Grizzlies win.This was a completely different team we saw tonight as opposed to Wednesday. Passes were clicking, defense was solid, and offense was scoring.
Defense was shorthanded tonight, playing with only 5 blueliners and continually rotating pairs throughout the game. Play wise you couldn't even tell; it was an amazing effort on their part. Something else we truly appreciated from the d-men was not allowing Stockton to push their buttons. Only 5 of the 14 penalties assessed to Utah in the match were from the 5 defensemen. Thank you for that.
Grantham took over the penalty role, seemingly spending more time in the penalty box than out. But since he was able to draw the Stockton sideshow circus his way and let defense take care of business, we see it as taking one for the team. Thumbs up.
Parnham was back on the ice and looked great. We didn't think he'd be back for a while, so that was a welcome surprise. Between Parnham, Shea, and McIlveen - those boys got things rolling for Deeth and May to capture some great goals later in the game.
And a great job by Connelly. He definitely made some (34, to be exact) timely saves and as the game continued, looked more and more comfortable in the crease.
Let's go for the rest of the weekend, boys!
Stars of the Game -
1. UTA - T. May
2. UTA - K. Deeth
3. UTA - S. Connelly
Links -
gamesheet || Stockton at Utah - 3/11/11
highlights || Game Highlights 3/11/11 vs Stockton
photos || 3/11/11 - Utah Grizzlies vs Stockton Thunder
interview || Kevin Colley 3/11/11 post game
interview || Paul McIlveen 3/11/11 intermission
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