ECHL Utah Grizzlies

Grizzlies Split Preseason Series with Idaho

October 7, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


Boise, Idaho - The Idaho Steelheads defeated the Utah Grizzlies 3-1 Saturday night at CenturyLink Arena as the two teams split the home and home preseason series. The Steelheads added a late empty-netter to break the 2-1 game late.

Idaho built a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes and took that lead into the third period. Utah led on the shot board throughout (31-23), with more scoring chances and power-play opportunities (6-4), but was unable to get more than one shot past Idaho goaltender Ryan Zapolski.

Rookie T.J. Battani scored Utah's lone goal 3:12 into the third period as he took a centering pass in transition from Patrick Gaul.

Riley Gill played the first two periods in goal for Utah stopping 10 of 12 shots before Ryan Donovan took over to start the third period for the second-straight night and stopped 11 Idaho shots to keep it a 2-1 game.

Utah and Idaho open the season with another home-and-home series next weekend to open the regular season starting Friday in Boise. The Grizzlies home opener is Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at Maverik Center. Visit utahgrizzlies.com for ticket information.

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