Utah grizzlies

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Utah grizzlies
founding 1994
resolution 2005
history Denver Grizzlies
1994 - 1995
Utah Grizzlies
1995 - 2005
Lake Erie Monsters
2007 - 2016
Cleveland Monsters
since 2016
Stadion The E Center
Location West Valley City , Utah
Team colors wine red, white
league International Hockey League (1994-2001)
American Hockey League (2001-2005)
Calder cups no
Turner Cups 1994/95 , 1995/96

The Utah Grizzlies were an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League that was based in West Valley City at the E Center .

history

Salt Lake City was home to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles between 1984 and 1994 , who played in the IHL and moved to Detroit in 1994. The Utah Grizzlies emerged from the Denver Grizzlies' move to Salt Lake City. This change of location was made necessary by the move of the Québec Nordiques to Colorado , which have been playing as Colorado Avalanche in Denver since 1995 .

In the first year of the franchise's existence, the Grizzlies won the Turner Cup , the IHL championship cup . Even after moving to Denver, the team's success continued. In the playoff final, the Grizzlies defeated the Orlando Solar Bears 4-0 to win the 1995/96 Turner Cup. The fourth game of the best-of-seven series was played in the Delta Center , where 17,381 spectators saw the Grizzlies win the title, setting a record attendance for minor league ice hockey games.

After the dissolution of the IHL in 2001, the Grizzlies were included in the AHL, but could not build on the successes in the IHL. For the 2005/06 season, the management of the Grizzlies requested the voluntary withdrawal of the team from the AHL in order to find a new owner for the franchise. In March 2006, Dan Gilbert , the new owner of the franchise who also owns the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise , announced his plans for the Grizzlies to move to Cleveland . The Cleveland Barons played in Cleveland until 2006 . Under the new name Lake Erie Monsters , the former Grizzlies tackled the 2007/08 AHL season .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded

season GP W. L. T OTL Pts GF GA space Playoffs
1994/95 81 57 18th - 6th 120 339 235 1st, Southwest Victory in the final, 4-0 ( Kansas )
1995/96 82 49 29 - 4th 102 291 232 2nd, Southwest Victory in the final, 4-0 ( Orlando )
1996/97 82 43 33 - 6th 92 259 254 3rd, Southwest Conference semi-final defeat, 4-0 ( Long Beach )
1997/98 82 47 27 - 8th 102 276 234 3rd, Southwest Conference quarterfinal loss, 3-1 (Kansas)
1998/99 82 39 34 - 9 87 244 254 3rd, Southwest not qualified
1999/00 82 45 25th - 12 102 265 220 2nd, west Conference quarterfinal loss, 4-1 ( Houston )
2000/01 82 38 36 - 8th 84 208 220 4th, west not qualified
2001/02 80 40 29 6th 5 91 240 225 3rd, west Conference quarterfinal loss, 3-2 (Houston)
2002/03 80 37 34 4th 5 83 227 243 5th, west Conference Qualification defeat, 2-0 ( Wilkes-Barre )
2003/04 80 27 42 6th 5 65 162 230 7th, west not qualified
2004/05 80 23 50 5 2 53 156 265 7th, west not qualified

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