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SALT LAKE CITY — Logan Cooley scored four straight goals and had an assist and the Utah Mammoth beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1 on Monday night to avenge a home loss four days earlier.

Cooley gave Utah a 3-1 lead on a breakaway at 4:19 of the third period, and completed his second hat trick of the season into an empty net with 4:19 left. He added a short-handed empty-netter with 2:17 to go for his career-high fourth of the night and 13th of the season.

The 21-year-old Cooley had the first four-goal game in the NHL this season.

He had another natural hat trick in the first period in a 7-4 victory at St. Louis on Oct. 24. He has three career NHL hat tricks.

The teams also played Thursday night at Delta Center, with Vegas winning 4-1. Utah rebounded Saturday night, topping the New York Rangers 3-2 at home to end a four-game skid. Vegas fell 4-3 in overtime at Anaheim on Saturday night.

Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 33 shots. Ivan Barbashev scored for Vegas, and Carl Lindbom made 20 saves.

Guenther and Cooley scored in a 1:17 span in the first period. Guenther got his ninth of the season with 5:06 left off assists from Cooley and defenseman Nate Schmidt. Cooley connected with 3:49 remaining, with Guenther and Schmidt getting assists.

Barbashev scored for Vegas at 5:24 of the second.

Golden Knights: Host Ottawa on Wednesday night to open a four-game homestand.

Mammoth: Host Ottawa on Wednesday night

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When you lose three consecutive overtimes the way the Utah Mammoth has recently, emotions are going to be all over the place.

Against the Islanders, Utah had a questionable call before its loss; with the Ducks, it was a last-second, game-tying goal that ultimately led to an OT loss; and to top it all off against the Sharks, Utah managed to come back from a 2–0 deficit only for Macklin Celebrini to finish the game with a hat trick.

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Despite dealing with all those tough moments, the Mammoth never let emotions get the better of them and kept competing all the same. But in a 4–1 loss to the Golden Knights, it was clear that Vegas forward Cole Reinhardt stirred up emotions the Mammoth couldn’t move past.

Nov 20, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Mammoth defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) and Vegas Golden Knights left wing Cole Reinhardt (23) fight during the second period at Delta Center. (Rob Gray-Imagn Images).

It wasn’t that Reinhardt did anything illegal or even dirty, but it was clear Utah wasn’t happy with him after he laid out a massive hit on Kevin Stenlund, lowering his shoulder as Stenlund was collecting the puck.

With Stenlund slow to get up, Utah was immediately displeased with Reinhardt’s hit. In fact, play stopped within seconds because Brandon Tanev personally confronted Reinhardt, resulting in a cross-checking penalty.

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The powerful hit from Reinhardt was legal and didn’t appear to be dirty, but the hit on Stenlund clearly lingered with Utah as play continued.

Tempers didn’t flare immediately, even after both Jack Eichel and Ben Hutton scored just 19 seconds apart to put Vegas up 2–0.

Allowing Hutton to score as quickly as he did was starting to push Utah closer to its breaking point, as the Mammoth laid some hits of their own, but it hadn’t yet led to anything too big.

But as Vegas continued to get into Utah’s defensive zone and take shots, Utah finally snapped when Reinhardt came looking for a rebound opportunity against Karel Vejmelka.

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Suddenly, three Mammoth players, led by Mikhail Sergachev, came at Reinhardt all at once, sparking a brawl between both teams.

“I obviously did not like the way we responded to the emotion of the game,” said André Tourigny. “We had a good first period, then we arrived in the second, and stuff happened to [Kevin Stenlund]. I didnâ€t like the way we reacted to it at first. We got emotional and got out of our game. They took over, and it was difficult for us to get back at it.”

The brawl took a long time for the referees to break up. As soon as it looked like it had concluded and players were slowing down, another separate fight began, including Cooleyâ€s right hook against Kaedan Korczak.

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In total, five penalties were called against both teams, with Logan Cooley racking up two roughing penalties of his own.

Though Utah would manage to score shortly after the scuffle in the form of Nate Schmidtâ€s first Utah Mammoth goal, the team simply couldn’t stay disciplined and gave up two more goals to Vegas.

And once again, another fight broke out, this time with Jack McBain and Vegas’ Keegan Kolesar dropping their gloves.

It wasn’t long after the McBain fight before it felt like Utah had given up trying to make a comeback in this game.

“It’s like we plug one hole, another hole opens,” said Ian Cole. “We need to really look at our game as a whole and our attitude and how we approach it and whether winning matters to us.”

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The loss to Vegas was certainly one of the toughest of the season, as Utah had yet to lose in such a manner at home.

But with a game against the Rangers just around the corner, Utah will have to figure out its emotions fast if it wants a win against a team with one of the best road records in the NHL (9-3-1).

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Oct 23, 2025, 11:45 PM ET

ST. LOUIS — Logan Cooley had a natural hat trick in a 4:48 span of the first period and also had an assist in the opening period to help the Utah Mammoth beat the St. Louis Blues 7-4 on Thursday night.

Cooley assisted on Ian Cole’s opening goal, then scored three straight — all off feeds from Dylan Guenther — to match his career high with four points.

