Utah Grizzlies

Utah Grizzlies
City West Valley City, Utah
League ECHL
Conference Western Conference
Division Mountain Division
Founded 1988
Home arena Maverik Center
Colors Green, black, copper, white
                   [1]
Owner(s) David Elmore
Donna Turtle
Head coach Kevin Colley
Media KFAN (AM 1320) or KJQS (AM 1230)
Affiliates Calgary Flames (NHL)
Abbotsford Heat (AHL)
Franchise history
1988–1990 Virginia Lancers
1990–1992 Roanoke Valley Rebels
1992–1993 Roanoke Valley Rampage
1993–1994 Huntsville Blast
1994–2001 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
2001–2002 Macon Whoopee
2002–2003 Lexington Men O' War
2005–present Utah Grizzlies
Championships
Regular season titles 1
Division Championships 1
Conference Championships 1
Kelly Cups 1

The Utah Grizzlies are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play out of West Valley City, Utah, United States, with their home games at the Maverik Center.

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Franchise history

The current Utah Grizzlies franchise started as the Virginia Lancers, one of the founding members of the East Coast Hockey League. The franchise was under seven different names in five different southeastern cities from 1988 to 2003 when the Lexington Men O' War franchise suspended operations after one season. After the AHL incarnation of the Grizzlies suspended operations, David Elmore and Donna Tuttle bought the rights to the dormant Lexington Men O' War franchise and moved the team to the E Center to replace the previous Grizzlies franchise. On October 24 of the 09-10 season pink in the rink Ryan Kinasewich, set the all time goal record with 119 goals.

The market was previously served by:

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2005–06 72 36 30 6 78 235 236 4th, West Lost in Division Semi-finals
2006–07 72 22 42 8 52 184 294 5th, West Did not qualify
2007–08 72 32 30 10 74 239 259 4th, West Lost in Conference Finals
2008–09 72 28 28 16 72 220 246 4th, West Lost in Division Semi-finals
2009-10 72 34 29 9 77 260 253 3rd, West Lost in Division Finals
2010-11 72 33 32 7 73 189 227 3rd, West Lost in Division Finals
6 seasons 432 185 191 56 --- 1327 1515 0 Division Titles 0 Kelly Cups, 0 Brabham Cups

Current roster

Updated October 29, 2011.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
23 Wahl, MitchMitch Wahl C R 22 Seal Beach, California Grizzlies
11 Cameron, BryanBryan Cameron RW R 22 Brampton, Ontario Grizzlies
13 Fadden, MitchMitch Fadden C L 23 Victoria, British Columbia Grizzlies
14 Turnbull, PodgePodge Turnbull C L 23 Hayward, Wisconsin Grizzlies
16 Favot, AndrewAndrew Favot LW L 23 King City, Ontario Grizzlies
18 LoVecchio, JeffJeff LoVecchio LW L 26 Chesterfield, Missouri Grizzlies
19 Dowling, JustinJustin Dowling C L 21 Fairfax Station, Virginia Grizzlies
21 Severyn, C. J.C. J. Severyn LW L 22 Beaver, Pennsylvania Grizzlies
48 Ferguson, BrettBrett Ferguson LW L 21 Vibank, Saskatchewan Grizzlies
59 Emmerson, RileyRiley Emmerson LW R 26 Abbotsford, British Columbia Grizzlies
23 Donovan, ChrisChris Donovan F R 26 2010 Fairfax Station, Virginia Grizzlies
40 Reber, MattMatt Reber F R 23 2011 Edina, Minnesota Grizzlies
74 Tuzzolino, NickNick Tuzzolino (A) D L 26 2010 Buffalo, New York Grizzlies
17 Sorteberg, MattMatt Sorteberg D R 25 2009 Anoka, Minnesota Grizzlies
4 Cullity, PatrickPatrick Cullity D R 25 Tewksbury, Massachusetts Grizzlies
5 Glass, TrevorTrevor Glass D L 24 Cochrane, Alberta Grizzlies
8 Negrin, JohnJohn Negrin D R 22 West Vancouver, British Columbia Grizzlies
9 Martin, DerickDerick Martin D L 30 Timmins, Ontario Grizzlies
26 Dowzak, TysenTysen Dowzak D L 23 Fergus Falls, Minnesota Grizzlies
32 Lampl, CodyCody Lampl D R 25 Ketchum, Idaho Grizzlies
55 Turek, RyanRyan Turek D R 24 Southfield, Michigan Grizzlies
35 Owen, ShaneShane Owen G R 21 Markham, Ontario Grizzlies
72 Engelage, AndrewAndrew Engelage G R 23 Oshawa, Ontario Grizzlies
14 Yaworski, BlairBlair Yaworski LW L 26 2011 Calgary, Alberta Grizzlies
Staff
Title Staff member
Head coach Kevin Colley
Assistant coach Pat Curcio
Trainer Mike Plandowski
Equipment manager Mike Xuereb

Captains

Captain - Simon Ferguson
Alternate - Brent Gauvreau
Alternate - Marcus Carroll

note: Ferguson named Captain in place of the recalled Jake Gannon and Carroll named Alternate in place of the suspended Ric Jackman & the recalled Nick Tuzzolino.

Notes

  1. ^ Email response from Communications and Broadcasting VP Adrian Denny: "Copper is the third color."
  2. ^ "utahgrizzlies.com: Players". http://echl.com/stats/roster.php?team_id=23. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 

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