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Denver/Utah
Grizzlies: 1994 - 1998
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League: International Hockey League
Owner/Co-Chairman: David G. Elmore, Donna F. Tuttle
GM/Head Coach: Robert T. "Butch" Goring
Most Memorable Players: Kip Miller, Chris Taylor, Chris Marinucci,
Zigmund Palffy, Tommy Salo
Championships: 1995 & 1996 Turner Cup
Champions
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Team Colors: Jade, Copper & Black
Home Ice: McNichols Sports Arena(Denver),
Delta Center(Utah)
Notes: Prefaced by one season in 1993-94 with the Salt Lake
Golden Eagles. Moved from Denver to Utah in 1995 when the NHL's Quebec
Nordiques moved to Colorado.
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| With the Islanders American Hockey
League affiliate in Capital District, based in Troy New York,
struggling to draw fans the Islanders made the decision to fold CDI in
1993 and signed an affiliation agreement with the International Hockey
League's Salt Lake Golden Eagles. This would be the beginning of an
era for the Islanders where they decided to split their prospects
between leagues as in 1993 they signed a deal to send a handful of
players to the AHL's Worcester Icecats. The
Islanders relationship would last only one season in Salt Lake. A
franchise that had been around for over 25 years, since 1969 spanning
through the old WHL and CHL, the Golden Eagles were sold by Larry
Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz, to a Detroit group for the price of $5
million (thus the origin of the Detroit Vipers). Miller said he was
losing too much money on the team. As part of the deal the Eagles home
arena, the Salt Palace, was torn down in favor of building a new
arena, the Delta Center. With the demise of the Eagles, the Islanders
signed on with the newly formed Denver Grizzlies, who were to play in
the McNichols Sports Arena in 1994-95. With a roster heavily populated
with Islander draft picks and free agent signings the Grizzlies, led
by Butch Goring behind the bench, went on to win the Turner Cup,
sweeping the Kansas City Blades 4 games to 0 in the finals. Oddly
enough, the Grizzlies were then forced to move back into the Delta
Center in 1995 due to the fact that the National Hockey League's
Quebec Nordiques were sold to a group in Colorado that made a deal for
them to play in McNichols Arena. At that point the Grizzlies changed
their name to the Utah Grizzlies. The change in venue didn't change
the on ice product and Goring, also serving as GM, made sure to bring
back most of his key pieces for 1995-96. In addition, many of the
Islanders prospects failed to graduate to the next level. The
Grizzlies went on to take their second straight Turner Cup
Championship in 1996 by defeating the Orlando Solar Bears in the
finals. In the following two years after the
1996 championship, the Islanders had decided to send less of their
prospects to the Grizzlies and the IHL because of the belief that the
IHL was more of a veteran league. More prospects were getting sent to
the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the AHL, a more true developmental
league. The Grizzlies began to decline, losing out in the second round
in 1997 and the first round in 1998. In the late 1990's the Islanders
minor league system was in a bit of disarray and as their affiliation
in Utah came to an end in 1999, they began to supply what little
prospects they had to the AHL's Lowell Lock Monsters. As for the
Grizzlies, Butch Goring left them in 1999 after not qualifying for the
playoffs to take over as coach of the New York Islanders. Another
former Islander great, Bob Bourne, took over for Goring in Utah. The
team remained in the IHL until the league folded in 2001. Luckily, the
franchise was expanded into the AHL starting with the 2001-02 season.
