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Utah Grizzlies
Utah Grizzlies
City	West Valley City, Utah
League	ECHL
Conference	National Conference
Division	West Division
Founded	1988
Home arena	E Center
Colors	Green, black, gold, white;
Owner(s)	David Elmore; Donna Turtle
Head coach	Kevin Colley
Media	KFAN (AM 1320) or KJQS (AM 1230)
Affiliates	New York Islanders and; Calgary Flames (NHL); Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Abbotsford Heat (AHL)
Franchise history
1988–90	Virginia Lancers
1990–92	Roanoke Valley Rebels
1992–93	Roanoke Valley Rampage
1993–94	Huntsville Blast
1994–2001	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
2001–02	Macon Whoopee
2002–03	Lexington Men O' War
2005–present	Utah Grizzlies

This article is about the ECHL franchise. For the old IHL and AHL franchise, see Utah Grizzlies (1995–2005).

The Utah Grizzlies are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play out of West Valley City, Utah, United States, with their home games at the E Center.

The current Utah Grizzlies franchise started as the Virginia Lancers, one of the founding members of the East Coast Hockey League. 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. 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. On October 24 of the 09-10 season pink in the rink Ryan Kinasewich, set the all time goal record with 119 goals.

The market was previously served by:

Utah Grizzlies of the IHL and AHL (1995–2005)

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

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2005–06	72	36	30	6	78	235	236	4th, West	Lost in Division Semi-finals
2006–07	72	22	42	8	52	184	294	5th, West	Did not qualify
2007–08	67	32	30	10	74	239	259	4th, West	Lost in Conference Finals
2008–09	72	28	28	16	72	220	246	4th, West	Lost in Division Semi-finals
4 seasons	283	118	130	40	.487%	878	1035	0 Division Titles	0 Kelly Cups, 0 Brabham Cups

As of November 21, 2009. Numbers taken from ECHL website.^[1]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
1	Mitch O'Keefe	R	Mar. 29, 1984	Almont, Ontario
30	Parker van Buskirk	L	Mar. 26, 1988	Windsor, Ontario

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
4	Jake Gannon §	R	Jan. 25, 1987	Roselle, Illinois
6	Vic Bartley	R	Feb. 17, 1988	Maple Ridge, British Columbia
16	Dustin Friesen – A	L	Mar. 1, 1983	Waldheim, Saskatchewan
21	Evan Stoflet	R	May 16, 1984	Madison, Wisconsin
25	Chris Brooks	R	June 2, 1982	New York, New York
27	Tim Maxwell	L	Nov. 12, 1984	Sherwood Park, Alberta

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
8	Evan Kotsopoulos	LW	L	Mar. 24, 1984	Unionville, Ontario
10	Bobby Hughes §	C	L	Nov. 11, 1987	Richmond Hill, Ontario
11	Jason Dale §	RW	R	Dec. 31, 1989	Pickerington, Ontario
12	Shea Guthrie	RW	R	July 30, 1987	Carleton Place, Ontario
14	Tom May – A	F	R	Apr. 24, 1985	Eagan, Minnesota
19	Mark Pavli	LW	R	Aug. 16, 1984	Sarnia, Ontario
23	Jadran Beljo	LW	R	Feb. 25, 1987	Sudbury, Ontario
28	Brett Parnham Δ	C	R	Jan. 30, 1989	Orillia, Ontario
37	A.J. Perry – A	LW	L	Jan. 12, 1987	Peterborough, Ontario
71	Vladimir Nikiforov	RW	L	Oct. 7, 1987	Hauppauge, New York
79	Dylan Hunter – A	LW	L	May 21, 1985	Quebec, Quebec

§ - assigned by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
₳ - assigned by the Abbotsford Heat (AHL)
€ - signed as emergency backup goaltender
Δ - signed Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO)

Captain - Ryan Kinasewich(Hamilton Bulldogs)
Alternates (Road) - James Sixsmith & A.J. Perry
Alternates (Home) - Tom May & Dustin Friesen

N.B.: Dylan Hunter is the third Alternate (Home) replacing Kinasewich.

^ Utah Grizzlies 2008–09 regular season roster

Staff member

Head coach

Kevin Colley

Assistant coach

Pat Curcio

Trainer

Mike Plandowski

Equipment manager

Mike Xuereb

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