| Show A Streak Ends The Grizzlies End the perfect start of the season on Wednesday night By Justin McBride v Staff Writer The perfect start came crashing down when they played the Grizzlies at the E- E Center Wednesday night Jason Bacashihua turned away 33 shots and Eric Landry had two goals as the Utah Grizzlies handed the Houston their first loss of the season season season sea sea- son Wednesday night The Grizzlies looked hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry for revenge against the team that knocked them out of the play-offs play last season and they were not disappointed John Erskine got the fire started under the Grizzlies at 1039 when he dropped the gloves against Keith McCambridge Both players landed a couple of huge punches punch punch- es but when all was said and done McCambridge came away with the most damage bleeding from his nose and mouth Less than six minutes later T- T the Grizzlies got Jh the the scoring r started Ste s da 1 power play goal with assists from Gavin Morgan and Mark Wotton to put the Grizzlies up 1 0 at the first intermission Coming into the second period riding the momentum from the first period the Grizzlies continued to roll The got in trouble early taking taking taking tak tak- ing three early penalties and giving giving giving on 5 ing the Grizzlies Grizzlie a tage The Grizzlies made good use of the man 2 advantage as Eric Landry pounded the puck home at 6 17 of the second peri peri- od 1 Landry would add another goal as would I Jim Montgomery to put the Grizzlies up 4 1 after t two o. o The third period would belong to the as they scored two vo goals to come with in one late in the third But even with the extra attacker the could not get another past Jason Bacashihua as he held off a late barrage of shots to keep the Grizzlies on top with a 4 3 win Thursday night however was another story The possibly feeling less pressure now that they had suffered their first loss reverted to form fonn and applied pressure on the Grizzlies early on Houston shot out-shot the Grizzlies 13 3 13 3 in the first period V 4 j Se See 3 GUZ GRIZZ on page 11 u GRIZZ end streak 1 and wl while ile Cory Hirsch turned away way all 13 shots it was clear early on who was in control of this game a t The Grizzlies got on the 1 board first scoring just over four ur V minutes into the second period Matthieu Descoteaux took his V own rebound off goal- goal r it r tender Derek Gustafson and then JL stuffed it in bet v between en Gustafson's r 1 t legs r Gi I i The Grizzlies Grizzlies' continued to have some some ex excellent scoring throughout the game but that would be bethe the only goal the Grizzlies would get The took over and scored two in the second and two in the third as they handed the Grizzlies their fifth loss of the season Despite their 5 4 record the Grizzlies still look like a team that could shape into a play-off play team Many players are beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning to find their place on this I team and lines are beginning to I become more comfortable with each other Rookie goaltender J Jason son Bi is looking very comfortable in net and the team seems c comfortable with both him and Cory Hirsch A few more games and this team should be well on its way to another year of season post-season hockey The Grizzlies are back home tomorrow night to begin their eight game home hom stand They play the 4 2 Milwaukee Admirals Wednesday and Friday and then host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday All game times are pm p.m. at the E- E Center C rl it x t Z U 00 fly a w NW furt t p fl 01 f 1 9 w. w V lt alt a- a W tt foi z 1 0 w koJ 0 fwu Y M F 1 r fI h M k r IF i rM d S t rw David Oliver gains the zone and looks for a scoring opportunity inI in Wednesday y nights game against the Houston I f photo courtesy of the Grizzlies |
