Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)

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Utah grizzlies
founding 1981
history Nashville South Stars
1981–1983
Virginia Lancers
1983–1990
Roanoke Valley Rebels
1990–1992
Roanoke Valley Rampage
1992–1993
Huntsville Blast
1993–1994
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
1994–2001
Macon Whoopee
2001–2002
Lexington Men O'War
2002–2003
Utah Grizzlies
since 2005
Stadion Maverik Center
Location West Valley City , Utah
Team colors green, black, gold and white
league ECHL
Conference Western Conference
division Mountain Division
Head coach Tim Branham
General manager Tim Branham
owner David Elmore
Donna Turtle
Cooperations Colorado Avalanche ( NHL )
Colorado Eagles ( AHL )
Kelly Cups no

The Utah Grizzlies are an American ice hockey franchise from West Valley City , Utah that has played in the ECHL since 2005 . The Grizzlies play their home games in the 10,100-seat Maverik Center . The team is the ECHL farm team of the Colorado Avalanche from the National Hockey League and the Colorado Eagles from the American Hockey League .

history

The Utah Grizzlies have played in the ECHL since the 2005/06 season and have reached the play-offs seven times since then .

The current franchise was founded in 1988 under the name Virginia Lancers as a founding member of ECHL, where it was based in Vinton ( Virginia ) until 1993 , but has played under the name Roanoke Valley Rebels since 1990 and last season as Roanoke Valley Rampage . 1993 was first relocated and played a game while in Huntsville ( Alabama ) and Huntsville Blast before another move to Tallahassee ( Florida ) was where the team than to 2001 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks played. Another season spent the team as Macon Whoopee in Macon ( Georgia ) before it before the final relocation to West Valley for one season as the Lexington Men O'War in Lexington ( Kentucky spent).

Between 1995 and 2005 a team of the same name played in Salt Lake City , with the same team logo except for the colors, from 1995 to 2001 initially in the International Hockey League and after its dissolution from 2001 to 2005 in the American Hockey League . This team was relocated to Cleveland ( Ohio ), where they have been playing under the name Lake Erie Monsters since the 2007/08 season . Before that, an ice hockey team from Salt Lake City played with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles between 1984 and 1994 in the IHL, which then continued to play as Detroit Vipers until the league was dissolved.

Season statistics

season GP W. L. OTL SOL P GF GA space Play-offs
2005/06 72 36 30th 5 1 78 235 236 4th West Division Division semi-finals
2006/07 72 22nd 42 4th 4th 52 184 294 5th West Division not qualified
2007/08 72 32 30th 2 8th 74 239 259 4th West Division Conference finals
2008/09 72 28 28 6th 10 72 220 246 4th West Division Division semi-finals
2009/10 72 34 29 4th 5 77 260 253 3rd West Division Conference semifinals
2010/11 72 33 32 4th 3 73 189 227 3rd Mountain Division Conference semifinals
2011/12 72 33 33 0 6th 72 183 223 3rd Mountain Division Conference quarterfinals
2012/13 72 29 30th 4th 9 71 217 277 4th Mountain Division Conference quarterfinals
2013/14 71 38 24 3 6th 85 187 173 2nd Mountain Division Conference quarterfinals

Legend: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after extra time, SOL = defeats after shootout , P = points, GF = goals, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

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