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Doesn't Get Any Closer: Series Continues Friday in Boise

April 20, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


Idaho leads two games to one.

Game 1: Wednesday, April 15: Idaho 3 Utah 2 (Overtime)

Game 2: Friday, April 17: Utah 3 Idaho 2

Game 3: Saturday, April 18: Idaho 5 Utah 4 (Overtime)

Game 4: Friday, April 24: Utah at Idaho, 7 p.m.

Game 5: Saturday, April 25: Utah at Idaho, 7 p.m.

**Game 6: Monday, April 27: Idaho at Utah, 7 p.m.

**Game 7: Wednesday, April 29: Utah at Idaho, 7 p.m.

** If Necessary

The Situation

The Grizzlies and Idaho Steelheads have opened the series with three-straight one-goal games and two of three games going to overtime with Utah winning the only game decided in regulation on Friday 3-2.

Leading Scorers

Danick Paquette with four goals and Ryan Hayes with two goals and three assists lead the Grizzlies in scoring through the first three games of the series.

League Leaders

Danick Paquette is tied for the ECHL playoff lead with four goals and Ryan Hayes is tied for the league's playoff lead with three assists. Hayes is one point in back of the league's overall scoring lead. Paquette leads the ECHL with a plus-six in the playoffs so far. Brenden Walker is tied for fourth with 14 shots on goal.

Aggregate Scoring

Idaho has outscored Utah 10-9 in the three games through 187 minutes and 58 seconds.

Winning Streaks In Series?

Two-game winning streaks have been hard to come by this year with the Grizzlies and Steelheads and the start of this series has been no exception with the two teams alternating wins in three-straight games. Utah had one two-game winning streak against Idaho during the regular season with games on October 18 and December 1. Idaho's only two-game winning streak against Utah in the regular season came March 25-27. Three of the four games during the respective two-game winning streaks were tied in the third period.

No Lead Is Safe

Both teams have held at least one two-goal lead in the series, with Idaho blowing 2-0 leads in games one and two, before Utah rallied to tie each game. Utah had a 3-1 lead Saturday before the Steelheads scored two-straight. Idaho has held three leads in the series and been unable to hold all three. Utah has held two leads and held onto one for a win.

Regular Season Leads

During the regular season, the Grizzlies erased 8 Idaho leads while Idaho erased five Utah leads. Including the playoffs, the Grizzlies have now erased five two-goal leads by the Steelheads since October.

Going Past Regulation

The Grizzlies and Steelheads have now needed extra time to decide seven of 18 total games played this year. Utah was 4-1 past regulation in the preseason and regular season, but Idaho has taken both playoff games thus far.

Playoff Overtimes

The Grizzlies have gone past regulation in four of their last six playoff games and in six of their last ten playoff games overall.

Weekly Radio Shows

Captain Channing Boe appears on "Monty In The Morning" every Tuesday at 9 p.m. on 1320 KFAN/.com and the 1320 KFAN app.

Head Coach Tim Branham appears on "Monty In The Morning" every Friday at 9 a.m.

Where To Eat?

Shula's 347 Grill at Embassy Suites is inviting Grizzlies fans to take their ticket stubs in before or after games to buy one burger and get one burger half off and they also have unveiled some tasty new appetizers. Shula's is located inside Embassy Suites on 3500 South across from Valley Fair Mall.

Broadcasts

All Grizzlies broadcasts can be heard on 1320 KFAN with Adrian Denny in his 10th season as the "Voice of the Grizzlies." Denny is once again joined for all Grizzlies home games by 1320 KFAN Program Director and host of "Monty in the Morning" Tim Montemayor. Grizzlies broadcasts can be seen on PPV at ECHL.TV and also heard on 1320KFAN.com and iHeart Radio by searching "1320 KFAN." The Grizzlies broadcasted seven games on KMYU this regular season as KUTV's Talkin' Sports Adam Mikulich once again joined the coverage on 2.2, 12 on satellite and 22 on cable. All first round games will be broadcasted on radio only.

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