HomeNews UpdateWhat happened at the Utah Hockey Club’s developmental training game? – Deseret News
What happened at the Utah Hockey Club’s developmental training game? – Deseret News
July 5, 2024
The Utah Hockey Club finally got a taste of the ice at the Delta Center.
Many of the organization’s young talents participated in a practice game on Friday to round out this year’s development camp. More than 5,000 new fans of the hockey club came to see the team’s first outing on the ice.
“It was crazy,” said Cole Beaudoin, Utah’s 2024 first-round draft choice, after the practice game. “It was incredible to hear the fans cheering when we scored.”
The players were split into two teams, with Beaudoin and Tij Iginla, also from the 2024 first round, landing on the victorious White team, which defeated Black team by a convincing 11-2 after two 25-minute periods and a five-minute 3-on-3 period.
“It was a fun game with a lot of skating and good skills,” Iginla said. “Today the turnout was great, we’re really happy about that.”
The star of the match was Daniil But, who played in the first round of the 2023 competition, scoring a hat-trick in the first period, making his total of four goals that afternoon.
White Team forward Daniil But (48) celebrates his goal with his teammates during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team practice game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White Team forward Daniil But (48) controls the puck during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club development camp, held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team defenseman Veeti Vaisanen (51) and black team forward Noel Nordh (45) fight for puck possession during the intra-team training game of the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp, held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team forward Tij Iginla (12) controls the puck while guarded by black team defenseman Cal Thomas (57) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Players skate on the ice during an intra-team scrimmage at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp on Friday, July 5, 2024, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team forward Cole Beaudoin (24) battles for puck possession with Black team defenseman Terrell Goldsmith (54) and forward Samu Bau (32) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Fans hold signs and cheer during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team scrimmage at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White Team forward Daniil But (48) celebrates his goal with forward Jacob Newcombe (65) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White Team forward Daniil But (48) celebrates his goal during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club development camp, held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team forward Sam Lipkin (71) and black team forward Owen Allard (37) fight for puck possession during the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp intra-team training game held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team forward Reggie Newman (47) controls the puck while being guarded by black team defenseman Terrell Goldsmith (54) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team defenseman Matthew Morden (59) controls the puck while being guarded by black team forward Voltech Hradec (72) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White team forward Cole Beaudoin (24) and Black team forward Jonathan Castagna (74) wait for the puck to drop during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team development camp practice game on Friday, July 5, 2024, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White Team defenseman Will Skahan (61) fist bumps forward Sam Lipkin (71) during the team’s intra-team scrimmage at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
The ice is cleared before a 3-on-3 showdown during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team development camp practice game held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Attendees purchase merchandise during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team scrimmage game of the development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Colton Collings of St. George purchases merchandise during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team scrimmage of the development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Players gesture toward the crowd following the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team development camp scrimmage held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Black team defenseman Dmitriy Simashev (26) controls the puck while being guarded by white team defenseman Justin Kipkie (58) during the team’s intra-team training game at the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
White and black teams shake hands after the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team development camp practice game held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Black team defenseman Dmitriy Simashev (26) controls the puck while being guarded by white team forward Jacob Newcombe (65) during the intra-team training game of the Utah Hockey Club development camp held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
A young fan looks out onto the ice during the Utah Hockey Club’s intra-team scrimmage at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Black and white teams line up for their starting lineups, which will be announced prior to the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp intra-team scrimmage to be held Friday, July 5, 2024, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Black team forward Gabe Smith (93) tries to maintain control of the puck while being guarded by white team forward Cole Beaudoin (24) during the Utah Hockey Club’s development camp intra-team practice game held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Friday, July 5, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Iginla opened the second period with a goal for White on an unassisted shot and proved another standout player throughout the practice game with his impressive skating and offensive decision-making.
As the franchise’s first-ever draft selection, the 17-year-old phenom received a warm welcome from fans when it was announced that he would be starting in place of White.
“It was really cool to hear so much cheering when my name was called,” Iginla said. “I think the fans have been very welcoming to the hockey club and to me as well. So it looks like we’re going to have the best fans in the league and it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Sam Lipkin, Matthew Morden and Will Skahan, who was selected in the second round of the competition in 2024, each contributed a goal and two assists for White, whose defensive and goaltending performance thwarted almost every scoring opportunity for Black.
As for Black – who fell into a 5-0 hole early on and never recovered – Terrell Goldsmith and Jonathan Castagna each scored goals, while Owen Allard, Noel Nordh and Miko Matikka all provided assists.
