(Michael Mooney | NHL) The center-ice logo for the upcoming ‘Stanley Pup’ competition.
While October’s opening night is still months away, Utah Mammoth fans can tune into a different kind of hockey game this week — featuring a furry four-legged friend.
The “Stanley Pup” is back after debuting in 2024 and will have dogs representing all 32 NHL teams. The television special features the adoptable rescue pets competing on synthetic ice during the 90-minute show to raise awareness about adoption.
The program will air Friday on TruTV at 3:30 p.m. MT and also air on NHL Network on June 8 at 5 p.m. MT.


Meet Logan Drooly 🥹

He's our representative in the 2025 Stanley Pup – a friendly competition featuring adoptable rescue dogs!

📺: TruTV June 6 at 3:30p MT and @NHLNetwork June 8 at 5p MT pic.twitter.com/rvbM0oIUWK
The Mammoth’s representative is “Logan Drooly” (her real name is Stephanie) — a play on Utah forward Logan Cooley. She is a 14-week-old Husky and Shepard mix who weighs 13.75 pounds and is at Brandywine Valley SPCA in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Petco Love, the national nonprofit organization, is providing the dogs for the “Stanley Pup” through its shelter partners across the country.
The “Stanley Pup” is a celebration of the start of the Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers. It is a rematch of last year’s championship, which the Panthers ultimately won in seven games. The Oilers are now looking for redemption after ousting the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final.
There will be no lack of intensity in those NHL games. The dogs, though, are just looking to have some fun.
(Hunter Dyke, Kristi Davis) Alex Kerfoot interacts with a youth female hockey player during Utah's warmups at Delta Center.
Mammoth forward Alex Kerfoot will be in attendance to help introduce the participating dogs. He will be joined by fellow players such as Jaccob Slavin (Carolina Hurricanes), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning), Ryan Leonard (Washington Capitals) and others.
Kerfoot was quick to get involved in the Utah community once the team relocated last April. It is arguably part of what earned him his one-year, $3 million extension in March. The veteran was nominated for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy this season (given to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community) and won the Mammoth’s “Community Obsessed” award at the end of the year for his work with local girls’ hockey programs.
Archie, a 13-week-old black Labrador Retriever, is Utah Hockey Club's new team dog.
Logan Drooly will meet his new teammate Kerfoot later this week. Kerfoot is a dog-lover away from the rink; he surprised his wife with their dog — a mini Australian Labradoodle named Coconut — for Christmas in 2019. He was also excited when Utah introduced its official team dog, Archie, in November.
The Mammoth partnered with America’s VetDogs — a national nonprofit providing service dogs to veterans and first responders — to help co-raise Archie, who is named after Arches National Park near Moab. Archie was at games at the Delta Center and various community events throughout the season.
While Archie has a home in Salt Lake City now, the hope is that “Stanley Pup” can help Logan Drooly and the other rescue pets find their forever families.
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