Utah Grizzlies 3rd Jerseys Auction

After Friday night's game, the Grizzlies auctioned offed their 3rd jerseys to benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital. The Utah Grizzlies website reported that:

$13,300 was raised for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Foundation after the game as the Grizzlies auctioned off live their New York Islanders themed third-jerseys that they wore on Friday nights this season.

We typically do a breakdown of the jersey sales for the auction, but we had a few technical difficulties with our notes. Damn. If anyone did get what each jersey went for, feel free to email us or post it in the comments. We'd be happy to hear from you.

But, we did get some pictures from the auction for anyone that missed it.

Peter Vandermeer auctions off his jersey (child not included):


Ryan Kinasewich takes his turn:


The rest of the team waits for their spin on the auction block:


James Sixsmith looks pretty bad ass:


Matt Clarke is pensive:


Hugo Carpentier is amused that his name was mispronounced:


And Brett Parnham gives the bidders a smile:



We do have a few more photos that we may put up at our Flickr account later this week. Enjoy!

Weekend Preview: Stockton Thunder

The last time Stockton met up with the Grizzlies at the E-Center, Utah swept the series, ending with a 7-1 victory. We're thinking this is how the Thunder felt during that loss (yes, that's Bates in the net):


However, we think Stockton's going to be a little more prepared to meet the Grizzlies at the E-Center this time around. The Thunder are coming off of a nice break backed by a 7-3 win over Victoria on 3/6 and are looking to keep the Grizzlies from creeping up on them in the standings. Stockton's Perugini is still holding strong at 2nd in the league with a 0.916 SV% and ties for 3rd in the GAA category with 2.70, while James Bates continues to be the most lethal Thunder player against the Grizzlies.

Coming off of a 4 game road losing streak, the Grizzlies have to be pretty happy to be back at home where they are 6-1-0 in their last 7 on their own ice. James Sixsmith continues to lead the pack with an 11 game scoring streak. We'd love to see him extend it tonight, and we're pretty sure he would, too.

The Grizzlies also welcome some new players tonight and hail a returning favorite. Dylan Hunter rejoins the Grizzlies from the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals where he's been since February 11. Welcome back, Hunts! We learned today from Adrian Denny's blog that Friday will be the first full game Snatch, Sixer, and Hunts have played together since November 14. That's a lot of firepower to watch out for.


Three players make their debut on E-Center ice tonight: Peter Vandermeer has been assigned to the Grizzlies by the AHL's Heat, while center Malcolm MacMillan and defenseman Justin Suda have been acquired in a trade with the Toledo Walleye for forward Tony Romano. Tony Romano picked up 4 points (1g, 3a) against the Stockton Thunder in the February 24, 7-1 win, so it will be interesting to see how the new players fill that void. Tony picked up 4 assists and 2 PIM in his first game with the Walleye. Luck, Tony!


Utah will be busy this weekend with three back to back home games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (remember Sunday's game starts at 4:05). And if that wasn't enough to look forward to, the Grizzlies will be auctioning their 3rd jerseys after Friday night's game to benefit St. Jude Children's hospital. Sounds like we're in for a pretty sweet hockey weekend.

Best of luck, boys!

A Post for the Holidays

Festival of Trees:

Earlier this month, we went to the Festival of Trees to see if the Utah Grizzlies had donated a tree this year. Last year, the Grizzlies' booster club donated a Utah Grizzlies' themed tree with hockey puck and team related ornaments. However, if they donated a tree again this year, we had no luck in finding it.

But we did find one hockey-themed tree at the festival this year. It was from Davis High's hockey team.

And of course the Canadian-themed tree came with a rod hockey set. Cute.

Grizzlies 3rd Jerseys:

The Grizzlies debued their 3rd jerseys last weekend.

The jersey is themed after the Grizzlies' NHL affliate Islanders' colors: navy, orange, and white. The front logo remains the same, but the logo colors are also themed. We were a little surprised that they didn't go with a different front logo design, but overall the jersey looks pretty sweet.

We have to admit that the navy with the orange stripe looks pretty snappy. We're glad navy was selected as the base color for these rather than orange or white.

Prior to December 17, the jerseys sold for $80. They now can be bought for $120 at the Grizzlies' store.

Happy Holidays!

Go Grizzlies!