They remained there until 2005 when the Utah Grizzlies dropped down
into the East Coast Hockey League in 2005-06. |
| Salt Lake/Denver/Utah Grizzlies - Team Records:
|
Salt Lake Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1993-94 |
81 |
24 |
52 |
5 |
53 |
243 |
377 |
4th-P |
Out of playoffs |
|
Denver/Utah
Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1994-95 |
81 |
57 |
18 |
6 |
120 |
339 |
235 |
1st-SW |
Won Turner Cup |
| 1995-96 |
82 |
49 |
29 |
4 |
102 |
291 |
232 |
2nd-S |
Won Turner Cup |
| 1996-97 |
82 |
43 |
33 |
6 |
92 |
259 |
254 |
3rd-S |
Lost in round 2 |
| 1997-98 |
82 |
47 |
27 |
8 |
102 |
276 |
234 |
3rd-SW |
Lost in round 1 |
|
Playoff
Records |
| Year |
GP |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
| 1995 |
17 |
15 |
2 |
83 |
44 |
Won Turner Cup |
| 1996 |
22 |
- |
- |
70 |
- |
Won Turner Cup |
| 1997 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
- |
Lost in round 2 |
| 1998 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
- |
Lost in round 1 |
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Turner
Cup Playoff Results
|
|
1994-95
Season
|
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Round 1
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Round
2
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Round
3
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Finals
|
| April
13 |
Minnesota 0 at
Denver 6 |
April
28 |
Phoenix
2 at Denver 6 |
May
12 |
Milwaukee
4 at Denver 11 |
May
26 |
Kansas
City 2 at Denver 3 |
| April
15 |
Minnesota 2 at
Denver 9 |
April
29 |
Phoenix
1 at Denver 4 |
May
13 |
Milwaukee
1 at Denver 5 |
May
27 |
Kansas
City 3 at Denver 6 |
| April
21 |
Denver 4 at
Minnesota 2 |
May
3 |
Denver
4 at Phoenix 3* |
May
18 |
Denver
1 at Milwaukee 4 |
May
31 |
Denver
3 at Kansas City 2 |
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|
May
5 |
Denver
2 at Phoenix 6 |
May
20 |
Denver
5 at Milwaukee 3 |
June
1 |
Denver
4 at Kansas City 3 |
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May
6 |
Denver 5 at
Phoenix 4 |
May
21 |
Denver
5 at Milwaukee 3 |
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Denver wins
series 3 games to 0
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Denver wins
series 4 games to 1
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Denver wins series 4 games to
1
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Denver wins Turner Cup 4 games to
0
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*
overtime
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| 1993-94 Scoring
- Salt Lake |
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Sandy Smith 78 21 39 60 170 - - - - -
Derek Armstrong 76 23 35 58 61 - - - - -
Zigmund Palffy 57 25 32 57 83 - - - - -
Darryl Olsen 73 17 32 49 97 - - - - -
Chris Taylor 79 21 20 41 38 - - - - -
Dave Chyzowski 66 27 13 40 151 - - - - -
Chris Luongo 51 9 31 40 54 - - - - -
Scott Scissons 72 10 26 36 123 - - - - -
Dave MacIntyre 71 9 27 36 69 - - - - -
Joe Day 33 16 10 26 153 - - - - -
Dan Plante 66 7 17 24 148 - - - - -
Steve Junker 71 9 14 23 36 - - - - -
Kevan Guy 62 4 17 21 45 - - - - -
Larry DePalma 34 4 12 16 125 - - - - -
Joni Lehto 60 3 13 16 34 - - - - -
Kimbi Daniels 25 6 9 15 8 - - - - -
Brent Grieve 22 9 5 14 30 - - - - -
Jason Simon 50 7 7 14 323 - - - - -
Steve Jaques, LV 49 3 5 8 192 5 0 0 0 28
SLC 3 0 1 1 4 - - - - -
Totals 52 3 6 9 196 - - - - -
Tony Joseph 43 4 2 6 213 - - - - -
Wayne McBean 5 0 6 6 2 - - - - -
Kevin Cheveldayoff 73 0 4 4 216 - - - - -
Rick Lessard 31 1 2 3 110 - - - - -
Scott White 15 0 3 3 8 - - - - -
Danny Lorenz (G) 21 0 3 3 0 - - - - -
Wayne Doucet 8 2 0 2 33 - - - - -
Marc Laforge 43 0 2 2 242 - - - - -
Phil Huber 1 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
Martin Lacroix 4 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Dean Chynoweth 5 0 1 1 33 - - - - -
