From: owner-utah-grizzlies-digest@lists.xmission.com (utah-grizzlies-digest) To: utah-grizzlies-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: utah-grizzlies-digest V1 #100 Reply-To: utah-grizzlies-digest Sender: owner-utah-grizzlies-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-utah-grizzlies-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk utah-grizzlies-digest Tuesday, May 2 2000 Volume 01 : Number 100 [UG] Aeros Just One Win From Taking Off Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! RE: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! [UG] Re: neil Re: [UG] Re: neil Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! [UG] Grizz on verge of elimination ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:27:09 -0500 From: "Romero, Robert" Subject: [UG] Aeros Just One Win From Taking Off Aeros Just One Win From Taking Off Tuesday, May 2, 2000 BY BRETT PRETTYMAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE HOUSTON -- The Utah Grizzlies sat in subdued silence, disbelief, wonder and frustration Monday after losing 3-1 to the Houston Aeros in Game 4 of the IHL's Western Conference semifinals. The favored Grizzlies trail 3-1 in the best-of-seven series and could be eliminated Wednesday in Game 5 at the E Center. After their Game 1 victory last week, the Utah players had remained businesslike: no celebrating, no smiles and no bragging. They must have known what was coming. Houston goalie Frederic Chabot continued his dominance with 22 saves Monday at the Compaq Center. In four playoff games, Utah has scored three total goals. The team averaged 3.23 goals during the regular season. "I thought we would chip in a few more," Utah Coach Bob Bourne said. "But look at Chabot. The shots we took tonight, 99 times out of 100 they would have gone in. He is stopping the big ones." At least, the Grizzlies scored once -- and even led briefly. Ted Crowley slammed in a rebound on a Grizzlies power play 7:44 into the second period. Chabot, the league's regular-season co-MVP, had held the Grizzlies scoreless for 186 minutes and 51 seconds, the equivalent of more than three games. That category is not listed in the IHL playoff guide, but Chabot's performance has to be a record. "He gives the team credit, but in the first eight or nine minutes, they could could have had one or two [goals]," Houston Coach Ron Low said. Crowley's goal broke another streak. The Grizzlies had failed to score on 58 consecutive power-play opportunities. Houston's offense has not exactly been on fire, but the Aeros are used to playing that way. "The bottom line is they are more patient than we have been," Bourne said. "That, and they have been outplaying us." Less than five minutes after Crowley's goal, the Aeros scored a power-play goal of their own. Mark Lamb redirected a shot from the corner off his stick and his leg into the net, restoring the momentum to the home team. Terry Marchant scored anotherpower-play goal for the Aeros midway through the third period. Grizzlies forward Paul Kruse had been called for elbowing Steve Bancroft in retaliation for what he was receiving during the shift. "A bad penalty turned the momentum around," Bourne said. "No one knows that better than the guy who took it. Being emotional, that is part of it. I can't take that away from the team." Kruse knew Bourne was talking about him. "It was inexcusable what I did. I have got to take that one for the team," Kruse said. In his second breath, Kruse questioned the officiating: "I don't know if there is a fine for criticizing the referees. It is hard for me as a physical player. I don't know what they will call and what they will let go." Just before his penalty, Kruse had been punched in the face and knocked on the back of his head, but nothing was called. Utah has had four fewer power-play opportunities than the Aeros during the series. In addition to making the Grizzlies play short-handed, the penalties disrupt the game, which suits the Aeros' grind-it-out style. "The stop and start of it is really hurting us," Bourne said. When Chabot stopped a smart wrist shot from Utah's Jarrod Skalde with 4:25 left, the game was over. Skalde hung his head in disbelief as the Aeros broke the other way and, less than a minute later, Bobby Reynolds beat Rick Tabaracci for the final score. "They won three in row against us and we can win three in a row against them," Bourne said. "We need to find that cockiness we had for a bit, the cockiness every team needs." This is the third straight playoff series the Aeros have led 3-1 over two seasons. Opponents came back to tie them the previous two times. However, Houston won the Turner Cup championship by taking Game 7 in each of those series. Briefly . . . Chabot is not the only hot goalie who played for the Aeros this season. Robert Esche played in seven games for the Aeros. Monday, he started for Team USA in the 2000 World Ice Hockey Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. Esche stopped 44 shots and led the U.S. to a 3-0 victory over heavily favored Russia. . . . Bob McCammon, the IHL's director of hockey operations, decided Skalde's slashing incident on Bancroft in the last minute of Saturday's Game 2 was not worth a suspension. He did fine Utah's regular-season scoring leader an undisclosed amount. "I always calls fines substantial, because any time you lose money it is substantial. It was kind of a nasty situation," McCammon said. "Bancroft got slashed, but then he played on the power play. How bad was he slashed?" McCammon didn't see it worthy of punishment, but questioned why Bancroft visited Skalde at the penalty box when the game ended. GAME SUMMARY Utah -- 0-1-0 - 1 Houston -- 0-1-2 - 3 First Period -- No scoring. Penalties -- Skalde, Utah (interference), 2:58; Kruse, Utah (interference), 7:47; Wilford, Hou. (slashing), 12:37; Tallaire, Utah (elbowing), 17:22; Lambert, Hou. (charging), 18:15; Skalde, Utah (interference), 19:59. Second Period -- 1, Utah, Crowley 1 (Kruse, Zalapski), 7:44 (pp). 