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The Athletic @theathletic.com

Utah Hockey Club is morphing into the Utah Mammoth 👀 Thoughts on the name and logo?

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may 7, 2025, 2:28 pm • 358 28

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Deedee Megadoodoo @englishhurler.bsky.social

Meh

may 7, 2025, 4:54 pm • 4 0 • view
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NotreDale @notredale.bsky.social

Mehmeth

may 7, 2025, 4:58 pm • 7 0 • view
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Deedee Megadoodoo @englishhurler.bsky.social

Mehstodon

may 7, 2025, 4:59 pm • 2 0 • view
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RickD @steelglory.bsky.social

It’s cool I like it.

may 7, 2025, 2:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Buzzizarownd @buzzizarownd.bsky.social

Colorado has a Mammoth 👇🏻 @nll

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may 7, 2025, 5:03 pm • 6 0 • view
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Mike Kraft @mkraft34.bsky.social

It was the only right choice of the options. The color scheme and the logo are sick.

may 7, 2025, 5:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sheldon Lee @sheldon787.bsky.social

The name and logo kill. Too much blue in this league though. Utah had a chance to switch it up, and went with plain old boring blue on blue. It’s my only gripe, everything else is dope.

may 7, 2025, 8:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chicagoan in Colorado (He/Him) @flatirons.bsky.social

Looks sharp

may 8, 2025, 3:01 am • 0 0 • view
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Ben @bencoombs.bsky.social

Hell yeah. Let's get it.

may 7, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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dsky @dsky8888.bsky.social

Meh.

may 8, 2025, 1:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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cbr266.bsky.social @cbr266.bsky.social

Sad that you need to steal your logo from a Colorado lacrosse team.

may 8, 2025, 12:51 am • 2 0 • view
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Fran6 Br0s @fb251.bsky.social

Love the name and logo. Love the black jersey but not the white

may 7, 2025, 2:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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becky @beckymayyy.bsky.social

Logo is sick actually

may 7, 2025, 3:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sam I Am @greeneggs42.bsky.social

The mammoth/mountain logo is quite nice.

may 7, 2025, 3:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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Rob R. @robrath.bsky.social

Definitely better than Utah Hockey Club. Logo is nice even if it is very similar to Nashville's.

may 7, 2025, 2:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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pspillman.bsky.social @pspillman.bsky.social

Go Woolies!

may 7, 2025, 5:36 pm • 1 0 • view
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Some Bumpkin @3urostep.com

Was better when Amherst College did it 5 years ago

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may 7, 2025, 5:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Some Bumpkin @3urostep.com

I’ll never forgive my wife’s Alma mater for going with Mammoths instead of Fighting Poets, which was another finalist.

may 7, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sausage Hand Man @gringusmcdingus.bsky.social

Great choice. Love it!

may 7, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jennifer Rose @jenni4iowa.bsky.social

Not a plural noun. 👎

may 7, 2025, 7:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dan Hurwitz @dhurwitzesq.bsky.social

Love the logo. Hate the name being in the singular.

may 7, 2025, 7:32 pm • 3 0 • view
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Helluva Town FC @helluvatownfc.bsky.social

Didn't a fan come up with the mountain/mammoth logo idea? www.instagram.com/nhlutah/p/DF...

may 7, 2025, 10:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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prohockeynews.bsky.social @prohockeynews.bsky.social

Ugh

may 7, 2025, 9:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scott @sp2799.bsky.social

When Utah plays New Jersey, it would be Mammoth-Devil game. Otherwise known as the Zion Williamson game.

may 7, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mario Kreiner @mariokreiner.bsky.social

Pretty cool actually

may 7, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Michael Henderson @trendyhendy.bsky.social

Logo is cool, name is lame though

may 7, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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fireskyearthwater.bsky.social @fireskyearthwater.bsky.social

Someone tell Wolfgang Van Halen

may 7, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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javiatordenver.bsky.social @javiatordenver.bsky.social

Considering the Denver Mammoths Lacrosse team exists, not sure how this works when Yeti didn't.

may 7, 2025, 4:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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robsaysso.bsky.social @robsaysso.bsky.social

Yeti would have been better.

may 7, 2025, 4:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Harry Michelson @michelson.bsky.social

Couldn't use it. Trademark office declined their application due to confusion with YETI.

may 7, 2025, 4:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lizard Quizzard @ianmcgecko.bsky.social

But there wasn't any confusion with these guys in a neighboring state‽

Photo of the Colorado Mammoth mascot at a game, with 2 people carrying huge flags with the Mammoth logo
may 7, 2025, 10:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Harry Michelson @michelson.bsky.social

Indoor lacrosse? Never really heard of it.

may 8, 2025, 2:26 am • 0 0 • view
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Lizard Quizzard @ianmcgecko.bsky.social

Colorado Mammoth have won 2 championships since they started playing in 2003. Just saying it's gonna be weird to see "AVS VS. MAMMOTH" at The Can

may 8, 2025, 2:40 am • 2 0 • view
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CezrDaPleazr @cezrdapleazr.bsky.social

