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Michael Schetzel Joins Grizzlies Management Team

August 4, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


West Valley City, Utah - Utah Grizzlies CEO Kevin Bruder announced today that Michael Schetzel has joined the team as Senior Vice President and COO.

The 1992 graduate of Brigham Young University returns to Utah from the National Hot Rod Association in Southern California where he served as the Director of National Group Ticket Sales.

Prior to California, he spent six seasons with the Boston Red Sox as Director of Sales from 1999-2002 before serving as the team's Director of Ticket Services and Information from January of 2003 through May of 2005. The Red Sox set franchise sales records in each of Schetzel's five full seasons with the organization.

"Michael brings a tremendous amount of sports management experience to Utah; a marketplace he is very familiar with," said Bruder. "We are very excited to have him join our Grizzlies family."

From 1997-1999, he was the Director of Sales and Marketing for Madison Square Garden Hartford, directing all sales and marketing efforts for the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack and the New England Sea Wolves of the Arena Football League. In addition, while at MSG, Schetzel served as the Manager of Marketing for the New York CityHawks AFL club.

"I am very grateful to David Elmore, Donna Tuttle and Kevin Bruder for giving me this chance to return to Utah for this new opportunity with the Grizzlies," said Schetzel. "I am very much looking forward to being a part of this great organization."

During the Summer of 1997, Schetzel oversaw corporate sales at the Utah Summer Games which set an all-time record in sponsorship sales. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, he worked for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, developing the first ever spectator-viewing program for Olympic sailing.

Following a move from Southern California, Schetzel will reside in Salt Lake with his wife Dionne and their three children: Tomas (10), Tristan (6) and Savannah (3).

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