Tom Draper (G) 35 0 1 1 24 - - - - -
Steve Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Foy 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Rich Pilon 2 0 0 0 8 - - - - -
Perry Anderson 2 0 0 0 21 - - - - -
Mike Lenarduzzi (G) 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Flynn 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Hnilicka (G) 9 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie McLennan (G) 24 0 0 0 20 - - - - -
Bench 81 9 32
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Totals 243 386 620 2718
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Draper 35 1929 140 4.35 7 23 3 6 0
Jamie McLennan 24 1320 80 3.64 8 12 2 4 0
Danny Lorenz 20 982 91 5.56 4 12 0 3 0
Milan Hnilicka 9 381 25 3.93 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Lenarduzzi 4 211 22 6.25 0 4 0 1 0
Regular Season Playoffs
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
9 Kip Miller 71 46 60 106 54 17 15 14 29 8
21 Chris Taylor 78 38 48 86 47 14 7 6 13 10
17 Chris Marinucci 74 29 40 69 42 14 3 4 7 12
12 Jeff Madill 73 35 30 65 207 17 8 6 14 53
23 Andrei Vasilyev 74 28 37 65 48 13 9 4 13 22
11 Niklas Andersson 66 22 39 61 28 15 8 13 21 10
5 Milan Tichy 71 18 36 54 90 17 4 9 13 12
Andy Brickley 58 15 35 50 16 16 5 25 30 2
6 Doug Crossman 77 6 43 49 31 17 3 6 9 7
68 Zigmund Palffy 33 20 23 43 40 - - - - -
Yan Kaminsky 38 17 16 33 14 15 6 6 12 0
2 Gord Dineen 68 5 27 32 75 17 1 6 7 8
27 Derek Armstrong 59 13 18 31 65 6 0 2 2 0
14 Steve Junker 72 13 16 29 37 11 3 4 7 4
24 Jeff Sirkka 58 4 18 22 86 5 0 1 1 19
22 Normand Rochefort 77 4 13 17 46 17 1 4 5 12
3 Chris Luongo 41 1 14 15 26 - - - - -
Victor Ignatjev 23 2 11 13 4 17 3 8 11 8
Mike MacWilliam 30 5 6 11 218 12 2 2 4 56
8 Jason Simon 61 3 6 9 300 1 0 0 0 12
Paul Stanton 11 2 6 8 15 - - - - -
Rod Miller 47 2 5 7 65 12 1 3 4 11
Scott Scissons 7 2 3 5 6 - - - - -
Terry Yake 2 0 3 3 2 17 4 11 15 16
Brent Sapergia 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
Egor Bashkatov, Det 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Den 2 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
Tot 4 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
Jim Paradise 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Kevan Guy 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
35 Tommy Salo (G) 65 0 1 1 12 8 0 0 0 2
Eric Ricard 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Polillo 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Handy 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Iain Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Darren Schwartz 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Laitre 1 0 0 0 18 - - - - -
Dan Plante 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Jamie McLennan (G) 4 0 0 0 2 11 0 1 1 29
30 Milan Hnilicka (G) 15 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Ben 81 7 16
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Totals 339 558 890 1618
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tommy Salo 65 3810 165 2.60 45 14 4 3 3
Milan Hnilicka 15 798 47 3.53 9 4 1 2 1
Jamie McLennan 4 239 12 3.00 3 0 1 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Viktor Gordiouk, LA 68 17 44 61 53 - - - - -
Utah 13 4 4 8 6 22 4 6 10 14
Tot 81 21 48 69 59 22 4 6 10 14
Brett Lievers 79 36 27 63 42 20 10 3 13 6
Scott Arniel, Houston 64 18 28 46 94 - - - - -
Utah 14 3 3 6 29 22 10 7 17 28
Totals 78 21 31 52 123 22 10 7 17 28
Marc Rodgers, LV 51 13 16 29 65 - - - - -
Utah 31 6 14 20 51 21 4 4 8 16
Totals 82 19 30 49 116 21 4 4 8 16
Andrei Vasilyev 43 26 20 46 34 22 12 4 16 18
Andy Brickley 36 12 34 46 24 16 6 13 19 8
Jason Herter 74 14 31 45 58 20 4 10 14 8
Danton Cole 34 28 15 43 22 - - - - -
Bob Beers 65 6 36 42 54 22 1 12 13 16
