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March 21, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


The Situation

The Grizzlies (34-25-3-2) play five of their remaining eight regular season games at home as they trail Idaho by five points for first place in the standings with one head-to-head game remaining on Wednesday, March 30.

Beating The Clock

Ryan Hayes, who scored with 3.3 seconds left in overtime on Saturday as the Grizzlies beat Colorado 2-1; has now scored two goals in the final nine seconds of overtime this year after he scored with nine seconds left to beat Atlanta on February 17. Hayes has scored a goal in five of the Grizzlies last six games.

Second Longest Streak In The League

Alex Krushelnyski has a nine-game scoring streak, the second longest running streak in the ECHL, with three goals and seven assists for ten points in the last nine games.

Power-Play Clicking

The Grizzlies have scored power-play goals in six of their last seven games and currently sit fourth in the ECHL with 46 power-play goals.

Ducks Prospects Making Huge Contributions

The Grizzlies currently have three nearly point-a-game forwards from the Anaheim organization, a defenseman who leads team in plus-minus and Ryan Faragher improved to 22-12-2-1 Saturday by stopping 39/40. Charlie Sarault has 17 goals and 37 assists for 54 points in 59 games. Bryan Moore has four goals and 12 assists for 16 points in 11 games and Matt Berry has 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points in 31 games. Eric Knodel leads Utah defenseman with a plus-seven.

More On Faragher

Ryan Faragher has allowed one goal or less in 11 of his 36 starts this year and two goals or less in 17 of 36 starts. Faragher has allowed no goals through the first two periods in seven games this year.

How It All Shakes Out

Utah plays four of their final eight games against current ECHL playoff teams (based on winning percentage), Idaho plays seven of their final eight games against current ECHL playoff teams and Colorado, with four games remaining against Idaho, looks to make a third place to first place jump with seven of their nine remaining games on the road.

Final Wild Wednesday

The Grizzlies final Wild Wednesday of the season is Wednesday against Tulsa. It is the final chance for students to get $5 Lower Bowl Tickets. In additional, all fans can take advantage of: $2 Hot Dogs, $2 Churros, $2 Soft Drinks and $4 Grizzly Goalden Ale.

Friday

On Friday when the Grizzlies host Tulsa at 7 p.m., fans can get a lower bowl ticket, a Chicken Cheesesteak Sandwich and a soft drink for $20 when mentioning this offer at the arena box office.

Saturday, March 26

Saturday is our annual Military Night when the Grizzlies host Tulsa at 7 p.m.

Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2

For Fan Appreciation Weekend, fans can get a lower bowl ticket and a Grizzlies T-Shirt for $20 when mentioning this offer at the arena box office for the final two regular season home games against Alaska.

Ticket Packages

Grizzlies ticket packages start at $30 for three games and can be purchased by calling (801) 988-8000. Full season ticket packages include: free parking, concession discounts, exclusive events with the team and more.

On The Radio

The Grizzlies Minute has the latest news of the day every day at 5:20 p.m. during "Gunther and Ben in the Afternoon" on 1320 KFAN.

Head Coach Tim Branham makes his weekly appearance on 1320 KFAN every Friday at 9:05 a.m. with Tim Lewis and The Morning Huddle

"Voice of the Grizzlies" Adrian Denny joins Gunther and Ben every Friday at 3:30 p.m. during the "Wasatch Whiparound"

All Grizzlies games are broadcasted live on 1320 KFAN/.com/app and ECHL.tv.




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