{"id":506595,"date":"2026-03-16T19:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/506595\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:28:39","slug":"alexander-kerfoot-logan-cooley-return-to-ice-for-mammoth-utah-mammoth-receive-injury-reinforcements-following-olympic-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/506595\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Kerfoot, Logan Cooley Return To Ice For Mammoth Utah Mammoth Receive Injury Reinforcements Following Olympic Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2013\u00a0The Utah Mammoth adds critical depth as the team begins a playoff push with forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/utah\/player\/logan-cooley-8483431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Logan Cooley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/utah\/player\/alexander-kerfoot-8477021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Kerfoot<\/a> returning from extended absences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/sports\/logan-cooley-out-indefinitely-for-utah-mammoth\/566449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RELATED: Cooley \u2018Out Indefinitely\u2019 Following Injury In Vancouver<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Logan Cooley &amp; Alexander Kerfoot are healthy &amp; will play tonight against the Colorado Avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BagleyKSLsports\/status\/2026832696077595032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cooley, a sweet-skating speed demon with a sniper for a shot, has been out since suffering a lower-body injury against the Vancouver Canucks on December 5.<\/p>\n<p>Kerfoot, a steadying nine-year veteran presence, returns to the lineup after missing a month and a half with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second significant injury he has suffered this season, limiting him to only nine games.<\/p>\n<p>Mammoth host Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>Utah returns to the ice tonight against the league-leading Colorado Avalanche at 7 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first of a three-game homestand.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Feels so good to be back at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deltacenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@deltacenter<\/a>! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/anDK65IPNa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/anDK65IPNa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahmammoth\/status\/2026691399370863000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah begins the post-Olympic portion of its schedule with a one-point lead over the Anaheim Ducks for the top Western Conference Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth hold a four-point advantage over the Los Angeles Kings with 25 games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Utah Mammoth with KSL Sports<\/p>\n<p>Utah hosts Quinn Hughes and the Minnesota Wild on Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the entire 2025-26 Utah Mammoth schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/utah-mammoth\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Smith Entertainment Group\u2019s (SEG) streaming platform will also continue to carry all Mammoth games on SEG+ in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Bagley is the Utah Mammoth insider for KSL Sports.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BagleyKSLsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow him on X<\/a>.\u00a0You can hear Cole break down the team on KSL Sports Zone and KSL 5 TV.<\/p>\n<p>All Mammoth games will be broadcast live on the KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM\/1280 AM). Occasionally, KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM \/ 1160 AM) also airs Jazz games.<\/p>\n<p>Take us with you, wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader. You can stream live radio and video, and stay up to date on all of your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Preece is a sports.ksl.com insider covering Locals in MLB and the Salt Lake Bees. Follow Brian\u2019s Bees and Beehive baseball\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/author\/bpreeceksl-com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Find Brian on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bpreece24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BlueSky<\/a>\u00a0at @bpreece24.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpreece24\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @bpreece24<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746835450_492_Utah-Mammoth-Newsletter_300x250.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;max-width:100%;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Utah-Mammoth-Newsletter_830x100.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;max-width:100%;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2013\u00a0The Utah Mammoth adds critical depth as the team begins a playoff push with forwards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,689,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-506595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-kslsports-com-utah-sports-news","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-hc","13":"tag-utah-hockey-club","14":"tag-utahhc","15":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116240509873323277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}