Chris Taylor 50 18 23 41 60 22 5 11 16 26
Victor Ignatjev 73 9 29 38 67 21 3 8 11 22
Jeff Sharples, LV 41 6 14 20 56 - - - - -
Utah 31 2 15 17 18 21 3 10 13 16
Totals 72 8 29 37 74 21 3 10 13 16
Grigori Panteleev 33 11 25 36 18 - - - - -
Micah Aivazoff 59 14 21 35 58 22 3 5 8 33
Niklas Andersson 30 13 22 35 25 - - - - -
Egor Bashkatov 42 14 19 33 30 - - - - -
Alan May, Orlando 4 0 0 0 11 - - - - -
Detroit 17 2 5 7 49 - - - - -
Utah 53 13 12 25 108 14 1 2 3 14
Totals 74 15 17 32 168 14 1 2 3 14
Barry Nieckar 53 9 15 24 194 - - - - -
Mike MacWilliam 53 8 16 24 317 6 0 2 2 53
Robert Dome 56 10 9 19 28 - - - - -
Gord Dineen 82 1 17 18 89 22 0 3 3 14
Andreas Johansson 22 4 13 17 28 12 0 5 5 6
Bob Halkidis, Atl 21 1 7 8 62 - - - - -
Ind 3 0 2 2 8 - - - - -
Utah 27 0 7 7 72 12 1 1 2 36
Totals 51 1 16 17 142 12 1 1 2 36
Milan Tichy 21 1 12 13 26 - - - - -
Chris Marinucci 8 3 5 8 8 - - - - -
Yan Kaminsky 16 3 3 6 8 21 3 5 8 4
Dave Archibald 19 1 4 5 10 - - - - -
Todd Wetzel 11 4 0 4 8 - - - - -
Sean O'Brien 7 2 2 4 12 - - - - -
Todd Copeland 70 1 3 4 82 14 0 2 2 41
Rod Miller 49 2 1 3 61 - - - - -
Frank Kovacs 7 1 2 3 13 - - - - -
Ron Pasco 6 2 0 2 12 - - - - -
Tommy Salo (G) 45 0 2 2 6 22 0 1 1 24
Trevor Halverson 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Colin Ward, Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Utah 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Totals 4 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Oleg Yashin 4 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Brad Miller 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Rick Judson 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Phelps 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Shantz 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Farrell 1 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Kyle Reeves 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Jamey Hicks 3 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Aaron Kriss 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Savchenkov 6 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Jamie McLennan (G) 14 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Mark McArthur (G) 26 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
B 82 10 44
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Totals 291 464 745 1752
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tommy Salo 45 2695 119 2.65 28 15 2 0 4
Mark McArthur 26 1482 77 3.12 12 12 0 2 0
Jamie McLennan 14 728 29 2.39 9 2 2 1 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Chris Taylor 71 27 40 67 24 7 1 2 3 0
Yan Kaminsky 77 28 27 55 18 7 1 4 5 0
Brett Lievers 74 22 26 48 11 7 2 0 2 0
Ray Whitney 43 13 35 48 34 7 3 1 4 6
Jeff Sharples 49 9 26 35 54 7 0 2 2 10
Andrei Vasilyev 56 16 18 34 42 7 4 1 5 0
Gord Dineen 81 5 29 34 62 7 0 3 3 4
Sean O'Brien 50 21 10 31 135 - - - - -
Jim Dowd 48 10 21 31 27 - - - - -
Keith Osborne, San 52 12 13 25 41 - - - - -
Utah 9 3 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 61 15 13 28 45 1 0 0 0 0
Vladimir Orszagh 68 12 15 27 30 3 0 1 1 4
Joby Messier 44 6 20 26 41 7 0 1 1 10
Mick Vukota 43 11 11 22 185 7 1 2 3 20
Jaroslav Modry, Phx 23 3 12 15 17 - - - - -
Utah 11 1 4 5 20 7 0 1 1 6
Tot 34 4 16 20 37 7 0 1 1 6
Daniel Marois, Quebec 7 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
Utah 29 7 9 16 58 - - - - -
Totals 36 8 10 18 70 - - - - -
Chris Marinucci 21 3 13 16 6 - - - - -
Shawn Anderson 31 2 12 14 21 - - - - -
Claude Lapointe 9 7 6 13 14 - - - - -
Craig Fisher 15 6 7 13 4 - - - - -
Ravil Yakubov, FW 6 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
Utah 13 3 8 11 8 7 3 0 3 0
Totals 19 3 10 13 10 7 3 0 3 0
Derek Armstrong 17 4 8 12 10 6 0 4 4 4
Rod Miller 79 0 12 12 111 6 0 1 1 4
Todd Bertuzzi 13 5 5 10 16 - - - - -
Rob Zettler 30 0 10 10 60 - - - - -
