Utah Grizzlies @ Allen Americans: Missed Opportunities

After last night’s whacky affair, the Grizzlies looked to erase their loss. The roster remained the same, although Kevin Carr got the start.

Grizzlies once again take an early penalty. Shots are far improved from last night already though!
Someone in the crease with a really great active stick to bat that puck out of harm’s way.
Why haven’t I seen Marchment since the penalty, meanwhile Walters and Herbert are double shifting…
OTTENBREIT.
That shot made Kevin’s water bottle go flying, but he makes the save!
Oh there’s Jake.
There was a good couple of seconds there where nobody on either team had any idea where that puck was, lol.
DICKINSON FALLS DOWN, SPINS AROUND, AND BEATS MOTTE.
All the power plays belong to us.
Much better first period. Utah out-shoots Allen 13-6.

Some nice shots to start the second with that 58 seconds of power play time, but Motte is sharp.
Are we gonna have to call Marchy the Gunslinger now?
Carr gets shoved away but still makes the save.
All sorts of chances there from Walters, Zahn, and Smith.
Irritatingly good kill from Allen there.
Economos flying short-handed. As he does.
Some four-on-four hockey coming up.
Now Motte loses his water bottle.
Allen with some momentum as the period draws to an end.
Ew. Why.
Allen plays their replays at the most inconvenient moments.
Richart leads the Grizzlies with five shots after two periods.
2-1 after 40.

Carr with some very nice saves to start the third as Allen controls play.
1:11 of five-on-three for Utah coming up. Scoring on this would be big…
Best chances came from Ryan Walters.
That started as a really good defensive effort from Anderson and the others, and ended up as a painful goal.
Well. Talk about every opportunity to get a goal. Utah here, and nothing doing.
And another long five-on three (1:07 this time).
Once again, nothing doing. That’s definitely frustrating that they were given two such big chances and came up empty.
…
So of course Allen scores.
That’s Utah’s tenth power play of the night. This is definitely a change from last weekend.
Except that KC actually scored on their power play opportunities.
Well. That was an incredibly frustrating game for the exact opposite reasons from last weekend.
Empty net goal for Allen.
There’s a big crowd after the buzzer, and Allen gets penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct and roughing at the end of the game.
4-2 Americans.

Ottenbreit now has four goals in his last seven games, and Josh Dickinson continues to tick along at a very nice pace.

Grizzlies look for revenge in the final game of the series tomorrow at 3PM.

Utah: 1/10 (8 minutes)
Allen: 0/4 (32 minutes)

Photo courtesy of Action Sports Photography.

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