To be quite honest, we can't remember much about the game except the vast amount of scoring that happened. And while we feel a little bad for Vegas's backup goalie, Gistedt wasn't the only reason the Grizzlies massacred the Wranglers last night. The Grizzlies came out looking like a team ready to play a full 60 minutes from the moment they stepped onto the ice. So, we're assuming that whatever Colley yelled/said must have worked.The only question we have is if 13 players earned points thoughtout the course of the game, who didn't?
The official post game is at UtahGrizzlies.com, and the gamesheet is up at ECHL.com. Ours is below.
FIRST PERIOD
Grizzlies get a power play within the first minute.
Kotsy scores in the last few secondof the power play. 1-0.
Points to Vlady and Sixsmith for the assists.
Two minutes later, Grizzlies get another one.
Sixsmith knocks one in. 2-0.
Vlady picks up another assist and May picks up a point.
Then, 2:10 after Bubba gets his goal, Snatch puts one away.
3-0.
Caria and Sixsmith for the assists.
Bubba's already earned himself 3 points in the first 6 minutes.
Vlady has 2.
Freakin' awesome.
Then Penny Candy gets one in for Vegas. 3-1.
Meh.
Some Vegas punk gets 4 minutes worth of penalties.
Grizzlies capitalize, again.
Hunter gets the power play goal. 4-1.
Points to Caria and Meyers.
Bartley gets a high-sticking minor.
The boys kill it.
End of first. 4-1, Grizzlies.
First Intermission: Haggin goes one-on-one with Perry. They talk about NHL 10, AJ's brother Corey, and his desire to wear the #9. You can listen to the interview with AJ Perry at the podcast center.
SECOND PERIOD
The scoring frenzie continues in the second.
We seriously can't remember what else happened.
The second period is ALL Utah.
30 seconds in, Bartley gets a goal. 5-1.
Damn.
Assist goes to Guthrie.
Then, Snatch gets his 7th goal of the season.
6-1.
Points to Caria and Friesen on that one.
Vladi gets sent to the box.
Killed.
We see Vegas on the ice, but they're not doing anything.
Hunter puts his second goal of the night in. Caria gets yet another assist.
7-1.
Sixsmith does a tour for holding.
The boys kill it.
At this point, we're just feeling bad for Vegas.
Really bad.
Like, you-don't-deserve-this-much-torture bad.
Vegas picks up a penalty.
Grizzlies can't capitalize.
Vegas picks up another penalty.
Caria gets a goal. 8-1.
Caria's earned himself 5 points for this game.
4 assists, 1 goal.
Damn.
Points to Hunter and Guthrie for the assists.
End of second. 8-1, Grizzlies.
Second Intermission: Yo does a recap and reads emails and texts. We do our laundry.
Check out this interview with Vegas forward Orpik. So depressing, even the announcer can't sound excited. Note the look of hopelessness on Penny Candy's face at the end of the video. So sad!
THIRD PERIOD
To be quite honest, the third period was uneventful.
Vegas came out a bit stronger.
Utah decided to let them save some pride.
Dale gets his first professional goal at about 6 minutes in.
9-1.
The poor goalie looked stunned.
We could tell he'd already lost his will to live.
Points to Snatch and Perry for the assists.
Vegas gets a goal.
Those poor bastards.
End of the 3rd is PK practice.
Guthrie and Clarke take consecutive tours.
Kinasewich decides to make things interesting.
Snatch joins Clarke and makes the boys kill a 5-on-3.
All penalties killed.
No power play goals for you, Vegas.
Game.
9-2, Grizzlies.
Stars of the Game are all Grizzlies:
1. Caria
2. Hunter
3. Kinasewich
NOTES
This game had so much awesome in it, we don't know where to begin.
First, we enjoyed the new line changes. Seeing Vlady and Sixsmith together on the ice made us feel like we knew what we were talking about when we decided to pair those two in our fantasy lines. We're wondering if the line changes had more to do with the slaughter that happened on the ice or if it was Colley's threats of imminent doom.
Second, holy &%^#, Caria! What's up!? Also, Kinasewich was looking a little more consistant, which is what we want to see. The backup goalie was definitely a lucky break for the Grizzlies. And while we feel bad for Vegas, the goalie wasn't the only good thing going for the Grizzlies. They actually played as we all know they can. If the boys can remain consistantly at the level of play they brought to Vegas tonight, they're going to be a force to be reckoned with going into their next few games.
Third, it was great to see Maxwell back on the ice. Maxwell and Jason Dale were on the ice last night for the Grizzlies for the first time this year.
And lastly, Parker's the unsung hero of the night. Vegas outshot the Grizzlies, and he kept the Wranglers in check. Woooo, Parker!
That's all we've got for now.
Go Grizzlies!
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