Home games, Bachman in the NHL, and chatting on the B2

The Grizzlies are back home this week and start off Wednesday with $5 student tickets and $2 hotdogs, fries, and drinks. More about the upcoming games on the Utah Grizzlies site.

Former Idaho Steelhead Richard Bachman made it to the NHL on Saturday. Are we surprised? Not really because we remember cursing his name when he was playing for Idaho. And he just received a Goaltender of the Week award in the AHL. Bachman stopped all 4 shots he saw in the Dallas Stars loss to Phoenix, which isn't a bad way to kick off a shot in the big leagues. Another fun fact that we've somehow missed out on all of these years - Bachman's birthplace is SLC, UT. Doh to us.

image from ECHL.com

The B2 has added a chatting feature for those of us watching the away games online (or for those of you not able to attend the home games, i.e. Canadians in Canada). We plan on using it.

And finally from Abbotsford, Coach Jim Playfair is looking forward to his team recovering from injuries and callups: “Nice to have good players coming back – I don’t want bodies, I want good players.” Obviously . . . but if you're sitting at 3-2 in your last 5 (which isn't great, but) it's not like you've had a zombie jamboree out there all season.

On the Road Again . . .

The Grizzlies hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. The boys play 4 games in 5 nights, which is quite the schedule, but so far this season Utah has a better record on the road. Though, the Grizzlies have only played 4 games at home, so we don't know if that says much. They start out their road trip back in Bakersfield, which should make for an interesting match on Wednesday.

Since news is slow today, we decided to check on some former Grizzlies players in Europe.

James Sixsmith has picked up 6 points (2g, 4a) in 20 games with the Cologne Sharks in the DEL. We found this interview of Sixer on YouTube:



After looking up Sixsmith, we headed over to Croatia (figuratively speaking, of course) to check on the former Grizzlies captain Ryan Kinasewich.


Snatch has picked up 25 points (10g, 15a) in 20 games with the Medveščak Zagreb. We also found some clips of Ryan, but they've been dubbed so we can't be sure of what he's saying. We think we can hear ECHL and Utah Grizzlies in there somewhere . . .



In other ECHL news, former Steelheads goalie Richard Bachman picked up the Goalie of the Week award in the AHL. This doesn't surprise us for some reason . . . Bachman picked up all three wins in his 3 starts last week.

Best of luck on the road, Grizzlies!