Mike Donnelly 14 7 2 9 33 - - - - -
Robert Nordberg 16 3 6 9 12 - - - - -
Nicholas Vachon 33 3 5 8 110 - - - - -
Gary Leeman 15 6 1 7 20 4 0 3 3 4
Jeff Sirkka, KC 5 0 0 0 9 - - - - -
LB 45 3 3 6 44 - - - - -
Utah 6 0 0 0 12 1 0 1 1 0
Totals 56 3 3 6 65 1 0 1 1 0
Rod Aldoff 24 1 4 5 10 - - - - -
Kurt Seher 16 0 5 5 4 - - - - -
Marc Rodgers 5 2 2 4 10 - - - - -
Brent Hughes 5 2 2 4 11 - - - - -
Vladimir Chebaturkin 68 0 4 4 34 - - - - -
Tom Pederson 10 1 2 3 8 7 1 3 4 4
Gord Mark 12 1 2 3 11 - - - - -
Shannon Finn 2 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
Andy Brickley 1 1 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 0
Sylvain Naud 8 1 0 1 4 - - - - -
Bernie John 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Greg Spenrath 2 0 1 1 8 - - - - -
Don Beaupre (G) 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 6
Jacques Mailhot 4 0 1 1 32 - - - - -
Kelly Hurd, GR 4 0 1 1 4 - - - - -
Utah 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Totals 6 0 1 1 4 - - - - -
Marc Hussey 8 0 1 1 6 - - - - -
Mark McArthur (G) 56 0 1 1 20 - - - - -
Glenn Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Belland 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Wayne Muir 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Roger Maxwell 1 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
Jason Courtemanche 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Mears 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Pat Dunn 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Torrel 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Dan Lupo 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Gulutzan 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Dmitri Rodine 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Doug Houda 3 0 0 0 7 - - - - -
Les Kuntar (G), Cleve 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Utah 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Totals 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Peter Zurba 4 0 0 0 37 - - - - -
Chris Winnes 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Boucher 5 0 0 0 17 - - - - -
Tommy Soderstrom (G) 26 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
B 82 10 28
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Totals 259 415 664 1442
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Mark McArthur 56 3111 155 2.99 28 20 6 1 3
Tommy Soderstrom 26 1463 76 3.12 12 11 0 2 0
Don Beaupre 4 238 13 3.27 2 2 0 0 0
Les Kuntar 3 87 1 0.69 1 0 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
9 Kip Miller 72 38 59 97 30 4 3 2 5 10
21 Chris Taylor 79 28 56 84 66 4 0 2 2 6
Mark Lawrence 80 36 28 64 102 4 1 1 2 4
Fred Knipscheer 58 21 32 53 69 2 0 0 0 4
19 Dan Plante 73 22 27 49 125 4 0 2 2 14
Rastislav Pavlikovsky,LV 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
20 Utah 74 17 29 46 54 2 0 0 0 6
Totals 75 17 29 46 54 2 0 0 0 6
18 John LeBlanc 69 25 17 42 16 2 0 0 0 2
8 Jeff Sharples 76 10 28 38 82 4 1 1 2 6
2 Gord Dineen 82 3 34 37 63 4 0 2 2 2
44 Jaroslav Modry 74 12 21 33 72 4 0 2 2 6
11 Niklas Andersson 21 6 20 26 24 4 3 1 4 4
Evgeny Namestnikov 62 6 19 25 48 4 1 0 1 2
12 Greg Spenrath 46 13 11 24 101 4 1 1 2 9
16 Vladimir Orszagh 62 13 10 23 60 4 2 0 2 0
Jan Vopat 38 8 13 21 24 - - - - -
Darcy Loewen, LV 42 4 6 10 117 - - - - -
10 Utah 34 1 7 8 99 4 0 1 1 15
Totals 76 5 13 18 216 4 0 1 1 15
Sean O'Brien 36 3 8 11 77 - - - - -
Brad Miller, San 58 3 6 9 228 - - - - -
5 Utah 9 0 1 1 46 4 0 0 0 8
Totals 67 3 7 10 274 4 0 0 0 8
Tyler Prosofsky 26 2 5 7 65 - - - - -
Rhett Trombley, LV 20 1 0 1 95 - - - - -
26 Utah 47 1 5 6 205 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 67 2 5 7 300 2 0 0 0 2
Jeff Libby 47 1 5 6 25 1 0 0 0 0
6 Bob Needham 24 1 3 4 23 3 0 0 0 2
Jamie Thompson 6 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
