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.

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Franchise history

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.

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''

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

Current roster

As of September 2, 2009. Numbers taken from ECHL website. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		align=left	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
1		Dov Grumet-Morris	L	Feb. 28 1982	Evanston, Illinois
47		Mike Mole	R	Oct. 12, 1982	Moncton, New Brunswick
52		Robert Gherson ?	L	Oct. 8, 1983	Toronto, Ontario
30		Parker van Buskirk	L	Mar. 26, 1988	Windsor, Ontario

Defensemen
#		align=left	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
8		Jordan Hart – A	R	Feb. 18, 1983	Huntington, New York
—		Tyler Wooddisse	R	Apr. 24, 1985	Brampton, Ontario
10		Mark Lutz	R	Sep. 13, 1983	Stevens Point, Wisconsin
12		Chris Clark	R	June 10, 1987	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15		Andy Sertich § – A	L	May 6, 1983	Coleraine, Minnesota
21		Evan Stoflet	R	May 16, 1984	Madison, Wisconsin
25		Chris Brooks	R	June 2, 1982	New York, New York
—		James Sanford (Suspended )	L	June 18, 1984	Moncton, New Brunswick
27		Tim Maxwell	L	Nov. 12, 1984	Sherwood Park, Alberta
28		Will Bodine	L	Dec. 12, 1981	North Massapequa, New York
36		Brett Beauchamp	L	Feb. 6, 1986	Montreal, Quebec
42		Slavomir Tomko	R	Mar. 28, 1983	Zvolen, Slovakia

Forwards
#		align=left	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
9		Ryan Kinasewich – C	LW	L	Aug. 20, 1983	St. Albert, Alberta
13		Bo Cheesman	RW	R	June 1, 1981	Guildford, England
14		Tom May	F	R	Apr. 24, 1985	Eagan, Minnesota
16		Nathan Gillies	RW	R	Oct. 31, 1980	Cambridge, Ontario
—		Peder Skinner	C	L	June 11, 1986	Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland
17		Dale Reinhardt	F	L	Mar. 2, 1986	Livingston, New Jersey
18		James Sixsmith	LW	L	Mar. 26, 1984	Alexandria, Virginia
19		Mark Pavli	F	R	Aug. 16, 1984	Sarnia, Ontario
22		Todd Miller	F	R	May 28, 1974	Elliot Lake, Ontario
23		Kyle Paige	LW	L	June 14, 1988	Richmond Hill, Ontario
24		Scott Thauwald	LW	L	Oct. 26, 1984	Rochester, Minnesota
32		Tim Verbeek – A	RW	L	Oct. 5, 1979	Sarnia, Ontario
37		James Brannigan	RW	R	Oct. 20, 1984	Brooklyn, New York
44		Dan McDonald	LW	L	Feb. 15, 1984	New Liskeard, Ontario
71		Vladimir Nikiforov §	RW	L	Oct. 7, 1987	Hauppauge, New York
96		Greg McCauley	C	L	Jan. 6, 1982	Collingwood, Ontario

Staff
Title	align=left	Staff member
Head coach	Kevin Colley
Assistant coach	vacant
Trainer	Mike Plandowski
Equipment manager	Mike Xuereb

§ - assigned by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
? - on loan from the Chicago Wolves (AHL)
€ - signed as emergency backup goaltender
? - signed Amateur Tryout Contract (ATO)


signed for 2009—10 season

Captains

Captain - Ryan Kinasewich
Alternates (Home ) - Mike Walsh (Grand Rapids)
Alternates (Road ) - Andy Sertich & Tim Verbeek

Notes

1. Utah Grizzlies 2008–09 regular season roster