| Show J Grizzlies Manhandle The The Admirals ti 4 By Ben Anderson Sports Editor tor 1 r t T Its It's a new league a new conference conference conference confer confer- ence a new coach a new team and anda a new season The TIle Utah Grizzlies are trying to gain back what they had in 1994 1996 and bring themselves themselves themselves them them- selves into a gr growling frenzy gaining composure as they enter the American Hockey League 1 The former T Turner Cup champions are looking to the playoffs and the Calder C Cup p. p Starting their season on the road with wins at Grand Rapids and Cleveland and a tough loss first the to place Chicago i Grizzlies came home for an ei eight eight- 1 game homestead The coaches and staff determined their were to start J I home record with a win If they lost they would complement every t fan with a voucher to an upcoming t J Grizzlies game Th The Milwaukee f Admirals to town but it was came no no contest for the eager Grizzlies as as they won easily 4 Even though they won y the Grizzlies still honored the 7 t vouchers for the he October 15 game The 3 1 Grizzlies were ready to play J the 0 2 r. r Admirals 1 again t. t With a crowd of about people people people peo peo- on hand on a cool Monday night at the E Center Milwaukee got on the board first at into the first period as Eric Anderson scored assisted by David Gosselin and Konstantin Utah's Gavin Morgan took a seat in the penalty box for two minutes for for tripping Milwaukee took their power-play power advantage and Mark r r Mowers put his team up 2 Thirteen seconds before the first intermission Jon Sims scored for forthe forthe for forthe the Grizzlies to reduce the Admirals lead to 2 In the second period Grizzly defender Greg dreg Hawgood scored and tied the game at 2 The Grizzlies decided to pull goalie Chad Allen and put another 5 attacking player on the ice Grizzly center Jim Montgomery attempted to pass t to teammate Jon Sim but Montgomery was slashed and the Milwaukee defender slapped the puck toward the Grizzly goal It passed the blue line and continued until it went in the net If examined examined exam examined exam exam- ined closer Montgomery made the goal but Milwaukee's goalie Chris i 1 i f w E Ef n r y f I F f I r S WL Oo t t 1 1 v c r Mason was credited with the goal and became the sixth goalie in ih AHL history to score Coach Don Hay used that thatto to pump up and gear his team for forthe the final period of play Instead of of putting pressure on the team about the empty net goal they j just st laughed at th the empty netter and told each other they weren't going to let the game end that way At Atthe Atthe Atthe the start of the third period it was all Grizzlies Utah veteran John Purves s. s and Mark Wotton each scored goals to give Utah's first lead of n J the night of 4 To top it off Jon Sim scored his second goal of the night nights and extended the Grizzlies Grizzlie lead to end the game 5 r The Grizzlies out shot the Admirals 54 25 and tied a franchise franchise fran fran- 1 chise record for most shots on goal in a game Mark Wotton's power-play power game winning winning winning win win- ning goal became his third of the year and Greg Hawgood finished J with a game high three assist Chris Mason was excellent for Milwaukee in between the pipes having 49 saves in the JossA Joss t.- t. tilt |