“Everyone talks about his shooting, but I think his playmaking is really underrated,” Cooley said about Guenther. “I think we’re really starting to figure out where each other likes to be. And I think it’s going to continue to get better.”

Cooley started his goal surge with a one-timer from the slot off a pass from Guenther at the 6:07 mark. He struck again at 7:57, sliding a backhander between goalie Joel Hofer’s pads, with Jordan Binnington taking over in goal.

“He’s really strong physically,” Utah coach Andre Tourigny said. “He’s really strong in his battle. His balance is really, really good. And, like I said, his competitiveness, I think, helped him a lot in that sense.”

Cooley finished the spree with a power-play goal with 9:05 to go. He had his second NHL hat trick, with the first with Arizona against Nashville in March 2024.

“It’s obviously awesome scoring this league and it was a great game,” Cooley said. “I thought we kind of let off a little bit in the second, but overall, it was a great team win.”

The former University of Minnesota star was drafted third overall in 2022.

“Cools is, you know, one of my favorites,” Utah forward Clayton Keller said. “And just the way he plays, his speed, skill, he can really do it all, and I believe in him so much, so it’s great to see him get rewarded. And that’s a heck of a period – three and one … that’s tough to beat.”

Utah won its fifth straight game.

“It’s nice to get off on the right foot,” Cooley said. “It was a great first period. You know, the way we finished the game was obviously really good too. So, there’s a lot of key takeaways that we could take moving forward.”

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Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Roberto Clemente … and the Erie Moon Mammoths?

The Minor League Baseball alternate identity cooked up by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver attracted attention from all over the sporting world this summer, and now the team has earned prestige, too. The Erie Moon Mammoths are in the Hall of Fame.

In a manner of speaking, anyway.

Oliver himself has donated a signed Moon Mammoths jersey — the No. 91 uni top he donned on the show and during the Moon Mammoths’ debut on July 19 — and the item is now on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

Next to the jersey is a placard reading, “On July 19, 2025, the Double-A Erie SeaWolves debuted as the Moon Mammoths. The unusual nickname came about thanks to John Oliver, who chose the club as the winner of a rebranding contest he announced on his HBO show, ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.’ The comedian wore this jersey as he threw the first pitch to honor the club’s alter ego.”

Oliver also donated a signed cap and a Moon Mammoths squishy — the Detroit affiliate’s giveaway item for July 19, at least one of which sold for more than $200 on Ebay the next day.

In another sense, it was an identity over 10,000 years in the making. When announcing the contest, Oliver promised that the rebrand would be done “in the spirit of your team, city and league in which you belong.”

True to his word, Oliver and his team dug into Erie’s local history and discovered a Woolly Mammoth. More specifically, they discovered the discovery of a Woolly Mammoth.

In 1991, an Erie-area citizen named George Moon was scuba diving in nearby Lake Pleasant and discovered the shoulder blade of a wooly mammoth, and 80 percent of that mammoth’s skeleton was recovered. The incident took hold in the imaginations of Oliver and his staff, which unveiled mascot Fuzz E. Mammoth during the on-air announcement. And Oliver’s jersey number — 91 — was inspired by the year of Moon’s mammoth discovery.

During the July 19 debut, Oliver had a hand in just about every aspect of the game experience. In addition to throwing out the first pitch, he worked at a concessions stand, joined the TV broadcast, sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and walked the stands as a vendor.

The rebrand was a mammoth-sized success for the SeaWolves, who suited up as the Moon Mammoths several more times over the course of the season. When “Last Week Tonight” aired its segment on the game, the show revealed that the club sold four years’ worth of merchandise in three weeks’ time.

So, will you be able to catch the Moon Mammoths in action in 2026? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For now, you can catch them in Cooperstown.

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  Greg WyshynskiOct 1, 2025, 12:26 PM ET

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  Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired Utah Mammoth goaltender Connor Ingram in the latest attempt to find a solution in net.

The Mammoth traded Ingram for future considerations, the teams announced Wednesday. Utah had placed Ingram on waivers Sept. 17 after informing him that he no longer fit into their goaltending plans for this season. Ingram went unclaimed.

Utah is retaining $800,000, or just over 41%, of Ingram’s contract, which runs through this season and carries a $1.95 million cap hit.

Ingram was expected to be the primary starter in Utah’s inaugural season, but he went 9-8-4 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .882 save percentage in 22 games. The 28-year-old struggled through injuries and had challenges off the ice. Ingram entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on March 9 following his mother’s death from breast cancer. He previously entered the assistance program in 2021 for treatment of depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder while playing for the Nashville Predators.

Ingram had a breakout season in 2023-24 with the Arizona Coyotes, going 23-21-3 in 50 games with a 2.91 GAA, a .907 save percentage and six shutouts. Ingram won the 2024 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for “perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey,” as voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Ingram will initially report to the Oilers’ AHL team in Bakersfield.

Edmonton has struggled to find consistent goaltending behind a team led by superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Current goaltenders Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard have backstopped the Oilers to two straight Stanley Cup Final appearances where they were outplayed by Sergei Bobrovsky and lost both times to the Florida Panthers.

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