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Show The Magna TimesWesi Valley News, Thursday, November 26, 1998 5 ' V; Sports Grizzlies look to end slide by hosting Houston . 5?The Utah Grizzlies are winless - of the season. Their next clash comes on New Years Eve, when the Aeros will visit the E Center for the second straight year. Last sea2 against son, Utah was Houston. in three straight games as the pressure of a early season schedule finally begins to take its toil. Utah starts the coming week with a home game before taking off on yet another three- game road trip., But after that, Utah seven plays straight December games at home in the E Center, where the Grizz will try again to gain ground on the road-intensi- 0 . . ve 4-- 4- . 1 Southwest Division leaders and solidify their playoff position. Where they Stand The Grizzlies are still entrenched in third place in the Southwest Division, but they have fallen into f a tie for sixth place in the Western Conference standings with Kansas City. Only the top six teams in the conference will make the 1HL ; playoffs this season. Utahs ' record (14 points) marks the first time in franchise history that the Grizzlies have been four games below the .500 mark. The Blades have an identical record, but Utah leads the season series with Kansas ( Las Vegas trails Utah and City K.C. with a mar, but the Thunder have two games in hand on their leaders. r 12-3-- 5-- ' -2 ' mini-Oseri- es : ' 0. -2 November 27 & 29 at Manitoba The Grizzlies will head for the on Great White North a to Thanksgiving Day play pair of games in Winnipeg against the surprising Manitoba Moose: After fin- -' ishing near the bottom of the league last year, Manitoba is atop the Midwest Division standings 3 this season with a mark the the Moose week, postentering ed a 2 win over the Cleveland Lumberjacks on Sunday at Gund Arena. Manitoba has won three straight games and will have been waiting in Canada for the Grizzlies for nearly a week before the first on game of the Friday. Former Las Vegas Thunder center Bill Bowler and forward Brett Hauer lead the Moose on offense, each had two assists in the win over the Jacks. Goaltender Richard Shulmistra is among the league leaders in GAA. The Moos will be in Utah two weeks after the upcoming series to e set at the play their own E Center on Dec. 11 and 12. All told, the two teams will meet 12 times this year, and the games will e be played in six series, three in Utah and three in Manitoba, last season, the Moose were the only IHL Western Conference team to win the season Jill " .series, with Utah;.the Grizz were the Moosei, last year. e series Utah last played a in Manitoba on Feb. 13 and 14 of last season. It was perhaps the low point of Utahs 1997-9- 8 campaign. The Grizz lost both games by a with the combined score of 12-2 toss to the Moose on Valentines Day going down as the most lopsided defeat in Grizzlies franchise history. Manitoba set Utah opponents records for most goals scored and largest margin of victory. Former Grizz center and current Moose captain Scott Amiel had a hat trick in that game for Manitoba. . SLCC mens soccer team places in top four at championships shootout goal on Martin Brochu in the fifth round sealed the win for the Ice Dogs. John Purves scored the first and last goals in the game for the Grizz, while Curtis Sheptak, Terry Hollinger, and Salt Lake Community Colleges mens soccer team placed Patrik Augusta scored the first goal, but Utah tied it moments later on defenseman Nick Naumenkos third goal of the season. Doug Ast scored the early in the third, and the Dogs played their trademark tough defense down the stretch for the win. Martin Brochu was again the k loser for the Grizz, stop28 30 shots; one of the of ping he was on the power allowed goals er hard-luc- al 13-- Grizzly-kill- er game-winn- four teams in the nation, round at the national the championships in Statesboro, Ga. To reach that level of competition, the mens team were beating Clemson University Colorado State, tying and University of Georgia, In the losing to Texas Tech semi-finmatch, the Bruins lost 5 to Brigham Young University, the saint team that knocked SLCC out in the round last year. SLCCs womens team also competed in the national competition beating University of Kansas, before losing in double elimination and James to Texas A&M Madison University semi-fin- Chris Kenady also scored. On Friday, Nov. 20, the Ice Dogs and Bach hung a 2-- 1 loss on Utah, Milwaukee goaltender Tomas Vokoun hung a goose egg on the Grizzlies on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at Center. the Bradley Doug Friedman and Vitali Yachmenev scored goals against Brochu, who looked strong in returning to the ice after missing four games with an injury. Brochu stopped 26 of 28 Admirals shots, but Utah defensive breakdowns led to the Milwaukee 1; 3-- 2; ' 2-- 2; 0-- 1. 