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Grizzlies Split Series with Ducks on the Road

December 1, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


SLAP SHOTS

~ Antti Miettinen scored his first three goals for the Grizzlies in the last two games.

~The Grizzlies allowed 0-for-18 shorthanded goals before allowing 4 in the last three games

~David Oliver had a goal and two assists in victory over Cincinnati on Nov. 28

~Warren Peters registered his first goal for Utah on Nov. 29 at Cleveland

~Mike Smith had 39 saves in the Grizzlies' victory over Cincinnati Nov. 28

~Dylan Gyori played in his 300th professional game on Nov. 26 at Cincinnati

~Jarrod Skalde recorded his 400th AHL point and his 250th AHL assist in Saturday's game with Cleveland

~20 different skaters have scored goals for the Grizzlies this season

A LOOK AT LAST WEEK (1-2-0-0)

Wednesday @ Cincinnati Loss 6-0
Friday @ Cincinnati Win 4-2
Saturday @ Cleveland Loss 3-2

The Grizzlies started off their road tour Wednesday when they suffered their worst loss of the season falling 6-0 to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in front of 4,020 fans at the Cincinnati Gardens. The loss was the first shutout of the season against the Grizzlies. Utah had shutout its first opponent in their previous game on November 23 (1-0 victory over Worcester). Cincinnati's Tony Martensson scored a goal and had two assists, while Keith Aucoin and Michael Holmqvist each scored a goal and had a helper leading the way for Cincinnati who snapped a three-game losing streak. Ilya Bryzgalov stopped all 23 Utah shots earning his fourth shutout of the season. For Utah, their best scoring chances came early in the game when Jarrod Skalde and Dylan Gyori each had great chances on re-directions against Bryzgalov. Gyori was playing in his 300th professional game. Utah goaltender Jason Bacashihua was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 12 shots. The loss dropped Bacashihua to 3-8-1 on the season. Mike Smith replaced Bacashihua and he allowed two goals on 15 shots. The game turned physical near the end as Mike Sgroi, Dan Jancevski and Warren Peters were all shown the dressing room early. Cam Severson, Alexei Smirnov and Nick Smith also scored for the Ducks. The tone of Friday's game was very different for Utah. Antti Miettinen scored two goals to lead the Grizzlies to a 4-2 win over the Ducks. Miettinen gave Utah a 2-1 lead with an unassisted shorthanded goal 2:59 into the second period and scored the go-ahead goal with a power-play tally with 2:25 left in the third. David Oliver added insurance with an empty-net goal with 18 seconds left in the third period. The goal was the first in 17 games for Oliver, who scored 20 goals in 1995-96 with the Edmonton Oilers. Mike Smith stopped 39 shots, including 33 over the final two periods, to improve to 3-5-0 on the season. Chris Kunitz and Casey Hankinson each had shorthanded goals for the Ducks, who lost for the fourth time in five games. Ilya Bryzgalov, who entered the game with a 1.01 goals-against average at home, gave up three goals on 22 shots in the loss. Utah traveled to Cleveland where they fell 3-2 to the Barons at Gund Arena. The Grizzlies were first on the board when Warren Peter's first goal for the Grizzlies found the net at 4:23 of the first period. The Barons responded with two goals. Jon DiSalvatore scored with the man-advantage at 12:28 of the first and Garrett Stafford gave Cleveland the lead at 1:45 of the second. Utah tied the game 2-2 in the second period when Antti Miettinen found the net on the powerplay at the 13:45 mark. However, Utah gave up its fourth shorthanded goal in their last three games as Travis Hansen claimed the game winner at 9:03 of the third period. Jason Bacashihua had 23 saves in a game where each team had 26 shots on goal. Barons netminder Nolan Schaefer finished with 24 saves winning his first AHL game.

ROSTER REPORT

No roster moves to report

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS

Houston - 5-11-2-2, 14 pts. (7th - West Division)...The Aeros have gone 0-4-1-1 since Nov. 19. Houston was most recently shutout 4-0 at Hartford. The most goals Utah has scored in a game (6) came at home against Houston on Nov. 7. Cincinnati - 9-10-3-0, 21 pts. (5th - West Division)...The Mighty Ducks snapped a three-game losing streak by shutting out Utah 6-0 on Nov. 26. However, the Grizzlies took a 4-2 victory two nights later and Grand Rapids came into Cincinnati the next night to shutout the Ducks 2-0.

GRIZZLIES THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

1.) Antti Miettinen - has scored three goals in the last two games
2.) David Oliver - one goal and two assists in 4-2 victory over Cincinnati, Nov. 28
3.) Mike Smith - 39 saves in victory over Cincinnati, Nov. 28

DAN JANCEVSKI AND MIKE SGROI TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AT PETS N SUCH: Jancevski and Sgroi will sign autographs on December 1st between 6:00 and 7:00 pm at Pets N Such located on 3680 W. 3500 S. in West Valley City. Enter to win a full-size, stocked aquarium and four rinkside tickets to an upcoming Grizzlies home game.

UTAH WINTER GAMES HOCKEY CLINIC AT THE ‘E' CENTER: Utah Grizzlies players and coaches will take part in the annual Utah Grizzlies Winter Games Hockey Clinic at the ‘E' Center on Tuesday night from 6-8:00 PM. Utah Winter Game participants ranging in age from 8-adult will be participating with the likes of Justin Cox, Antti Miettinen, Jason Bacashihua and many other learning the finer points of playing the game and harnessing proper technique and skills.

SALUTE TO THE MILITARY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY: $8.00 tickets will be available for all Armed Forces personnel on Saturday, December 6. The Grizzlies will be dressed in United States Army camouflaged jerseys.

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