Utah Mammoth Unveils New Mascot “Tusky” Before Home Opener

The Utah Mammoth added a big (literally) new piece to their game-night identity earlier this week, unveiling “Tusky” as the franchise’s first mascot before their home opener. Standing 6-foot-5, “Tusky” burst out of a massive block of ice and onto the Delta Center surface.

The new mascot ties neatly into Utah’s new branding, featuring a prehistoric mammoth with “Mountain Blue” fur with a darker blue mohawk, “Salt White” tusks, and a long blue trunk, much like the logo and colours introduced along with the team’s permanent identity earlier this year. Tusky wears the team’s black home sweater with the Utah Mammoth logo on the chest.

“We named the Utah Mammoth mascot ‘Tusky’ to lean into our team’s ‘Tusks Up’ rallying cry,” owners Ryan and Ashley Smith said in the press release. “Tusky is going to 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.”

Meet the @utahmammoth new mascot, Tusky! pic.twitter.com/2DqE0F47mp
— Dana Greene (@dana_greene) October 16, 2025

Tusky is here, and he’s perfect! @TuskyNHL pic.twitter.com/APOr2NnYGG
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) October 16, 2025

Tusky’s official website shares its origin story:

Many millennia ago, life on earth froze and were encased in ice. A recent deep expedition within the Wasatch Mountains uncovered a Mammoth, preserved in ice, trapped in a time from thousands of years ago, perfectly preserved. The specimen, chiseled out of the frigid mountains, was brought to Salt Lake City. Those that found him, named him Tusky, and shared their discovery at Delta Center, not realizing that Tusky was not only a perfectly frozen, but in fact, alive. In front of a full house, on Utah Mammoth’s opening night, Tusky burst out of his icy confines, making his debut as the Mammoth’s official mascot on Oct. 15, 2025. Tusky’s love for the ice age led to his love for the game of hockey, especially in Utah, his home. And even more fitting, was that his home team was named after his kind.

The arrival of a full-bodied mammoth character as the club’s mascot seemed inevitable since Utah locked in the Mammoth name and marks, and possibly even further hinted at by recent full-body mammoth trademark filings spotted earlier this fall.

Tusky joins a roster of 31 mascots throughout the NHL; only the New York Rangers are without an official mascot. The Detroit Red Wings don’t have a costumed mascot but have designated their “Al the Octopus” figure as their official team mascot. Tusky is the first mascot to join the league since the Seattle Kraken introduced Buoy in 2022. Tusky essentially, though unofficially, fills the spot vacated by “Howler,” the Arizona Coyotes’ mascot from 2005 to 2024.