2, Houston, Lamb 1 (Bancroft, Wilkie), 12:30 (pp). Penalties - Morgan, Utah (elbowing), 2:43; Swanson, Hou. (obs. holding), 6:31; Tallaire, Utah (roughing), 8:09; Dyck, Hou. (roughing), 8:09; Neaton, Utah (interference), 8:28; Hymovitz, Hou. (roughing), 9:15; Purves, Utah (slashing), 11:56; Reynolds, Hou. (slashing),15:52. Third Period -- 3, Houston, Marchant 1 (Freer, Wilkie), 10:45 (pp). 4, Houston, Reynolds 2 (Williamson, Wilford), 16:43. Penalties -- Kruse, Utah (elbowing), 10:16; Oliver, Hou. (holding), 12:28. Shots on goal -- Utah - 7-11-5 - 23. Houston -7-11-10 - 28. Power-play opportunities -- Utah 1 of 6. Houston 2 of 8. Goalies -- Utah, Tabaracci 1-2 (28 shots, 25 saves). Houston, Chabot 3-1 (23 shots, 22 saves). Referees -- Terry Koharski and Jim Norquay. Linesmen -- Frank Prestigiovanni and Jeff Huber. A - 4,943. © Copyright 2000, The Salt Lake Tribune [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:01:09 -0600 From: "C.Champ" Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! Does anyone know or care to speculate on why Coach Bourne decided to start Tabaracci (who is averaging 2-3 goals against in the playoffs) in last nights game instead of Hirsch who two nights before had a shutout and was only beat in overtime? I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the playoffs. Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. My two cents of confusion. CC Whatcha Gonna Do When Grizzliemania Runs Wild On You?? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Bartkoski To: Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > Arrrgggh is not even the word !!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Brown" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:58 PM > Subject: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > I hate it when they give up a lead!! > > > > Okay, it's crunch time. I know the Grizzlies can win the next 3 games! > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > es) ] > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the es) ] > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:55:00 -0600 From: "Jean Wallace" Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! I have not ever been able to figure out Bourne's goaltender strategy - if = one exists. It seems that he doesn't ever take advantage of the "ride the = hot goalie" theory like we all think he should. I don't profess to know = what's involved, but I can only hope that he's not basing his decisions = about who starts on how he feels when he wakes up in the morning! I = wonder if the reason he didn't start Hirsch last night was that his back = is still giving him problems. I hope he's well soon, if that is the case. = (I am not a Tabaracci fan - I didn't like him when we played against him, = and I don't like him now. I can't deny that he has played one or two = pretty good games for us, but I have yet to see any significant contributio= n in net. Am I alone in this opinion?) Speaking of getting well...when anyone from the Grizz organization reads = this, please make sure Neil Brady knows that we wish him the very best and = can't wait until he's back in playing condition again! We miss him = greatly on the ice!=20 - - JW >>> cchamp@uswest.net 05/02/00 03:01PM >>> Does anyone know or care to speculate on why Coach Bourne decided to start Tabaracci (who is averaging 2-3 goals against in the playoffs) in = last nights game instead of Hirsch who two nights before had a shutout and was only beat in overtime? I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the = playoffs. Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. My = two cents of confusion. CC Whatcha Gonna Do When Grizzliemania Runs Wild On You?? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Bartkoski To: Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > Arrrgggh is not even the word !!