0-- al semi-fin- al 4-- (1-- play. in the top losing in 2) (0-2- ). Enrique Velasquez, SLCC social work coordinatorinstructor who has coached the mens tfcam an.J previously the womens team, ha-coached several elite athletes wh have named on the Olympic deve! all opment squad, well as as state, He also coached last years goalkeeper Eric Landon, of St. George, who signed to play with the Arizona Sahuaros with the Pr League of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, an;; now plans to pursue a soccer career , n. in Germany. SLCC women's soccer playe under their new coach this scasor. Hector Herrera. Both men's af women's soccer are club sports-;'SLCC. i ; 1 goals. High School Athletics: Affordable fun for everyone. Support your local athletes! two-gam- November 25 vs. Houston Utah will host the mighty Houston Aeros for the first time this season on Thanksgiving Eve. i The Aeros have soared to the top of i the IHL standings this season, with a loaded roster and a dynamite goaltending duo;. Houston enters yixf thmapeomilng;. week with at, t.. rfeiordandthe Afcfoshave allowed i: a conference-lo49 goals, hous-1.- .' are the best in ton;s penalty-kille. the league, and its power plays rivaled only by Long Beach. Goalies Frederic Chabot and Manny Fernandez both rank in the averIHLs top 10 in j age, and Brian Wiseman, Cam Stewart and Sean Pronger allow rank among the leagues leading ' scores. Houston is unbeaten in its last 10 games entering the week and trails Long BEach in the ' conference and league standings by a single point. But in their only previous meeting this season, Utah stole a 2 (. shootout win over the aeros at Compaq Center in Houston. After ending regulation in a tie, the Aeros appeared to win a shootout in the fifth round when Jeff --'Christian scored on MArtin Brochu. But Utah coach Butch Goring correctly pointed out that since Christina had been in the penalty box at the end of regula-- v tion, he wasnt eligible for the shootout. After a delay, the officials agreed, and Fred d goal Knipscheers gave Utah the victory. The win was one of just three on the road for the v ;r Grizz this season. The two division rivals will meet b just five more times before the end i 13-2- -3 w v rs goals-again- st (7-0-- 3) two-gam- : 2-j- W two-gam- 4, 9-- 3-- . sixth-roun- i : road trip Grizz endure with losses to Milwaukee. Long 0-2- -1 Beach On Saturday, Nov. 21, Utah dramatically escaped from its .offensive slump but loss a heartbreaking 7-- 6 shootout decision to the Long Beach Ice Dogs in California. The Grizzlies battle back from two-godeficits three times in the six game aridjgcored a season-hig- h al markers against former Grizzlies goaltender Ryan Bach, but Long Beach matched every number Utah could put up. In the shootout, only Fred Knipscheer could score; the center also had a Grizzlies season-hig- h four points (Ig, 3a) in the game. Defenseman Andy Roachs Buy me Adult Breakfast at V2 price Applications being accepted to hunt wild turkeys this spring Applications to hunt wild turkeys this spring available by Dec. . Applications to participate in wild turkey hunting this spring a hunt growing in popularity in Utah -will be available by Dec. I . 1 . - Applications may be obtained license agents from hunting statewide; and locally at Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) and the Lee Kay Center for Hunter Education in Salt Lake City. Valid Only Nov. 27-2- 9, 1998 A total of 398 Rio Grande turkey permits, and 355 Merriams turkey permits, will be available in 1999, a 21 percent increase over the total number of permits available in 1998. Early season wild turkey hunts begin in April, while late season hunts begin in late April or .: early May. For more information, local hunters may contact the DWRs Salt Lake City office at 538-470- 0. West Valley Location Only 18 111 )(o)D0( 'iiutdk (Biilbfl A IMtom' |
