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The ‘March Madness of hockey’ is about to start — and Utah could send 7 prospects

Story byTij Iginla during practice as the Utah Mammoth hold rookie camp at their new practice facility in Sandy on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsBrogan HoustonMon, December 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM UTC·4 min readUtah Mammoth fans are facing a dilemma: Do they cheer for their country, or do they cheer for the three Mammoth first-round picks playing for their rivals?Tij Iginla, Cole Beaudoin and Caleb Desnoyers are all on Team Canada’s selection camp roster for the upcoming World Junior Championship, and if you watched the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, you’re familiar with how heated the Canada/USA rivalry can get. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith only four cuts to be made, it’s likely that all four of those players end up on Canada’s main squad.

Tij Iginla during practice as the Utah Mammoth hold rookie camp at their new practice facility in Sandy on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

Tij Iginla during practice as the Utah Mammoth hold rookie camp at their new practice facility in Sandy on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

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Key Highlights

  • Team USA, on the other hand, did not invite any Utah prospects to its camp.“They better cheer for us,” Desnoyers joked in an interview with the Deseret News on Tuesday.
  • “They’re Mammoth fans.
  • We’re all good prospects for Utah.“Hopefully they’ll be cheering on the boys.
  • Maybe when we play the States they might cheer for the States, but we’ll make sure we show them that we’re the best team.”Desnoyers expressed that while he’s happy to make the selection camp roster, the job is far from finished. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Obviously it’s a great achievement for me, but it’s really (just) the start,” he said.
  • “(I) still want to make my place and show that I’ll have an impact on the team to help them win gold.”Desnoyers’ coach, Gardiner MacDougall, will be an assistant coach on Team Canada’s bench.
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