| Show Grizz Sent to Early Hibernation Vachon's overtime goal ends Grizzlies season in a 4 0 I sweep by Ice Icet Icel l t i Dogs By Eric Bresee Sports Editor Co-Editor With the hearts of fans at atthe the Delta Center in their throats the Utah Grizzlies sent Game 4 against the Long Beach Ice Dogs to overtime overtime overtime over over- time tied at 2 At of the extra period the fans hearts sank to the pit of their stomachs as Grizzly ex-Grizzly Nicholas Vachon flicked a backhander over Grizzly goalie Don Beaupre to end the game the series and the Cierny's ice cross-ice pass to defense- defense man Mark Ferner caught Beaupre out of position and tied the game Long Beach made it 2 1 five minutes later when Stephane Morin scored short-handed short as Adrian drew Beaupre to him and dished it off to Morin who had a wide open net Then the Ice Dogs put the game away when Patrik Augusta scored an even strength goal with just under three minutes left in the game Then John Byce's picture perfect pass to Morin caught Beaupre out of position yet again for the final goal Those goals dont don't happen too often said Morin of his virtually unchallenged goals I never had two like that in the same game Utah coach Butch Goring was still optimistic but realized the difficulty difficulty difficulty dif dif- dif dif- of coming back from a 3 0 deficit We may have a few nails in Andy Brickley tied the game on ona a beautifully up set-up goal Tom Pedersen sent the puck over to Joby Messier on the left point who rifled a shot towards Ice Dog goalie Tom Draper Draper made the save but the Grizzlies kept the puck in the zone Pedersen got the puck again and sent it back over to Messier Messier wound up again but instead of shooting it this time he found Brickley Draper thought it was a ashot ashot ashot shot and Brickley had an easy chip shot The tie lasted four minutes as Karpov got his second goal of the night and seventh in the playoffs on ona a 2 1 odd-man odd rush With six minutes left in the third period Vukota scored on the power- power play to force the overtime period Then at of the overtime a ablack ablack ablack black dot appeared outline by the white net then disappeared A red 1 ht 11 wet rant n t r on n and on onI I t th the n A wem IU VII u ing year two-year dominance domi nance of the Long Beach players Grizzlies celebrated as they end The overtime the Grizzlies season the The reign of the goal Ice Dogs completed sweep the of The reign of the Grizzlies is IS Grizzlies is over said the Grizzlies ending end end- Goring It has been aing a aing ing Utah's season over Its It's It s been a terrific run with a terrific run with a terrific ter ter- ter- ter before the Turner team We knew it Cup Finals for the terrific team We knew it would would end We are not first time in the going to hang our franchises franchise's history end We are not going to hang our heads Long Beach put put The sweep ran the Ice the Grizzlies behind heads Dogs record to 7 0 in inthe inthe inthe the eight-ball eight when the playoffs they took Game 3 in inthe 7 t Utah head coach Butch Goring I I did not want to play the Delta Center 4 them again said Ice 1 r. r Like the first two games garnes the Grizzlies jumped out to the 1 0 lead leadin leadin leadin in the first period Chris Taylor recorded the tally just three minutes into the game on an odd-man odd rush The 1 0 lead lasted until the Ice Dogs got a power-play power early in the second period Forward Jozef the coffin but we arent aren't in the ground yet said Goring In Game 4 Long Beach got on the board first for the first time in inthe inthe inthe the series Valeri Karpov scored his team-high team sixth goal of the playoffs when he past Utah enforcer Mick Vukota then slipped the puck under Beaupre for the score Dog coach John Van Boxmeer The loss also ended the Grizzlies stay at the Delta Center In September the Grizzlies will move into the West Valley arena located at south and 1 I When it was announced that it was the last game to be played in the Delta Center the crowd roared their approval |