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Brown" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:58 PM > Subject: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > I hate it when they give up a lead!! > > > > Okay, it's crunch time. I know the Grizzlies can win the next 3 games! > > _______________________________________________________________________= _ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.co= m=20 > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > es) ] > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the es) ] > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com = ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) = ] [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:01:49 -0600 From: Michael Austin Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! "C.Champ" wrote: > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the playoffs. > The fact that he woke up with Tabby on his mind is what he stated in the radio interview before the game yesterday. > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. > The reason Chabot starts all of Houston's games should be self-explanatory when you consider the league MVP as well as the other option for them. We have a different situation with our goaltenders both being #1 caliber. It all comes down to a gut feeling in our case and maybe Bob chose wrong or maybe we'd have lost with Hirsch anyway. In this case even hindsight isn't 20-20. - -- Austintatious "Keep Your Stick on the Ice" [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:00:18 -0500 From: "Romero, Robert" Subject: RE: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! Yea I know, hindsight isn't 20-20, it's 3-1 !! > ---------- > From: Michael Austin[SMTP:austintatious@worldnet.att.net] > Reply To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 4:01 PM > To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > "C.Champ" wrote: > > > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he > > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was > > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the > playoffs. > > > > The fact that he woke up with Tabby on his mind is what he stated in the > radio > interview before the game yesterday. > > > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. > > > > The reason Chabot starts all of Houston's games should be self-explanatory > when > you consider the league MVP as well as the other option for them. We have > a > different situation with our goaltenders both being #1 caliber. It all > comes > down to a gut feeling in our case and maybe Bob chose wrong or maybe we'd > have > lost with Hirsch anyway. In this case even hindsight isn't 20-20. > > -- > Austintatious > > "Keep Your Stick on the Ice" > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com > ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) > ] > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:38:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Bonic Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! I don't care if we have hasek in goal, scoring 3 goals in 4 games isn't going to win us jack. Which brings me to another thing...when you get outshout every third period (especially when you're losing), what is that telling you. Houston sits back and protects their leads and they still outshoot us. When you're down 2 goals in the third and only muster 4 shots (game 2) and 5 shots (game 4), how are you supposed to win unless you have an incredible shooting percentage. (due to children and mormons, potty words were kept out of my letter of frustration) - --- Michael Austin wrote: > > > "C.Champ" wrote: > > > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had > Tabby on his mind so he > > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything > but I thought it was > > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, > especially in the playoffs. > > > > The fact that he woke up with Tabby on his mind is > what he stated in the radio > interview before the game yesterday. > > > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every > game for Houston. > > > > The reason Chabot starts all of Houston's games > should be self-explanatory when > you consider the league MVP as well as the other > option for them. We have a > different situation with our goaltenders both being > #1 caliber. It all comes > down to a gut feeling in our case and maybe Bob > chose wrong or maybe we'd have > lost with Hirsch anyway. In this case even hindsight > isn't 20-20. > > -- > Austintatious > > "Keep Your Stick on the Ice" > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't > include the quotes) ] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:40:24 -0600 From: Jenny Peterson Subject: [UG] Re: neil I also wish Brady the best for a quick recovery. Was very sad to hear he got hurt so badly... Jean Wallace wrote: > Speaking of getting well...when anyone from the Grizz organization reads this, please make sure Neil Brady knows that we wish him the very best and can't wait until he's back in playing condition again! We miss him greatly on the ice! > > - JW > > >>> cchamp@uswest.net 05/02/00 03:01PM >>> > Does anyone know or care to speculate on why Coach Bourne decided to > start Tabaracci (who is averaging 2-3 goals against in the playoffs) in last > nights game instead of Hirsch who two nights before had a shutout and was > only beat in overtime? > > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the playoffs. > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. My two > cents of confusion. > > CC > Whatcha Gonna Do When Grizzliemania Runs Wild On You?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ted Bartkoski > To: > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:02 PM > Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > Arrrgggh is not even the word !!! