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SLC Puck!

by Austin Facer

SLC Puck! Powered by BigTuskEnergy.com From the mountains to the madness on the ice, SLC Puck is your go-to podcast for all things Utah hockey. Hosted by Austin Facer — part fanboy, part chaos agent — we cover the Utah Mammoth, the NHL, the local youth leagues that keep the dream alive, and everything in between. Think Last Week Tonight meets SportsCenter. Streaming on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever hockey nerds hang out. Potential advertisers can inquire at austin@slcpuck.com www.slcpuck.com

Latest episodes

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Daniil But Belongs Up Top

Three preseason games in, the biggest Utah Mammoth roster answer feels a lot less complicated than it did a week ago: Daniil But should be on the opening-night top line.

Sep 29
32 min

Utah Mammoth Face Early Test

The season is finally here, and Austin’s main point is pretty simple: yes, the home opener is going to be a blast, but the real story is how much pressure is baked into U

Sep 29
39 min

Utah Can Crash the Central

Eric Jensen jumped on the show and made the case Utah isn’t just a cute up-and-coming team anymore. His big swing: the Mammoth finish top three in the Central, with one o

Sep 26
39 min

Daniil But Stole The Show Against LA

LATE UPLOAD: RECORDED SEPT. 22, 2026 Daniil But was the biggest thing Austin could not stop thinking about after Utah’s 6-3 preseason win over the Los Angeles Kings. But

Sep 24
37 min

Maveric Lamoureux Made It Harder

LATE UPLOAD: RECORDED SEPT. 27, 2026 Utah’s first preseason game in Denver felt exactly like preseason hockey is supposed to feel: rusty, weird, sloppy, and just useful

Sep 24
32 min

Daniil But Has a Real Shot

The most interesting thing in Mammoth camp right now isn’t just that preseason starts in Colorado. It’s that 21-year-old Daniil But got a real look with Clayton Keller an

Sep 20
35 min

Tucson Swagger feat. Chase Beardsley

Chase Beardsley joined me after Utah’s rookie showcase in San Jose, and the big takeaway was hard to miss: Dmitri Simashev looked like a guy with a real opening-night cas

Sep 18
36 min

Dylan Guenther Needs His Mattress

The funniest thing from Utah Mammoth media day was also somehow the most perfect snapshot of hockey life: Dylan Guenther showed up after sleeping on the floor because his

Sep 17
31 min

Trevor Lewis Comes Home

Trevor Lewis is back in Utah, and this is bigger than a feel-good alumni story. The Mammoth hired the Cottonwood Heights native and two-time Stanley Cup champion as a vid

Sep 16
26 min

Trevor Lewis Comes Home

Trevor Lewis is back with the Mammoth, and this is bigger than a feel-good hometown headline. Austin digs into why the Utah native, two-time Stanley Cup champion, and onl

Sep 15
26 min

Gabe Smith Crossed the Line

Vegas fans are furious, and honestly, I get why. Gabe Smith sent Trevor Connelly hard into the boards at the rookie showcase, got ejected at 10:33 of the second, then som

Sep 14
36 min

Brogan Houston on Rookie Camp

Brogan Houston from the Deseret News joined me to talk through the actual first-day rookie camp questions that matter: no Tij Iginla, no Caleb Desnoyers, what Dimitri Sim

Sep 12
40 min

Connor Hellebuyck to Utah? No.

The Connor Hellebuyck-to-Utah chatter sounds fun until you apply even five seconds of real-world logic. Austin breaks down why the Mammoth may have the assets on paper, b

Sep 10
34 min

Dylan Guenther Can Hit 50

Austin lays out the math on Dylan Guenther’s path to 50 goals, starting with last season’s 40 goals in 79 games, 242 shots, and a 16.5 shooting percentage. The case is st

Sep 9
34 min

EA Rated the Mammoth

NHL 27 is here, and honestly, this is when hockey season starts feeling real. Austin jumped into the early-access version, looked at EA’s default Utah Mammoth roster, and

Sep 7
36 min

Logan Cooley’s Summer Scrap Says Everything

Logan Cooley gets pushed into the corner during a three-on-three summer game in Pittsburgh, knocks an opponent’s stick away, loses his helmet and winds up in the middle o

Sep 2
32 min

Connor Hellebuyck Changes Utah

Connor Hellebuyck formally requested a trade, and Austin’s whole argument is simple: Utah has to at least explore it. Not because Karel Vejmelka isn’t good, but because V

Aug 29
40 min

Utah Mammoth Bold Predictions

The main question in this episode is pretty simple: what actually happens to the Utah Mammoth this season, not what we hope happens. Austin and Sam make three predictions

Aug 26
36 min

Tij Iginla Is 77

Austin found a real little jersey-number scoop at the Mammoth Ice Center team store: Tij Iginla jerseys are already being pressed with No. 77, not 12. After Tij wore 12 i

Aug 23
29 min

Utah Mammoth Plates Are Here

The Utah Mammoth license plates are officially here, and honestly this is the exact kind of offseason content gift I live for. Austin digs into the new DMV plate, the $25

Aug 21
33 min

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