ECHL Utah Grizzlies

Grizzlies In Las Vegas Friday, Saturday

December 29, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


This Week Friday: Utah at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. Saturday: Utah at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m.

The Situation The Grizzlies are unbeaten in six of their last seven games going 3-1-2-1. Despite not regaining most of their full roster until the middle of the month, Utah went 4-3-2-2 in December for their second winning month out of three this year.

Leading Scorers Tim Verbeek and James Sixsmith lead the Grizzlies with 11 goals on the season.

Mike Mole Update Dating back to October 25, goaltender Mike Mole has started 26-straight games and leads the ECHL with 1,547 minutes played and 783 saves.

Power-Play Uprising After going 1-29 on their just completed four-game road trip to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Idaho; the Grizzlies power-play went 2-7 Saturday in their 3-2 overtime loss to Idaho as they returned home. James Sanford tallied a point on both Utah power-play goals with one goal and one assist.

Attendance Update The Grizzlies drew a season-high of 5,526 fans to the E-Center on Saturday, including over 1,100 day of game sales. Grizzlies day of game ticket sales for the season are up 26-percent over this time last year.

Back Home The Grizzlies return home for four games in five nights Tuesday, January 6 and Wednesday, January 7 when they will host Reading and Friday and Saturday, January 9 and 10 when they will welcome in Las Vegas.

Lotsa Las Vegas The Grizzlies are in a stretch where they are playing five of nine games against the Las Vegas Wranglers. Utah fell 3-2 in overtime December 20 in the first game of this stretch.

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