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Grizzlies play better on second half of road trip

February 15, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


The Utah Grizzlies had four big Western Divisional showdowns on the calendar this past week and started it in Houston on Tuesday during a Kid's Day game with a start time of 11:00 AM. Dana Lattery started the scoring for the Grizzlies in the first period but Houston answered with three straight goals taking a 3-1 lead early in the second period. Jakub Koreis scored for the Grizzlies making it a 3-2 game but the Aeros answered with two goals to finish the game at 5-2. On Wednesday, the Grizzlies played a strong game leading the Wolves 2-1 in the third period behind goals from Randall Gelech and Kiel McLeod. A five-minute major penalty against Keith Ballard and several other undisciplined plays gave the Wolves power play opportunities that they capitalized on finishing the game 3 for 8 on the power play and with the one goal victory. Utah's offense exploded in Grand Rapids with first period goals from Aaron Gavey and Terry Virtue and goals in the second period from Virtue, Justin Cox and Erik Westrum taking a commanding 5-0 lead. Grand Rapids scored two goals in the second half of the game but goaltender Jamie Storr, playing in his first game with Utah, made 40 saves earning the victory. On Saturday afternoon, Storr again was sharp stopping 35 shots but the Admirals offense was too much tacking on an empty-net goal for a 4-1 victory. Randall Gelech scored the only goal of the game for Utah, his team-leading 11th goal of the season.

Feb. 8 Grizzlies 2 Houston 5 Dana Lattery scores first goal with the Grizzlies
Feb. 9 Grizzlies 2 Chicago 3 Grizzlies led 2-1 in the third period
Feb. 11 Grizzlies 5 Grand Rapids 2 Jamie Storr made 40 saves and Terry Virtue scored two PP goals
Feb. 12 Grizzlies 1 Milwaukee 4 Randall Gelech scored team-leading 11th goal

GELECH ON FIRE ON ROAD TRIP:
~Grizzlies rookie Randall Gelech has taken over the team lead in goals with 11 and sits with 19 points (11-8 –19) on the season. Gelech has points in four straight games, the second longest point streak on the team this season, scoring two goals and two assists over that stretch.

GRIZZLIES ACQUIRE JAMIE STORR:
~Last Thursday the Grizzlies acquired veteran goaltender Jamie Storr from the Springfield Falcons in exchange for Jean-Marc Pelletier. Storr played in two games this past weekend for the Grizzlies turning aside 75 of 80 shots faced (.938 save percentage) in posting a 1-1 record. Storr has played 219 career NHL games posting a 85-86-23 record while playing most of his career with the Los Angeles Kings.

GRIZZLIES DO TEXAS TWO-STEP WITH RAMPAGE THIS WEEKEND:
~The Grizzlies will square off against the San Antonio Rampage on Friday and Saturday night. So far this season, the teams have split six games and are 2-1 in the ‘E' Center. Utah has won the last two games in the series.

Upcoming Schedule:
Feb. 18 – Utah vs. San Antonio Peter White has a goal and four helpers versus the Rampage
Feb. 19 – Utah vs. San Antonio David LeNeveu is 2-2 with a 2.22 GAA and a .928 save %

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