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Brown" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:58 PM > > Subject: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > > > > I hate it when they give up a lead!! > > > > > > Okay, it's crunch time. I know the Grizzlies can win the next 3 games! > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > > es) ] > > > > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > es) ] > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 17:09:20 -0600 From: Cyndi Booth Subject: Re: [UG] Re: neil what exactly happened to Neil? That is so sad.. Jenny Peterson wrote: > I also wish Brady the best for a quick recovery. Was very sad to hear he got hurt so badly... > > Jean Wallace wrote: > > > Speaking of getting well...when anyone from the Grizz organization reads this, please make sure Neil Brady knows that we wish him the very best and can't wait until he's back in playing condition again! We miss him greatly on the ice! > > > > - JW > > > > >>> cchamp@uswest.net 05/02/00 03:01PM >>> > > Does anyone know or care to speculate on why Coach Bourne decided to > > start Tabaracci (who is averaging 2-3 goals against in the playoffs) in last > > nights game instead of Hirsch who two nights before had a shutout and was > > only beat in overtime? > > > > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had Tabby on his mind so he > > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything but I thought it was > > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, especially in the playoffs. > > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every game for Houston. My two > > cents of confusion. > > > > CC > > Whatcha Gonna Do When Grizzliemania Runs Wild On You?? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ted Bartkoski > > To: > > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > > Arrrgggh is not even the word !!! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ray Brown" > > > To: > > > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:58 PM > > > Subject: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! > > > > > > > > > > I hate it when they give up a lead!! > > > > > > > > Okay, it's crunch time. I know the Grizzlies can win the next 3 games! > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > > > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > > > es) ] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > > majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the > > es) ] > > > > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 20:51:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Grizzgrl@webtv.net (K Prickett) Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! - --WebTV-Mail-30162-1320 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Jim ~ I couldn't have said it better myself! You wrote exactly what I was thinking. It seems to me a lot of people here are quick to blame the goalies, this time around that is not the case it is the team as a whole. If our guys don't show up & play we will not win any game, period!!!! As Ian stated last night (not exact words)-- When a rookie (Gavin Morgan) in his first IHL playoff game is our best forward, something is not right!-- I am not giving up on The Grizz, I believe the Grizz magic can win us 3 in a row, but they NEED TO SHOW UP & GENERATE THE MAGIC!!!!! Kandi - --WebTV-Mail-30162-1320 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.99) by storefull-245.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 2 May 2000 15:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id E8085E0BA; Tue, 2 May 2000 15:39:13 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: grizzgrl@webtv.net Received: from lists.xmission.com (lists.xmission.com [198.60.22.7]) by mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id C6844E0A3 for ; Tue, 2 May 2000 15:39:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from domo by lists.xmission.com with local (Exim 2.12 #2) id 12mlJa-0003Uj-00 for utah-grizzlies-gooutt@lists.xmission.com; Tue, 2 May 2000 16:38:50 -0600 Received: from [204.71.201.155] (helo=web3306.mail.yahoo.com) by lists.xmission.com with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 12mlJY-0003Ue-00 for utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com; Tue, 2 May 2000 16:38:48 -0600 Message-ID: <20000502223845.21964.qmail@web3306.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [128.110.251.33] by web3306.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 02 May 2000 15:38:45 PDT Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:38:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Bonic Subject: Re: [UG] Houston 3, Utah 1!!! AAAAAaaaaarrrrrgh!!! To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com I don't care if we have hasek in goal, scoring 3 goals in 4 games isn't going to win us jack. Which brings me to another thing...when you get outshout every third period (especially when you're losing), what is that telling you. Houston sits back and protects their leads and they still outshoot us. When you're down 2 goals in the third and only muster 4 shots (game 2) and 5 shots (game 4), how are you supposed to win unless you have an incredible shooting percentage. (due to children