The Utah Mammoth sold out every home game in its inaugural season. MLB expansion talks have Salt Lake City as the frontrunner in the West. BYU and Utah are both competing for Big 12 titles. And in Cedar City, a gymnastics program from a city of 40,000 is headed to the Pac-12. The Wasatch Front isn't becoming a sports market. It already is one. The question now is how big it intends to get.

From the Arizona desert to a sold-out Delta Center, the Utah Mammoth have made one of the fastest transformations in NHL history. Mountain & Main breaks down how this franchise found its identity — and its playoff berth — in just two seasons.