scoring his second goal of the game during the second period of game 3 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 24, 2026. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News The Delta Center was so loud Friday evening that Utah Mammoth head coach André Tourigny had a tough time communicating the line rotations to his team. “Seriously, we had some confusion on the bench,” he said.

“Guys didn’t know who was up — and, for people who know me, I can be pretty loud. " Mammoth star forward Dylan Guenther said there was one point when he even hopped onto the ice when he wasn’t supposed to because whoever was supposed to go didn’t hear his name. For Guenther’s money, that was the loudest game in franchise history, and remember, he’s the one who scored the team’s first-ever goal.

“That’s something I won’t forget,” he remarked. At another point, Tusky, the mascot, held up a sign with a built-in decibel meter, which got up to 112 dB. One reporter in the building clocked 120 dB on his Apple Watch after a Mammoth goal.

For context, that’s significantly louder than the 103 dB at the Honda Center in Anaheim, as recorded by the NHL’s content team on Friday. Needless to say, hockey is alive and well in Utah two years into the NHL’s presence in the state, and fans were rewarded as the Mammoth beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 3 of their first round Stanley Cup playoff series to take a 2-1 lead. I don't know if the jersey swap had anything to do with it, but there were far fewer Golden Knights fans in the stands tonight than in previous games against them.