ECHL Utah Grizzlies

Grizz Report

November 25, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


November 18 Grizzlies 3 vs. Philadelphia 2 Three Stars:
1 Jim Montgomery (UT)
2 Antero Nittymaki (PH)
3 Steve Gainey (UT)

~Jon Sim has two assists and is a +2
~Grizzlies outshot Phantoms 37-26
~Teams combine for 85 PIM's at 20:00 mark of third period

November 20 Grizzlies 2 vs. Philadelphia 1 (OT)

Three Stars:
1 Jon Sim (UT)
2 Mike Smith (UT)
3 Eric Chouinard (UT)

~Jon Sim's point streak now at six games (2-8-10)
~Eric Chouinard scores first goal as a Grizzly
~Mike Smith makes 37 saves winning first ever AHL start

November 22 Grizzlies 3 at Chicago 2 (OT)

Three Stars:
1 Corey HIrsch (UT)
2 Mark Wotton (UT)
3 Jim Montgomery (UT) ~Jim Montgomery (5 gms.) and Jon Sim (7 gms.) extend point streaks
~Grizzlies 1 for 5 on the power play
~Utah outshot 22-6 in the third period

UINTA BEER WHAT'S ON TAP

November 27 @ Chicago Grizzlies lead season series 3-0-0-1
November 29 @ Manitoba Manitoba is 7-1-2-0 on home ice
November 30 @ Manitoba Manitoba's Steve Kariya is on an eight-game point streak (nine points)

SLAP SHOTS

~Utah ended their eight-game home stand last Wednesday with a victory over Philadelphia; Utah went 4-3-0-1 over eight games ~Grizzlies began seven-game road trip with 3-2 victory in Chicago; trip covers 9,647 miles and 14 days ~Three of the last four Utah games have gone into overtime (2-0-0-1) ~Utah is 13th in the league on the power play (16.6%) ~Utah is 12th in the league killing penalties (84.6%) ~John Erskine leads the league with 130 PIM's ~Jon Sim is tied for fifth in the league with 22 points (6-16-22) and tied for second in the league with 16 assists ~Corey Hirsch is third in the league with 406 saves and is sixth in the league with a .923 save percentage ~Jon Sim is currently on a seven-game point streak (3-8-11), the third longest current streak in the AHL ~Greg Hawgood has two goals and six assists in last six games ~Jim Montgomery is currently on a five-game point streak (4-5-9) ~Goaltender Mike Smith was re-assigned to Lexington (ECHL) after his AHL debut resulted in a 37 save winning performance against Philly ~John Erskine‘s three-game suspension ends after Wednesday's game in Chicago ~Goaltender Jason Bacashihua was dressed as the back-up for Corey Hirsch in Friday's win on Chicago; expected to play Wednesday ~The Grizzlies are 6-0 when leading after one period ~Corey Hirsch is 5-1-0-1 in the month of November

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