The Utah Mammoth announced today the acquisition of defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames in exchange for defenseman Olli M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4, forward Jonathan Castagna, and Utah\u2019s 2026 second-round draft choice, Utah\u2019s 2026 second-round draft choice via Ottawa, and Utah\u2019s 2026 second-round draft choice via the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cMacKenzie is a high-end defenseman with the type of leadership and work ethic that we want in a top-four blueliner,\u201d said Bill Armstrong, general manager of the Utah Mammoth. \u201cAcquiring MacKenzie solidifies our back end as we continue to push towards the playoffs, and he will be a great addition to our team on and off the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weegar, 32, has registered 3-18-21 and 69 penalty minutes (PIM) in 60 games with Calgary this season while averaging 23:07 of ice time per game. He ranks ninth in hits (130) and second in blocked shots (143) among all NHL defensemen in 2025-26.<\/p>\n
Weegar has skated in 304 games with the Flames since 2022-23, earning 35-116-151 and 196 PIM. He has served as an alternate captain in each of the past three seasons, and he also received Calgary\u2019s Peter Maher \u201cGood Guy\u201d Award in 2024-25, presented annually to the player who best demonstrates the virtues of sincerity, integrity, dedication, and respect.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot, 206-pound defenseman has played parts of 10 NHL seasons with Calgary and the Florida Panthers, tallying 62-210-272 and 455 PIM over 610 career contests. Weegar also appeared in 20 playoff games with Florida from 2020-22, posting 1-4-5 and 20 PIM. Since making his NHL debut on April 3, 2017, he is one of only nine blueliners with at least 1,000 blocked shots (1,135) and 1,000 hits (1,345).<\/p>\n
Weegar also registered 23-47-70 in 153 career American Hockey League (AHL) games with the Springfield Thunderbirds, Portland Pirates, and San Antonio Rampage from 2014-17, and he added 1-12-13 and 13 PIM in 21 ECHL games with the Cincinnati Cyclones in 2014-15. He represented the Thunderbirds at the AHL All-Star Game in 2016-17.<\/p>\n
Before turning professional, Weegar earned QMJHL All-Rookie Team (2012-13) and Second All-Star Team (2013-14) honors over two seasons with the Halifax Mooseheads. He tallied 20-83-103 and 155 PIM in 123 career games and helped lead the Mooseheads to QMJHL and Memorial Cup championships in 2012-13.<\/p>\n
A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Weegar has represented Canada at two IIHF World Championships (2023 and 2025). He won a gold medal and received Best Defenseman honors in his first appearance at the tournament, recording 3-8-11 in 10 games while serving as an alternate captain.<\/p>\n
Weegar was originally drafted by the Panthers in the seventh round (206th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n
M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4 posted 2-17-19 and 16 PIM in 92 NHL games with Utah over two seasons and has tallied 42-154-196 in 783 career NHL contests with Pittsburgh, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Utah. Castagna has registered 30-42-72 and 72 PIM in 96 games over three collegiate seasons at Cornell University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth announced today the acquisition of defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames in exchange for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-515613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}