The Utah Mammoth have never held a 1,000th-game ceremony. Barring injury, that changes on March 26, when Anders Lee is slated to play his 1,000th NHL game at Delta Center against San Jose — provided he suits up every night — according to a milestone rundown published Saturday by the Deseret News’ Brogan Houston. The former Islanders captain, who signed a three-year deal with Utah this month, would be the first player to hit the mark in a Mammoth sweater.
It nearly happened last season. Ian Cole came within 10 games of 1,000 before leaving for Chicago in free agency, so the franchise first now belongs to a player who arrived two weeks ago. That is how it goes for a three-year-old organization: the institutional moments — first playoff berth, first outdoor game, first silver-stick ceremony — are still being collected one at a time, and this season’s schedule happens to stack several of them together. Lee could also reach 600 career points; he sits 51 away.
The more meaningful numbers on Houston’s list belong to the young core. Dylan Guenther is nine goals short of 100 for his career, Nick Schmaltz needs 25 to reach 200, and Logan Cooley would hit 100 with a 31-goal season. That last figure would be a career high, but Houston notes Cooley scored at a 36-goal pace in 2025-26 and only fell short because he missed 28 games. Over the new 84-game schedule, a healthy Cooley crossing 100 career goals while Guenther clears the same bar at 23 would say more about where this franchise is headed than any veteran’s ceremony.
Both lanes matter, though, and they are related. Utah added Lee and Vincent Trocheck this summer precisely to put experienced players around that core, and a season in which the newcomers stack round-number milestones while the kids pile up goals is roughly what a successful year in Salt Lake City looks like.
On the fantasy side, Cooley is the name to move on: a 36-goal pace last season, a locked-in top-line center role, and 28 missed games suppressing his perceived value make him a target in both dynasty and redraft formats. Guenther remains a strong young goals-and-shots play, while Lee is a late-round bet on net-front production and power-play deployment rather than a counting-stat anchor.
