AHL Utah Grizzlies

Wolf Pack defeats Utah

January 1, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utah Grizzlies News Release


HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT- Utah went nose to nose with the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday night in the Hartford Civic Center but ran out of gas in the third period as the Wolf Pack scored four times including twice on the power play to claim a 5-2 victory.

Hartford started the scoring early at the 1:52 mark with a wrap-around shot by Jeff Hamilton for his ninth goal of the season and sixth in his last nine games. Jake Taylor notched his first AHL point with an assist and Dominic Moore also was credited with a helper. Utah would tie things up at the 4:28 mark with Randall Gelech backhanding a shot past Hartford goaltender Steve Valiquette for his second goal in as many nights and seventh of the season. Jarrod Skalde drew the only assist. Hartford outshot the Grizzlies 10-6 as Jean-Marc Pelletier made nine saves for Utah.

Neither team could get much offense going in the second period as Hartford outshot the Grizzlies 8-6 but Utah had better scoring chances as Valiquette was sharp keeping the game at one goal apiece.

The offense showed up in the third period especially for Hartford who scored four goals including two on the power play. Chad Wiseman cashed in with two goals, one on the power play and Lawrence Nycholat scored a power play goal as well with Josef Balej scoring the other Hartford third period goal. For Utah, Peter Metcalf scored his first goal as a Grizzly assisted by Peter White and Fredrik Sjostrom.

Hartford outshot the Grizzlies 32-22 in the game as Steve Valiquette made 20 saves improving to 7-5-1 and Jean-Marc Pelletier made 27 saves falling to 4-9-1.

The Grizzlies take on the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Face-off is scheduled for 5:05 PM (mt).

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