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Grizzlies Fall In Victoria

January 3, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


Victoria, British Columbia - The Victoria Salmon Kings defeated the Utah Grizzlies (14-14-0-3) 5-1 Thursday night at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Utah fell behind 1-0 at 9:13 of the first on a Victoria power-play goal. The first period featured 7 combined power-plays with Utah going 0-3.

The Grizzlies tied the game at 1:15 of the second with a power-play goal of their own from Olivier Labelle (11) assisted by Scott Burt. Labelle extended his scoring streak to six with the score.

The Salmon Kings responded with four five-on-five goals past the midway point of the game to claim the 5-1 win.

Utah and Victoria each finished with 34 shots.

Utah went 1-9 on the power-play and 6-7 on the penalty-kill.

Nathan Lawson stopped 29 of 34 Victoria shots on the loss dropping to 8-5-0-1.

The Grizzlies continue their seven-game road trip Saturday in Victoria at 8:05 p.m. and Sunday at 2:05 p.m.

Utah returns home Friday, January 11 and Saturday, January 12 hosting Idaho at the E-Center.

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