{"id":53981,"date":"2025-10-18T06:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/schmaltz-explodes-with-hat-trick-utah-mammoth-beats-sharks-6-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:09:46","slug":"schmaltz-explodes-with-hat-trick-utah-mammoth-beats-sharks-6-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/schmaltz-explodes-with-hat-trick-utah-mammoth-beats-sharks-6-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Schmaltz Explodes with Hat-Trick: Utah Mammoth Beats Sharks 6-3"},"content":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Nick Schmaltz had a night to remember, breaking his goal drought from the first four games of the season with the Utah Mammoth against the San Jose Sharks.\n\nSchmaltz shined with three goals and an assist, leading the Mammoth to a 6-3 victory, thus adding their third win in four games.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I feel like I&#8217;ve had a lot of opportunities at the start of the season. I&#8217;m trying to shoot more on goal, go more to the net, be closer to the net. A couple of teammates made great plays to find me in open areas. It was fun to see them go in.<\/p><cite>Nick Schmaltz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nUtah coach Andre Tourigny had anticipated Schmaltz&#8217;s scoring awakening.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1018%2Fr1561880_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Schmaltz came into the night scoreless over the Mammoth&#039;s first four games but broke through in a big way, recording three goals and an assist in Utah&#039;s win over San Jose.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Nick Schmaltz tuvo una noche espectacular, anotando tres goles y una asistencia en la victoria de Utah sobre San Jose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Since the start of the season, he&#8217;s been playing very well. He&#8217;s had many opportunities. He reloads very well, on both sides of the puck, he&#8217;s a threat. He gets involved a lot. It was a matter of time&#8230; today was the day.<\/p><cite>Andre Tourigny<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nSchmaltz opened the scoring at 9:39 of the first period, taking advantage of a pass from Logan Cooley on a five-on-three power play.\n\nLess than four minutes later, Schmaltz scored his second goal of the night, receiving a pass from Clayton Keller and sending the puck into the top left corner.\n\nThe Sharks tied the score with two goals in the second period.\n\nAfter Liam O&#8217;Brien put Utah ahead again, Schmaltz completed his second hat-trick of his career at 54 seconds of the third period, assisted by Keller, to make the score 4-2.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was incredible, especially in front of our local fans. A shoutout to my grandfather, who has seen me play twice, in Arizona and here, and has seen a hat-trick on both occasions.<\/p><cite>Nick Schmaltz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nSchmaltz then assisted Keller for a goal, increasing the Mammoth&#8217;s lead to 6-2.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Just a &#8216;give-and-go&#8217;. I saw him open and he made a great shot to finish.<\/p><cite>Nick Schmaltz<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Nick Schmaltz had a night to remember, breaking his goal drought from the first four games of the season with the Utah Mammoth against the San Jose Sharks. Schmaltz shined with three goals and an assist, leading the Mammoth to a 6-3 victory, thus adding their third win in four games. 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