Jack McBain is our SLC Pucker of the Year, and honestly, there was no other choice. This episode is SLC Puck’s annual Utah Mammoth end-of-season awards show, where we hand out eight honors to the players who defined the 2025-26 season. McBain gets the big one after leading the team with 84 penalty minutes, setting the tone physically, and delivering one of the best fights of the year against Alexei Toropchenko after the hit that injured Logan Cooley.

We also hand out Electric Factory to Dylan Guenther after his 40-goal, 73-point season, including the kind of late-game moments that make the building shake. Lawson Crouse takes Bounce Back Player of the Year after jumping from 18 points to 44 and swinging from minus-4 to plus-20. Nate Schmidt is our Newcomer of the Year after arriving from the Florida Panthers and posting a ridiculous plus-31 while bringing instant stability and veteran edge.

From there, we get into Karel Vejmelka as Mr. Reliable after 64 appearances and 38 wins, Logan Cooley as Mr. Rent Free after putting up 24 goals in just 54 games and constantly becoming The Topic, and Clayton Keller as our Most Valuable Mammoth after leading Utah in scoring again while carrying the emotional weight of the season. Sammy is back, Disneyland gets mentioned, Tusky almost steals an award, and yes, Michael Carcone gets love as the team’s full-time chaos merchant.

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