Utah had a weak 1st period. The entire 2nd period was a brawl (seriously, 19 penalties in the middle frame). And the last 10 minutes of play is how we would have liked to see the Grizzlies playing the whole game. However, the boys did gain one point, and 1 point from 6 over the weekend is . . . still pretty damn bad. But we're going to take the comeback late in the 3rd as a sign that Utah's play at home is changing (please, please, please). Either way, the crowd was certainly into this game as were we.
One of the first things we noticed was the presence of Emmerson in a suit. During Grizzlies Live, Assistant Coach Mendelson had commented on the positive influence of Riley on the bench even if he wasn't playing shifts, so we were interested to see the effect #59 could bring to the game from the bench.
Michael Gergen looked pretty tough tonight. He fought for the puck during line changes and made an extra effort to take the puck coast to coast to control it Ontario's zone. We were excited when Denny mentioned this in his postgame interview with Colley as well. We also want to thank the blueliners for scoring tonight.
0 for 4 on the power play?
Not much else to say about this one. Grizzlies head back to California next weekend, so we expect to see some wins.
Game Photos -
*Still with the computer issues; we'll get it fixed this week.
Stars of the Game -
1. ONT - J. Corey
2. UTA - N. Tuzzolino
3. ONT - D. Collins
Links -
gamesheet || Ontario at Utah - 12/4/10
highlights || Game Highlights 12/4/10 vs Ontario
photos || 12/4/10 - Utah Grizzlies vs Ontario Reign
interview || Kevin Colley 12/4/10 post game
interview || Riley Emmerson 12/4/10 intermission
2 comments:
Did ya catch the fight before the game even started?!! It was HILLARIOUS!! They were skating around practicing and then all of a sudden.. BOTH TEAMS were at the half-line pushing and shoving!! i didn't catch who started it, but there was no one to break it up!! What a crazy game!! There must of been a contest to see who could fit the most players in the penalty box!!
Damn, we didn't see any of that! We were still in line waiting to buy tickets.
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