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Grizzlies' Colin Vock Goes for ECHL History Tonight

February 6, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


Boise, Idaho - Colin Vock of the Utah Grizzlies will try to become only the fifth player in ECHL history to score three-or-more goals in three straight games when the Grizzlies play at Idaho tonight at 7 p.m.

The game can be heard on 1320 KFAN, 1320KFAN.com, iHeartRadio by searching "1320 KFAN" and via $8 PPV at UtahGrizzlies.com .

The 27-year-old scored three goals, including two on the power play, in the Grizzlies' 6-5 shootout loss at Ontario on Friday and added another hat trick, scoring the eventual game-winner and adding another power-play goal, in Utah's 3-0 win against the Reign on Saturday.

Vock is one of two players this season to have three games with three-or-more-goals. In addition to the two games last week, he also tallied three goals on Nov. 30 against San Francisco. Ontario's Colton Yellow Horn has scored three goals on Nov. 28 against Ontario, Jan. 4 against Utah and Jan. 15 at Bakersfield.

The last time an ECHL player had three goals or more in three consecutive games was 1997 when Steve Gibson of Wheeling scored three goals against Johnstown on Mar. 16, three goals at Peoria on Mar. 18 and four goals against Columbus on Mar. 21.

Brian Martin of Hampton Roads was the first player to score a hat trick in three straight games, accomplishing the feat in 1989 on Dec. 9 against Nashville, Dec. 10 against Virginia and Dec. 12 against Knoxville. The record was tied by Trent Kaese of Columbus in 1992 and Darryl Noren of Charlotte in 1994.

Six players have scored hat tricks in back-to-back games since Gibson tied the record with the last being J.M. Daoust of Cincinnati with three goals on Dec. 16, 2007 against Johnstown and on Dec. 19, 2007 against Wheeling. Dusty Jamieson of Charlotte scored three goals on Oct. 20 and 21, 2006 against Wheeling. Miguel Delisle of Idaho scored three goals in consecutive games against Bakersfield on Dec. 17 and 19, 2004 while Andrew Williamson of Toledo scored three goals in consecutive games on Feb. 9, 2001 at Johnstown and had four goals on Feb. 10, 2001 at Johnstown. Williamson led the league with 63 goals in 1999-2000 and 52 goals in 2000-01, the last season that an ECHL player registered 50 goals.

In a six-game span in 1999-2000, Jay Murphy of Louisiana scored four hat tricks, including back-to-back games on Mar. 12 against Birmingham and Mar. 17 against Jacksonville, and had two goals in the other two games. Paul Strand of Raleigh scored five goals on Jan. 17, 1998 against Roanoke and had three goals on Jan. 23, 1998 at Hampton Roads.

The Grizzlies are back home Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. to host Idaho.

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