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Happy National Have a Heart Day. And Valentine's Day, if you're in to that sort of thing.

So, last week was a slow week for the Grizzlies: one game and then their only weekend off for the season. They won in Las Vegas, bringing their winning streak against the Wranglers to 5. Since they All-Star break they have a very winning record, but remain in the same place in the standings. Here is the opening paragraph to the Las Vegas Review-Journal's recap of the game:

Eliminated from the ECHL playoffs by Utah last year, the Wranglers are getting knocked around by the Grizzlies again this season.

That's what I call a great, attention grabbing opening, at least for a Utah fan. The game was painful for at least one Wrangler. Ryan Huddy had a face-to-face meeting with an open gate on Utah's bench and left the game. He didn't come back to the game. Here's good healing vibes. That can't feel good for anyone.

Utah has a very busy schedule this week--4 home games! They start tomorrow night at 7:05 with a meeting against Alaska. It's a 2-for-1 ticket night at the box office, the first of many promotions this week; we'll list the rest of the promotions as they come later in the week. No need to bog you down with too many details here.

The captain "C" has been pinned on a different player while Jake Gannon is playing in the AHL (again--third time this season). Simon Ferguson is playing the captain's fiddle, which is great, since he's on a scoring streak and he leads the team for goals and Utah is 10-1 when he scores.

AHL affiliate, Abbotsford Heat, had a hot week. (I didn't make up the pun, I stole it from their website...I bet they use a lot of puns like that) The Heat played 7 games in 9 days. Yep, you really did read that correctly. They went 5-2, including winning their last 4 games in a row. Ryan Stone scored the first natural hat trick in Heat history on Friday night. That's a good, solid record that no one else can out do.

Why is green such a popular color to pair with a grizzly mascot?