I like it

may 8, 2025, 5:38 am • 0 0 • view
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Scott Wiper 🇨🇦 @scottwiper.bsky.social

I really like the logo and I think the name will grow on me

may 7, 2025, 2:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Peter Charbonneau @pcharbonneau21.bsky.social

Very Sports! aesthetic on the logo, but I dig the look and the colors.

may 7, 2025, 3:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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gratefulduck.bsky.social @gratefulduck.bsky.social

Ok, but I would have preferred Polygamists. Logo: some sort of threesome. Use your imagination.

may 7, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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New Millenium Skyanide Kep @theoriginalkep.bsky.social

Why is it singular

may 7, 2025, 2:31 pm • 6 0 • view
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Kyle Baker @kylembaker19.bsky.social

Would be way better pluralized. Logo and colors are nice though

may 7, 2025, 2:32 pm • 4 0 • view
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Patron Saint of Lost Causes, aka Jeff Skrenes @jskrenes.bsky.social

"Mammoths" over and over again during play-by-play would start to sound mushy. This was the right call.

may 7, 2025, 2:34 pm • 5 0 • view
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Kyle Baker @kylembaker19.bsky.social

I guess I’m just partial to plural team names, even as a fan of the Wild

may 7, 2025, 2:35 pm • 4 0 • view
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BeautifulTorment @beautifultorment.bsky.social

Weird to steal the Colorado Mammoth (NLL) slogan like that

may 7, 2025, 2:59 pm • 4 0 • view
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Gee @silenceladus.bsky.social

should have been Salt Lake City Riders

may 7, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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Paul Hannon @paulhannon.bsky.social

It's a vast improvement over Utah HC. Natural rivalry with the Seattle Kraken. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8uv...

may 7, 2025, 2:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Slider64 @slider64.bsky.social

F

may 7, 2025, 3:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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reklesabandonl82.bsky.social @reklesabandonl82.bsky.social

No flow to the name. Utah hockey club was way better.

may 7, 2025, 3:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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BulletPharm @bulletpharm.bsky.social

Sweet name and logo

may 7, 2025, 2:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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snacky @mulberrysdream.bsky.social

looks cool to me. beats the heck of of "Hockey Club"

may 7, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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kinperry.bsky.social @kinperry.bsky.social

Cool name, nice look.

may 8, 2025, 1:07 am • 0 0 • view
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Castouroboros @castouroboros.bsky.social

Sweaters need to be woollier.

may 7, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dave W @dweber0099.bsky.social

Just make it plural ffs

may 7, 2025, 8:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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MM 🫘 @melster67.bsky.social

They could have been the Utah Ceratops

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may 8, 2025, 1:46 am • 0 0 • view
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Jukesgrrl @jukesgrrl.bsky.social

I liked Tim Cowlishaw's comment on Around the Horn. He asked why there was no S at the end. There's no Pittsburgh Steeler, Chicago Bear, or Golden State Warrior. They are all plural. What about ALL the mammoths that roamed Utah?

may 8, 2025, 12:31 am • 0 0 • view
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I'm sure you're right @imsureyoureright.bsky.social

I guess it's just trendy to name hockey teams singular things like Wild, Kraken and now Mammoth....Golden Knights holding out strong with two names and plural...oh and a Stanley Cup.

may 7, 2025, 2:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Memphis Jay @memphisjay.bsky.social

I like the name and colors, but the logo is too similar to the Predators.

may 7, 2025, 2:38 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ginger Bred Manz @ginger-bred-manz.bsky.social

Let's go Mamms doesn't hit right

may 7, 2025, 10:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mike Anderson @vumander.bsky.social

I think Maine should sue

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may 7, 2025, 2:41 pm • 3 0 • view
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Pango522 @spmorrisod.bsky.social

Maine Mammoths would have been so much better than Black Bears. They did this to themselves

may 7, 2025, 2:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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Mad Mac's @madmacs.bsky.social

When I think Mammoth I think: Slow. Extinct.

may 7, 2025, 4:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Deez @littleseizures.bsky.social

Pretty sweet.

may 7, 2025, 4:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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jhg51.bsky.social @jhg51.bsky.social

Like the name, the logo has too much of a look like the Preds logo, tusks up instead of fang down.

may 7, 2025, 2:38 pm • 4 0 • view
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Shoeless Jym ⚓🎮👊🇺🇲🔥 @shoelessjym.bsky.social

I dig it. Fuck Utah in general. But the logo and name are cool

may 8, 2025, 10:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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TardisCaptain.com (Carl Stark) @tardiscaptain.bsky.social

I'm buying merchandise with that logo. I hated explaining to other NHL fans that the UHC name was temporary. #TusksUp

may 7, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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JelaniJones.bsky.social @jelanijones.bsky.social

