LAS VEGAS — Logan Cooley scored off a rebound with six minutes left to give the Mammoth a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night, and they will head back to Utah with a split of the first two games in their first-round playoffs series.Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Friday night in Salt Lake City.Cooley, a 21-year-old from Pittsburgh, is the youngest U.S.-born player to scored a goal in each of his first two playoff games.“It’s so exciting playing in these games,” Cooley said. “You’re playing for the (Stanley) Cup. That’s what you dream about since you’re a little kid. You just want to leave everything out there. The games are so intense, physical, fast and I think that kind of fits my game.”Cooley, who missed 28 games because of a lower-body injury, scored 24 goals and 43 points in 54 games in the regular season. He finished strong with seven goals and 13 points in his final 10 games before the playoffs.”I don’t know if it’s impressive when you see him every day,” Mammoth coach André Tourigny said. “We know how competitive, how good he is. So for us, it’s to stay in the moment. I think Cools has been really good for us since he’s with us for three years now. Right now, his head is at the right place. He’s in the moment. I think everybody in our room right now is. Their focus is in the right place and we need to keep it that way.”It’s the first playoff victory fo …