Rod Miller 41 1 1 2 55 - - - - -
Craig Lyons 5 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
3 Mark Hilton 12 0 2 2 9 - - - - -
1 Mark McArthur (G) 20 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ryan Tobler 3 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
Alain Savage 4 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Wade Flaherty (G) 24 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Darren Dougan 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Fichaud (G) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Graeme Townshend 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Geoff Bumstead 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Menicci 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Lee Svangstu 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Taj Melson 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Peter Zurba 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Curran 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Jason Welch 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Sylvain Naud 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Carlos Soke 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
15 Daniel Paradis 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Wingfield 3 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
Jason Shmyr 3 0 0 0 7 - - - - -
Lee Schill (G) 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Jim Storm 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Tony Horacek 5 0 0 0 7 - - - - -
Scott LaGrand (G) 7 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
31 Jamie Ram (G) 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Brett Larson 9 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Philippe DeRouville(G) 30 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
B 82 5 14
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Totals 276 448 719 1595
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Philippe DeRouville 30 1524 65 2.56 18 9 1 1 3
Wade Flaherty 24 1341 40 1.79 16 5 3 1 3
Mark McArthur 20 1059 60 3.40 7 7 2 2 0
Jamie Ram 7 398 24 3.61 3 4 0 0 0
Scott LaGrand 7 360 18 3.00 1 1 2 1 0
Lee Schill 4 180 11 3.67 2 1 0 0 1
Eric Fichaud 1 40 3 4.45 0 0 0 0 0
| Denver/Utah Top 5 All-Time
Scorers (1994-98) |
| Player |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| Chris Taylor |
278 |
111 |
167 |
278 |
197 |
| Kip Miller |
143 |
84 |
119 |
203 |
24 |
| Andrei Vasilyev |
173 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
124 |
| Niklas Andersson |
117 |
41 |
81 |
122 |
77 |
| Gord Dineen |
313 |
14 |
107 |
121 |
289 |
Team Records
Most Career Goals Scored: 111, Chris Taylor
Most Career Assists: 167, Chris Taylor
Most Career Points: 278, Chris Taylor
Most Career Penalty Minutes: 535, Mike MacWilliam
Most Career Games Played: 313, Gord Dineen
Most Seasons: 4, Gord Dineen
Most Career Points by a Defenseman: 121, Gord Dineen
Most points in a season: 106, Kip Miller 1994-95
Most Goals in a season: 46, Kip Miller 1994-95
Most assists in a season: 60, Kip Miller 1994-95
Most PIM in a season: 317, Mike MacWilliam 1995-96
Individual Awards
James Norris Memorial Trophy(fewest goal against in regular
season)
Tommy Salo 1994-95
Tommy Salo & Mark McArthur 1995-96
Commissioners' Trophy(Coach of the Year)
Butch Goring 1995 & 1996
IHL Man of the Year(Community Service award)
Mike MacWilliam 1995
Rod Miller 1998
Ken McKenzie Trophy(best American born Rookie)
Chris Marinucci 1995
Brett Lievers 1996
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy(Most Valuable Player)
Tommy Salo 1995
N.R. "Bud" Poile Trophy(Playoff MVP)
Kip Miller 1995
Tommy Salo 1996
Gary F. Longman Memorial Trophy(Rookie of the Year)
Tommy Salo 1995
|
| First Round
Picks |
|
Salt Lake |
Denver/Utah |
|