and mormons, potty words were kept out of my letter of frustration) - --- Michael Austin wrote: > > > "C.Champ" wrote: > > > I heard rumor that he just woke up and had > Tabby on his mind so he > > decided to start him. I'm not a coach or anything > but I thought it was > > standard practice to start the guy that is hot, > especially in the playoffs. > > > > The fact that he woke up with Tabby on his mind is > what he stated in the radio > interview before the game yesterday. > > > Maybe we should take note on Chabot starting every > game for Houston. > > > > The reason Chabot starts all of Houston's games > should be self-explanatory when > you consider the league MVP as well as the other > option for them. We have a > different situation with our goaltenders both being > #1 caliber. It all comes > down to a gut feeling in our case and maybe Bob > chose wrong or maybe we'd have > lost with Hirsch anyway. In this case even hindsight > isn't 20-20. > > -- > Austintatious > > "Keep Your Stick on the Ice" > > > > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to > majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't > include the quotes) ] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] - --WebTV-Mail-30162-1320-- [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 22:58:44 EDT From: UTRocketMan@aol.com Subject: [UG] Grizz on verge of elimination Grizz on verge of elimination=20 Aeros take 3-1 lead in playoff series with win in Houston By Jody Genessy Deseret News sports writer HOUSTON =E2=80=94 The longest scoreless streak in franchise history ha= s come to=20 an end for the Utah Grizzlies. And that killer of a power-play slump is over= ,=20 too. Hold off the celebration party, though. The same can almost be said=20 for their stay in the playoffs. It only lasted momentarily, but a faint pulse was detected in Utah's=20 near-dead offense. In the second period, defenseman Ted Crowley managed to=20 get the puck past Houston goaltender extraordinaire Frederic Chabot. The rar= e=20 goal =E2=80=94 it was the first in almost 187 hockey minutes =E2=80=94 gave=20= the Grizz an=20 even rarer lead. But =E2=80=94 and this is a Texas-size BUT =E2=80=94 the Aeros took ad= vantage of two=20 silly Utah penalties and moved within one game of wrapping up this second=20 round series by storming off with a 3-1 victory over the Grizz Monday at the= =20 Compaq Center. "They're flat out playing better," said Utah coach Bob Bourne. "We're=20 starting to generate more offense, but we're still being uptight and not=20 playing our game." Utah now has to somehow muster up enough offense to win three in a row= =20 =E2=80=94 Game 5 is Wednesday at the E Center =E2=80=94 or its postseason wi= ll be history.=20 Only four teams in IHL history have ever made such a comeback. "It's not impossible," Bourne said. "They've won three in a row on us.= " It is improbable, however. Unless something amazing happens, Grizz=20 employees can start putting together the year-end wrap-up video now. The=20 playoff offensive highlight segment will be a cinch to do, considering Utah=20 has amassed as many goals (three total) in four games as the Aeros have wins= . Monday's loss came about due to the same old combination that's doomed= =20 the Grizz =E2=80=94 a bumbling offense, unwise penalties and incredible goal= tending=20 by Chabot. Two penalties in particular proved costly. Four minutes after Crowley notched Utah's first power play goal in 59=20 consecutive tries, Utah left winger John Purves was called for slashing.=20 Houston's Mark Lamb made the Grizz pay as he trickled the puck between Utah=20 goalie Rick Tabaracci's skates. Tabaracci was partially screened by another=20 Houston player, but he was upset because the puck hit Lamb's foot after he=20 tapped it toward the goal. The Aeros eventually took the lead on a power play as well after Utah=20 left winger Paul Kruse was sent to the penalty box for elbowing Houston=20 defenseman Steve Bancroft. Terry Marchant then put Houston on top with a=20 rebound goal =E2=80=94 his first score in 32 games =E2=80=94 with 9:15 remai= ning in the=20 contest. Bourne wasn't blaming anybody for the loss because of a penalty. Kruse= ,=20 however, was kicking himself with his skates for having retaliated. "(Lane) Lambert punched me in the face as hard as he could in front of= =20 the ref in the corner, and Bancroft hit me in the head a couple of times, bu= t=20 it's inexcusable what I did," Kruse said. "I've gotta take that for the team= ." Bourne and Kruse each disapproved of the tag-team refereeing job turne= d=20 in by Wes McCauley and Jeff Smith. "I thought it was a real bad call on Kruse, very bad," Bourne said.=20 "This is sour grapes, but they (referees) want to be a part of the game.=20 These guys almost have to justify their jobs." Adding to the frustration for Utah is that Chabot is dominating. Chabo= t=20 recorded 22 saves Monday and has only allowed three goals in four games to a= =20 Utah team that averaged 3.23 goals a game in the regular season. [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ End of utah-grizzlies-digest V1 #100 ************************************ [ To leave the utah-grizzlies-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]