2026/27 Utah Mammoth: Game 2: at Columbus Blue Jackets: Light It Up

[Intro – instrumental only; 6–10 seconds, tight bass-and-guitar groove, NO vocals] [Verse 1 – confident full-voice singing; tight rhythmic groove] Mammoth hit Columbus with a perfect start, One win behind 'em, everyone playing a part. Blue Jackets waiting on their home-ice floor, Utah came in hunting for one win more. Power play loaded, Utah worked it around, Gunther found Sergachev, ready to pound. He fired through traffic, Cooley screening the sight, Snuck inside the post and the lamp burned bright. Then Keller found Schmaltz with some room on the wing, Sharp-angle laser made the near post ring. Two goals on the board, and the message was clear— Utah came to Columbus to take two points here. [Pre-Chorus – drums become more aggressive; clipped stop-start delivery; tension rising] Pull 'em left— Send it right. Make 'em turn— Now strike. [half-time feel] Four men scrambling, Five men know— [brief pause] Where it's going... [full-band pickup] Before it goes. [Chorus – HUGE melodic release; wide guitars, pounding drums, gang vocals on LIGHT IT UP] LIGHT IT UP! When the Mammoth get the advantage! LIGHT IT UP! Turn the pressure into damage! Side to side, 'Til the shooting lane shows— They know where it's going... Before it goes! LIGHT IT UP! Watch the road team score— Three on the power play, And they're hunting for more! [Post-Chorus – short heavy guitar riff; gang vocal] LIGHT IT UP! [Verse 2 – drop immediately back to bass-driven groove; restrained intensity] Columbus struck early, cut into the lead, But Cossa stayed steady, gave 'em nothing they'd need. First NHL start, and he answered the call— Seventeen saves, and that one was all. [drums begin building] Then Cooley went cross-ice, the opening grew, Gunther was waiting—he knew what to do. From his office he fired, that familiar spot— Three-one Mammoth on a power-play shot. [Pre-Chorus – clipped, increasingly aggressive] Pull 'em left— Send it right. Make 'em turn— Now strike. Four men scrambling, Five men know— [brief pause] Where it's going... Before it goes. [Chorus – full arena energy; gang vocals] LIGHT IT UP! When the Mammoth get the advantage! LIGHT IT UP! Turn the pressure into damage! Side to side, 'Til the shooting lane shows— They know where it's going... Before it goes! LIGHT IT UP! Watch the road team score— Three on the power play, And they're hunting for more! [Instrumental Break – funky bass and drum groove into short aggressive guitar solo; no wall of sound] [Verse 3 – playful rhythmic swagger; instruments accent each phrase] Then came the clinic— [stop] Tic. Tac. Toe. Schmaltz into Cooley— Right back it goes. Give-and-go beauty, back onto eight— He buried his second and sealed their fate. [groove locks in harder] Three out of four with an extra man to skate, Send Utah to the power play—you’re tempting your fate. Penalty kill perfect, wouldn't give up a thing, Special teams owned every shift in the ring. Thirty-one shots while they held 'em to eighteen, McBain brought the pain—six hits, playing mean. Weegur blocked four, putting his body on line, Every piece doing its job every time. [Bridge – dramatic drop; bass, low kick, atmospheric guitar; vocal intimate and deliberate] Schmaltz hit five hundred— A milestone made. Keller hit six hundred— Another page. Two career landmarks, One winning night— And Cossa's first start Ended just right. [instruments begin slowly returning] First regulation win Against Columbus on the road— [near silence] Two games in. Two wins. Two-and-oh. [Build – isolated drum hits; shouted lead vocal answered by gang vocals; each section grows] COSSA! [gang] FIRST START! FIRST WIN! KELLER! [gang] SIX HUNDRED! SCHMALTZ! [gang] FIVE HUNDRED! GUNTHER! [gang] TWO GAMES— TWO GOALS! [everything drops out] UTAH— [beat] [full band detonates] TWO AND OH! [Final Chorus – biggest section of song; soaring guitars, full gang vocals, extra harmonies] LIGHT IT UP! When the Mammoth get the advantage! LIGHT IT UP! Turn the pressure into damage! Side to side, 'Til the shooting lane shows— They know where it's going... Before it goes! LIGHT IT UP! Watch the road team score— Three on the power play, And they're hunting for more! [Final Chorus Extension – drums driving harder] LIGHT IT UP! Let the whole league know—