D Dean Chynoweth
D Kevin Cheveldayoff
LW Dave Chyzowski
C Scott Scissons |
C Scott Scissons
RW Todd Bertuzzi |
| Top
Performers |
|
Chris Taylor
|
Andrei Vasilyev
|
|
Kip Miller
|
|
#68 Ziggy Palffy in Salt Lake
|
Turner Cup Champions 1995
| The first year Denver Grizzlies finished the regular
season with a league leading 57 wins and 120 points. The International Hockey League had an odd playoff format in 1995 where
16 of 17 teams in the league qualified for the post season. The
Grizzlies cruised through the first three rounds dispersing of the
Minnesota Moose, Phoenix Roadrunners and the Milwaukee Admirals. In
fact they only lost 2 games en-route to the finals, both on the
road: one to Phoenix and one to Milwaukee. While Minnesota was an easy
victory, both Phoenix and Milwaukee had respectable records during the
season finishing with 96 and 98 points respectively. Then the odd
playoff quirk reared it's head. The Grizzlies faced the Kansas City
Blades, who finished in last place in the Central Division with 76
points and were the 16th best team to make the playoffs. The Blades
had a much more difficult trail to the finals having defeated the
Detroit Vipers, Peoria Rivermen and Kalamazoo Wings. Kansas City, an
affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, was led by Jan Caloun, Gary Emmons,
J.F. Quintin, Ken Hodge, Claudio Scremin, Dody Wood, Ilya Byakin and
Larry Dyck in goal. They also had young talent like Viktor Kozlov,
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Still, the Blades were no match for the
Grizzlies who were powered by rookie & league MVP goaltender Tommy
Salo who was just imported over to North America by the Islanders
after he led Sweden to a Gold Medal in the 1994 Olympics. Salo missed
a portion of the season with the Islanders but rejoined the Grizzlies
in the second round of the playoffs taking over for Jamie McClennan
who filled in just as good. Kip Miller led the team in scoring with
106 points during the regular season, good for 4th overall in the
league. In the playoffs he was named MVP contributing 15 goals and 29
points in 17 games. Also playing a big role in the Grizzlies
championship run was Chris Taylor, Jeff Madill, Andrei Vasilyev,
Niklas Andersson, Milan Tichy, Andy Brickley, Yan Kaminsky, Victor
Ignatjev and Terry Yake. The Grizzlies lifted the Turner Cup on June
1, 1995.
This
is a great recap of the 1994-95 season
Turner Cup Champions 1996
The Grizzlies moved to another arena and changed
their name to Utah Grizzlies for the 1995-96 season. They didn't equal
their 120 point season of 1994-95 but still reached elite status with
49 wins and 102 points, good for fourth overall in the IHL. Looking to
defend their championship, the Grizzlies faced the Orlando Solar Bears
in the 1996 finals. The Solar Bears, who finished third in the IHL
with 52 wins and 110 points, were predominantly an independent
organization, but they did have a few players loaned to them from the
Dallas Stars. Orlando was led by Craig Fisher, Mark Beaufait, Dave
Barr, Todd Richards, Alfie Turcotte, Duane Joyce, Craig Duncanson,
Mark Ferner, former New York Islander Hubie McDonough and goaltender
Allan Bester. But just as one year earlier with Kansas City the Solar
Bears could not crack the goaltending of Tommy Salo, who was named
Playoff MVP. They didn't have the scoring of Kip Miller to fall on
though as he signed before the season started with the Chicago
Blackhawks. Instead the Grizzlies relied on late season acquisitions
of Viktor Gordiuk and Scott Arniel. Also playing major roles were
Brett Lievers, Andy Brickley, Jason Herter, Bob Beers, Chris Taylor,
Victor Ignatjev, former Capital District Islander Jeff Sharples and
Andrei Vasilyev who scored 12 goals in the playoffs.
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