That's fucking awful 😖

may 7, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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not that ian (?) @illpod.bsky.social

dull palette, logo looks like a minor league baseball gimmick jersey, horrible “Tusks Up” slogan, but other than that, this Brand by Committee stuck the landing!

may 7, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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BeautifulTorment @beautifultorment.bsky.social

Stole the slogan from the Colorado Mammoth too... such a weird choice

may 7, 2025, 3:00 pm • 3 0 • view
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Bambo Leo @bamboleobambolea.bsky.social

At least the gave up ripping off all the Avalanche’s ideas. Still stealing a Denver team’s mascot though!

may 7, 2025, 4:28 pm • 3 0 • view
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Greg B @gbutzek.bsky.social

Well it’s better than Utah Hockey Club.

may 8, 2025, 2:34 am • 1 0 • view
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LURKAGE @lurkage.bsky.social

It's fine. Mascots are kind of pointless once you are over 10.

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(NYMH) Jesse Lee Fulton @nymhartist.bsky.social

Cleans 🧼

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Jay @jaytheholiday.bsky.social

L

may 7, 2025, 2:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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mlattanzio15.bsky.social @mlattanzio15.bsky.social

Most hockey teams have a nickname ie Hawks, Habs, Leafs, Canes, B’s, Knights, Preds, Caps. What’s this one gonna be? Mams? Mammys? ‘moths?

may 7, 2025, 4:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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Reed Strong @notreedstrong.bsky.social

Mammaries

may 7, 2025, 4:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jeff Sabin @texanokie07.bsky.social

The new logo screams a need for the bevel treatment. Right, @sickoscommittee.org ?

may 7, 2025, 3:19 pm • 3 0 • view
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Matthew Malenich @axl-warpshaft.bsky.social

Mammoth was my first choice. I like it. Like the color scheme, too.

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David Staley @davidstaley8.bsky.social

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Darin Metcalf @beentoaugusta.bsky.social

The logo looks slightly like a hockey glove, no?

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Bob @hockeybeat.bsky.social

Looks like a Buffalo Sabres. Hopefully they play better then they do.🤔 The Mighty Mams of Utah.

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capecodder23.bsky.social @capecodder23.bsky.social

I like it. People love woolly mammoths.

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Alex Bigelow @ambig.bsky.social

The woolies!

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social

Not sure I love the name but that's a killer home jersey

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Wes Allen @fredwesley.bsky.social

Singular is awkward and makes no sense. Is it just a descriptor of size?

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social

NGL, that logo is awesome and the home jersey is legit.

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Dan Kost @dankost.bsky.social

I can only say that if you don’t wanna offend anything or anybody go with an extinct creature as your nickname.

may 7, 2025, 4:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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jerseyguymark.bsky.social @jerseyguymark.bsky.social

Great logo! The name.. EH

may 7, 2025, 10:23 pm • 3 1 • view
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DJ III @koozieman.bsky.social

I like it!

may 7, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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RCW 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @socaldude11.bsky.social

Pretty nice

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Symthie @anneadams.bsky.social

Interesting.

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Mike Oliveira @jackjim8553.bsky.social

It's different,and I kinda like it.👍👍

may 7, 2025, 7:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Athletic @theathletic.com

Read more ⤵️

may 7, 2025, 2:28 pm • 34 4 • view
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tremes15.bsky.social @tremes15.bsky.social

How about the Utah Dry Lake Bed?

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Frank F @frankiefronts.com

The name needs a s at the end. But the logo is great.

may 7, 2025, 2:29 pm • 4 0 • view
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Queen Pickles and Robe Guy @myleshigh.bsky.social

I may be in the minority but the use of the singular works for me

may 7, 2025, 3:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kotzo @kotzo.bsky.social

Utah representation of utah on the shoulders

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Don Pepino @brandongoblue.bsky.social

@estebansmooth.bsky.social

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Dave Dhannoo 🇬🇧🇲🇺 @davedhannoo.bsky.social

Predators fixture will be interesting, the ice age match lol

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Michael Beganny @beganny.com

Amherst College Mammoths Logo
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ajohio2024.bsky.social @ajohio2024.bsky.social

It’s hockey. Does it really matter?

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Josh White. @joshw205.bsky.social

I approve mainly because the logo is really cool!

may 7, 2025, 4:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ed Troya @edbt24.bsky.social

Was Ice Jazz not considered

may 7, 2025, 3:15 pm • 11 0 • view
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Ed Troya @edbt24.bsky.social

Cool Jazz, Slick Jazz, Smooth Jazz? Why did this take so long and end up so wrong

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Ed Troya @edbt24.bsky.social

Jazz on Ice Jazzcapades

may 7, 2025, 3:24 pm • 3 0 • view
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Robert @basedhits.bsky.social

Soak it in.

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Sky @skyskyskyskysjysky.bsky.social

youtu.be/4O28kaC2yz0?...

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stryfe9agb.bsky.social @stryfe9agb.bsky.social

Mammoths*

may 7, 2025, 2:41 pm • 2 0 • view