Utah Grizzlies
City:	West Valley City, Utah
League:	ECHL
Conference:	National Conference
Division:	West Division
Founded:	2005
Home Arena:	E Center
Colors:	green, brown, white
Owner(s):	David Elmore and Donna Turtle
Head Coach:	Jason Christie
Affiliates:	New York Islanders (NHL), Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Franchise history
1988 to 1990:	Virginia Lancers
1990 to 1992:	Roanoke Valley Rebels
1992 to 1993:	Roanoke Valley Rampage
1993 to 1994:	Huntsville Blast
1994 to 2001:	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
2001 to 2002:	Macon Whoopee
2002 to 2003:	Lexington Men O' War
2005 to present:	Utah Grizzlies

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History

The current Utah Grizzlies franchise started as the Virginia Lancers, one of the founding members of the East Coast Hockey League. Vinton Virginia was home to the Virginia Lancers of the ECHL from 1988-1990 The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered The franchise was under seven different names in five different southeastern cities from 1988 to 2003 when the Lexington Men O' War franchise suspended operations after one season. The US Southeast is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, but the Census Bureau does not provide a standard definition of a "Southeast" region The 1988-89 ECHL season was the inaugural season of the ECHL The leagues first season consisted of five teams in Erie Pennsylvania, Johnstown Pennsylvania, The 2002-03 ECHL season was the 15th season of the ECHL. The ECHL All-Star Game was held at Germain Arena in Estero Florida and was hosted The Lexington Men O' War were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team and member of the ECHL. After the AHL incarnation of the Grizzlies suspended operations, David Elmore and Donna Tuttle bought the rights to the dormant Lexington Men O' War franchise and moved the team to the E Center to replace the previous Grizzlies franchise. American Hockey Association (1926–1942The American Hockey League (AHL is a Professional Ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary This is about the defunct IHL/AHL team that folded in 2005 For the current ECHL team see Utah Grizzlies.

The market was previously served by:

• Utah Grizzlies of the IHL and AHL (1995-2005)

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Playoff Roster

As of April 21, 2008. Numbers taken from ECHL website. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
30		Mike Mole	R	Oct. Mike Mole (born October 12, 1982) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender. 12, 1982	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
52		Nathan Lawson	L	Sep. 29, 1985	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
3		Andrew MacDonald §	L	Sep. 7, 1986	Judique, Nova Scotia, Canada
7		Jeff Dwyer – A	L	Nov. In Ice hockey, each team has a designated captain, who normally wears a "C" on his or her jersey. 22, 1980	Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
8		Jordan Hart	R	Feb. 18, 1983	Huntington, NY, USA
15		Andy Sertich ^	L	May 6, 1983	Coleraine, Minnesota, USA
20		Sean Offers	L	Aug. 1, 1983	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
22		Ian Forbes	L	August 2, 1980	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
28		T. J. Campbell Δ (3-day IR)	R	Aug. The injured reserve list is a list of reserved players who are injured and unable to play for a period of time used most prominently in the National Hockey League and 12, 1983	ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
9		Ryan Kinasewich	LW	L	Aug. 20, 1983	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
10		Keith Johnson	C	R	Oct. 21, 1984	Windsor, Connecticut, USA
11		Rob Sirianni	F	R	Oct. 31, 1983	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
12		Scott Burt – A	LW	L	Feb. In Ice hockey, each team has a designated captain, who normally wears a "C" on his or her jersey. 7, 1977	MacKenzie, British Columbia, Canada
14		Justin Bourne	RW	R	Dec. 12, 1982	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
16		Tyler Haskins	C	R	May 26, 1986	Madidson, Ohio, USA
18		Michael Haley	LW	L	Mar. 31, 1986	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
23		Evan Kotsopoulos (30-day IR)	LW	L	Mar. The injured reserve list is a list of reserved players who are injured and unable to play for a period of time used most prominently in the National Hockey League and 24, 1984	Unionville, Ontario, Canada
26		Christian Gaudet	LW	L	June 15, 1986	Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada
27		Ryan Cruthers Δ	RW	R	July 4, 1984	Farmingdale, New York, USA
29		Justin Johnson	RW	R	May 5, 1981	Anchrage, Alaska, USA
39		Travis Rycroft – C	RW	R	Aug. In Ice hockey, each team has a designated captain, who normally wears a "C" on his or her jersey. 9, 1980	Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
91		Olivier Labelle §	RW	R	July 15, 1985	St. Eustache, Quebec Providence, Canada

^ - currently called up to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) § - assigned by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers € - signed as emergency backup goaltender Δ - signed Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO)

Miscellaneous

Founded: 2005

Arena: E Center

Uniform colors: green and brown

Logo design: A grizzly swatting at a hockey stick

Affiliates: New York Islanders (NHL) and Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)

Division titles won: none

Regular season titles won: none

League championships won: none

References

External links

• Utah Grizzlies Official Website