Kevin Stenlund also scored, and Vejmelka made 19 saves for the Mammoth (2-2-0), who were coming off a 3-1 loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.

“I think when we’re on top of our opponent and we skate the way we did in the first two periods, we’re tough to play against and we drew penalties,” Mammoth coach Andre Tourigny said. “I think that’s a really good game for us if you look at the way we generated offense and the number of chances we generated.”

Rasmus Andersson scored, and Devin Cooley made 29 saves for the Flames (1-4-0), who have lost four games in a row.

“I don’t think we handled the second period all that well,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “I felt like they turned their game up a little bit. We weren’t able to handle the speed, which led to the penalties that we were taking that period. I thought our penalty kill did a good job (6-for-6). [Cooley] played hard and gave us a chance.”

For Cooley, it was his first start for the Flames and his first game in the NHL since April 18, 2024, when he played against the Flames as a member of the San Jose Sharks.

“I felt pretty good,” Cooley said. “Maybe a little jumpy, a little scrambly, but I think that kind of comes with not playing for a while and just having a lot of energy and feeling really excited to get an opportunity.”

Andersson opened the scoring on a power play at 8:37 of the first period, redirecting a pass from Morgan Frost low in the slot to give the Flames a 1-0 lead.

“It’s going to be a hard game to win when you take six [minor penalties]. That’s just what it comes down to,” Andersson said. “I think we had a good first period. Second period, we came out flat. We took a bunch of penalties and they got momentum. And sure, we had a good push in the third. We could have probably scored one or two, but we didn’t.”

RICHFIELD — A man who led police on a chase with a missing 12-year-old girl in his vehicle was booked into the Sevier County Jail on Tuesday for his alleged driving violations.

But an investigation into his involvement with the girl, who is now safe, was still ongoing on Wednesday.

Aiden Dramore Larsen, 20, of Moroni, Sanpete County, was arrested for investigation of failing to obey the commands of police and reckless endangerment.

Tuesday afternoon, the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office announced they were trying to find a missing 12-year-old girl. The sheriff’s office stated that a statewide notice had been issued to find the girl, but her disappearance did not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert.

Investigators “pinged” the girl’s cellphone and it showed she was possibly in the area between Ephraim and Richfield, according to a police booking affidavit. A trooper was near Richfield “when he noticed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle, above Richfield by Flying J.”

Additional troopers arrived in the area just as the vehicle was passing them, and the license plate matched the one police were looking for, the affidavit states.

UHP troopers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but Larsen got onto I-70 and accelerated to over 100 mph, according to the affidavit.

“Multiple officers from multiple agencies joined in to assist,” with the ensuing chase, troopers noted.

The fleeing vehicle exited at Elsinore in Sevier County and sped down Main Street at 75 mph, the affidavit states. Larsen continued speeding through Monroe at 80 mph and the chase was terminated for safety concerns.

“The vehicle was located a short time later heading towards Joseph, where it got back on the freeway heading westbound,” according to the affidavit.

The pursuit continued up Clear Creek Canyon, where police were able to spike the fleeing vehicle’s front tires.

“The vehicle entered the Sevier RV park before running through multiple fences. The subjects in the vehicle (ran) before we were able to find the male subject hiding under a building by the river. The 12-year-old female was also found and taken to …. Richfield,” the affidavit states.

Police say Larsen was already on probation at the time of his arrest for a conviction of vehicle theft.

The investigation into the incident remained ongoing on Wednesday by the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office.

SALT LAKE CITY — Shawn Christopher Sturgeon says he doesn’t understand, or really even remember, how an argument over car keys escalated to become the “worst mistake of my life.”

“I wish I could explain the choices that I made,” he said Tuesday. “I have no idea why we were so angry at each other that day.”

That argument began as Sturgeon and his wife, 29-year-old Charlotte Marie Dalton-Sturgeon, got off their flight at the Salt Lake City International Airport on April 4, 2022, and continued as they walked through the airport and to their car in the parking garage.

