HIGHLIGHTS
- Utah Mammoth unveiled the Zammoth on Tuesday, a fan ride built from a Zamboni that serviced the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
- The machine can carry eight fans during pregame and intermissions, features custom lighting, a sound system, and a 3D-printed trunk
- See photos of the Zammoth and get the full story on what makes this the coolest piece of equipment in the NHL below
The Utah Mammoth just built the coolest Zamboni in NHL history. They’re calling it the Zammoth.
The team unveiled it Tuesday ahead of their home game against the Edmonton Oilers, and it will make its first appearance on Delta Center ice tonight.
Watch the teaser below:
The Zammoth was built on the chassis of a Zamboni that serviced the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. That machine has been sitting dormant for over two decades. Ryan Smith’s team turned it into a fan experience vehicle that can carry eight people around the ice during pregame warmups and intermissions.
The specs are legitimately impressive. Custom lighting, a built-in sound system, and a trunk that was 3D-printed from scratch. The whole thing is aluminum and steel. It measures roughly 17 feet long, seven feet wide, and eight feet tall. It does not look like anything else in professional sports.
Smith posted some sweet photos that you can view below.
PHOTOS:
The 2002 Olympics connection runs deeper than it looks. Salt Lake City is hosting the 2034 Winter Olympics, and the Delta Center itself will be the primary hockey venue. Utah also has the 2027 Winter Classic against Colorado at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the same stadium that hosted the 2002 opening ceremonies. Smith keeps finding ways to tie the city’s Olympic history to what he’s building with the Mammoth.
The Mammoth are 37-28-6 and sitting in the first wild-card spot in the West with eight games left. They’re in the middle of a playoff push. The fact that they found time to unveil something like this says a lot about the organization’s approach. This is a team that takes the fan experience seriously, and a rebuilt Olympic Zamboni carrying eight fans around the Delta Center ice is about as on-brand as it gets.
The Zammoth is genuinely something the NHL has never seen before. I’d argue it’s the best team-specific prop in the entire league right now. The Salt Lake hockey market is lucky to have an owner this creative.
