Overview
- Cooley was helped off the ice without putting weight on his left leg after contact in the Mammoth’s loss to the Blues.
- Frank Seravalli reported an initial finding of a quad contusion and said Cooley walked to the team bus, with imaging still to confirm no knee damage.
- Andy Strickland earlier indicated Cooley avoided structural damage, describing the issue as a very painful charley horse.
- Game officials later assessed a match penalty to St. Louis forward Alexei Toropchenko after initially not calling a penalty on the play.
- Cooley has 23 points in 26 games and recently signed an eight-year, $10 million AAV extension, while Central rivals reported updates with Marcus Foligno not traveling, Marco Rossi under evaluation for travel, and Nashville’s Michael McCarron day-to-day.