Just as Shawn Sturgeon started the vehicle, Charlotte Sturgeon got out to check on their young daughter in the back seat. But Shawn Sturgeon continued to put the vehicle in reverse and ran over his wife. She died a short time later at a local hospital.

Shawn Sturgeon pleaded guilty to automobile homicide while driving under the influence, a second-degree felony, and domestic violence in the presence of a child, a third-degree felony. He was sentenced to one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for the homicide charge and a term of zero to five years in prison for the domestic violence charge, and the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively — essentially making it a sentence of one to 20 years.

On Tuesday, Sturgeon went before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole for the first time. Board member Dan Bokovoy, who conducted the hearing, noted that both victim representatives and supporters of Sturgeon were in the audience.

As the hearing began, Sturgeon recalled how “falling in love with her was probably one of the easiest things I’ve ever done” when talking about his wife of 11 years. “She was my best friend in the whole world.”

The couple had two daughters together.

Shawn Sturgeon says he believes they had a great relationship. But he admitted that on weekends and evenings, they would spend most of their time drinking. Denise Nimtz also told the board on Tuesday that her son-in-law drank alcohol and smoked pot daily and had driven while intoxicated in the past.

On April 4, 2022, Sturgeon says he and his wife were returning from a family wedding in Texas and were sitting in first class and started drinking as soon as they got on the plane. He said the plane ride was normal, until they were about to land, and the couple couldn’t remember where their car keys were.

Sturgeon admitted to the board on Tuesday that he was already an alcoholic by that point in his life, but he reached a “different level” of intoxication that day.

“We weren’t even coherent, I think,” he told the board, while adding he doesn’t remember getting off the plane, walking through the airport or arguing with his wife along the way. “I feel like I was out of control.”

At one point during the hearing, when Sturgeon again said, “I have no idea why we were so mad at each other over something as simple as keys,” Bokovoy reminded him, “It’s you we’re talking about today,” and that Sturgeon shouldn’t be saying “we” when recounting his actions that day.

When recalling what happened in the parking garage, Sturgeon said he “angrily” and “aggressively” put his car in reverse.

“I felt her go underneath the vehicle,” he said. “I instantly knew I had just made the worst mistake ever.”

But as the board pointed out, according to witnesses, Sturgeon’s reaction at that point was extremely callous as he got out of the car and continued screaming at his wife.

“There could have been so many different ways I could have handled that,” he said.”I wish I had a better answer. I don’t know what was going through my head that day.”

When it was time for Nimtz, Charlotte’s mother, to address the board, she talked about how difficult it had been for her and Sturgeon’s two daughters, now ages 5 and 6, since that night.

“They still struggle over the loss of their mom on some level every day,” she said.

Nimtz told the board that, “I have forgiven Shawn. I love Shawn.” But she doesn’t want his daughters returned to him until he can prove outside of prison that he has control over his substance abuse and mental health issues. Nimtz says she recognizes that Sturgeon has been a model inmate since being incarcerated, having zero disciplinary violations and no dirty drug tests.

But the classes and treatment he receives and the accomplishments he achieves while in prison mean nothing to Nimtz. She asked the board to require that if Sturgeon is released, that he be required to continue with such programming as alcohol treatment, grief therapy and parenting classes.

“I am asking for as much protection as you can give us,” Nimtz said.

When asked if he wanted to respond to her comments, Sturgeon thanked Nimtz for having the strength to attend Tuesday’s hearing and for saying what she did.

Sturgeon ended his remarks by saying, “I want to be a good father. … I want to be somebody that other people look up to.

“I’ve been sober since that day (my wife died) and plan on being sober for the rest of my life.”

When asked if prison was an appropriate punishment, Sturgeon told the board, “Yes.” But he believes his real punishment will happen once he is released and back around the people he’s hurt and has to explain himself to them.

The full five-member board will now vote whether to grant parole or set a date for another hearing. If Sturgeon serves his full time, he will be released in 2042.