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Following Friday night's loss to Colorado, the Utah Grizzlies ensured that Saturday night's contest wasn't going to be a repeat.
Playing with grit and determination, Utah responded furiously, defeating the Eagles 5-1 at the Maverik Center in ECHL action..
As the second period winded down, it appeared the Grizzlies were going to head into intermission with a 2-0 advantage. Forward Ryan Hayes changed that in 17 seconds.
At 17:57, Hayes charged down the ice and with an open teammate Barry Almeida waiting in the wings, Hayes kept the puck and lifted it stick side past Colorado goalie Kris Lazaruk for a 3-0 advantge. The arena announcer had barely finished announcing the goal when Hayes followed that up with a slap shot at 18:13 to transform the game into a 4-0 rout.
Starting goaltender Mark Owuya stopped 40 of the 41 shots he faced. In the third, he denied five consecutive shots in a row from point blank range, with a variety of glove, stick and toe saves.
Utah received a break in the first period as an apparent goal by Colorado forward Kyle Kraemer was waved off as the net was dislodged. Then, Utah responded with two goals in the session.
Charles Sarault rippled the back of the net with a blistering shot from the blue line to put the home team ahead 1-0. Then, Barry Almeida blazed down the ice and fed newly acquired Cody Ferriero, who found an open TJ Syner to make it 2-0.
Syner scored his second goal of the night in the third period.
Adrian Veideman scored Colorado's lone goal.
ECHL standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
East GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Manchester 62 36 18 3 5 80 193 181
Adirondack 60 34 20 2 4 74 164 150
Elmira 61 32 25 3 1 68 173 179
Reading 61 30 23 5 3 68 193 170
Norfolk 60 25 30 4 1 55 171 194
North GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Toledo 59 39 15 2 3 83 181 139
Wheeling 59 30 23 2 4 66 181 180
Kalamazoo 59 27 27 4 1 59 182 201
Brampton 58 16 31 7 4 43 145 211
South GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
South Carolina 61 36 18 5 2 79 187 137
Florida 60 38 20 0 2 78 180 142
Atlanta 61 29 25 5 2 65 162 189
Orlando 58 27 23 3 5 62 181 185
Greenville 60 27 26 7 0 61 172 195
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Missouri 59 46 8 3 2 97 200 127
Allen 60 35 20 3 2 75 187 170
Tulsa 58 28 25 3 2 61 150 154
Wichita 60 14 34 6 6 40 125 209
Midwest GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Fort Wayne 59 33 19 5 2 73 197 164
Cincinnati 59 32 21 3 3 70 182 161
Quad City 59 28 25 4 2 62 161 174
Indy 61 27 31 3 0 57 145 166
Evansville 59 24 27 6 2 56 173 198
West GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Idaho 62 34 21 5 2 75 175 158
Utah 62 33 24 3 2 71 193 180
Colorado 59 32 24 2 1 67 184 155
Rapid City 60 24 30 3 3 54 142 176
Alaska 60 22 31 4 3 51 161 195
Saturday's games
Reading 7, Manchester 4
Florida 5, Greenville 2
South Carolina 3, Atlanta 1
Toledo 2, Norfolk 1, OT
Quad City 3, Cincinnati 2
Wheeling 4, Kalamazoo 2
Allen 6, Wichita 3
Evansville 6, Indy 2
Utah 5, Colorado 1
Idaho 3, Rapid City 0
Fort Wayne at Alaska, late