(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michael Carcone (53), Utah Hockey Club, brings the puck down the ice, as Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) defends, in NHL preseason action between the Utah Hockey Club and the Colorado Avalanche, at the Maverick Center, on Saturday Oct. 5, 2024.

Next up for the Utah Hockey Club will be one of its toughest tests yet: the fourth-place Carolina Hurricanes, who come to town on Wednesday. The Hurricanes have won the most games of any team since the NHL resumed play after the pandemic.

The Carolina Hurricanes’ (11-3) injury report has four players listed as they ready for a Wednesday, November 13 matchup with the Utah Hockey Club (6-6-3) at Delta Center, with a start time of 9:00 PM ET.

Utah Hockey Club has added a new member to its roster.Archie, a 13-week-old black Labrador retriever, is now the official team dog. The Hockey Club partnered with America’s VetDogs — a national nonprofit providing service dogs to veterans and first responders — to help co-raise Archie who is named after Arches National Park near Moab.

That’s the kind of wisdom that comes from playing more than 500 games in the NHL, as Keller has. The wins and losses come and go, but if you get too fixated on the past — good or bad — you can quickly lose focus on the task at hand.