Rochester 2

Philadelphia=20 3

Philadelphia wins series 2-0

Manitoba 3

Worcester 2 in OT

Manitoba wins series 2-1.

Providence 1

St. John's = 4

St. John's wins series 2-0.

Cincinnati 2

Chicago 3

Chicago wins series 2-1.

Utah 0

Houston=20 4

Houston leads series 1-0.

(NICE!)

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- ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1E19F.EA8DDD60-- [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:48:39 -0600 From: "Ray B." Subject: Re: [UG] Playoffs April 11 I think my whole office's graveyard shift heard me when I started cussing last night after I looked up the score (I was sleeping during the game). I don't know what's up with the team. Is it that they don't want the cup, or are they just not up to it, or what? I'll cheer them on all the way, I'm not going to be a fair-weather fan, but man, it's getting frustrating sometimes. >From: "Angie Reece" >Reply-To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com >To: "grizz" , "grizz2" > >Subject: [UG] Playoffs April 11 >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:29:09 -0600 > >Rochester 2 > Philadelphia 3 > Philadelphia wins series 2-0 > > Manitoba 3 > Worcester 2 in OT > Manitoba wins series 2-1. > > Providence 1 > St. John's 4 > St. John's wins series 2-0. > > Cincinnati 2 > Chicago 3 > Chicago wins series 2-1. > > Utah 0 > Houston 4 > >Houston leads series 1-0. >(NICE!) > > >---------------------------------------------------- >The Den >http://gogrizz.8m.com >For the latest Grizzlies playoff info! _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. 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 quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:02:22 -0600 From: "Ted Bartkoski" Subject: Re: [UG] Playoffs April 11 I think they want it, but it might not be bad enough or they relied on flats to cover there butt's and they found themselves in a while (like usual) that they could not get out of. Personally I think they are watching Goring/Bourne films from the past. Somebody ought to put a little gunpowder in there meal before they play. make them a little meaner ! AND GET THAT CUP !!!!!!!!!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray B." To: Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [UG] Playoffs April 11 > I think my whole office's graveyard shift heard me when I started cussing > last night after I looked up the score (I was sleeping during the game). I > don't know what's up with the team. Is it that they don't want the cup, or > are they just not up to it, or what? I'll cheer them on all the way, I'm not > going to be a fair-weather fan, but man, it's getting frustrating sometimes. > > > >From: "Angie Reece" > >Reply-To: utah-grizzlies@lists.xmission.com > >To: "grizz" , "grizz2" > > > >Subject: [UG] Playoffs April 11 > >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:29:09 -0600 > > > >Rochester 2 > > Philadelphia 3 > > Philadelphia wins series 2-0 > > > > Manitoba 3 > > Worcester 2 in OT > > Manitoba wins series 2-1. > > > > Providence 1 > > St. John's 4 > > St. John's wins series 2-0. > > > > Cincinnati 2 > > Chicago 3 > > Chicago wins series 2-1. > > > > Utah 0 > > Houston 4 > > > >Houston leads series 1-0. > >(NICE!) > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------- > >The Den > >http://gogrizz.8m.com > >For the latest Grizzlies playoff info! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > 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 quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:39:34 -0500 From: "Romero, Robert" Subject: [UG] Grizzlies Shut Out By Aeros Grizzlies Shut Out By Aeros Friday, April 12, 2002 BY BRETT PRETTYMAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Game 1 AEROS 4, GRIZZ 0 HOUSTON -- Utah Grizzlies coach Don Hay could not wait for the Western Conference quarterfinals against the Houston Aeros to start Thursday. He kept saying how it felt like Christmas morning. But the biggest present wrapped in the brightest paper turned out to be the pink bunny outfit that he would be forced to wear at least once. The Aeros beat Utah 4-0 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series, with Game 2 scheduled Saturday at the Compaq Center. When goalie Wade Flaherty rejoined the team from Florida of the NHL, just in time for the morning practice Thursday, there was an obvious sense of relief in the Utah locker room. Perhaps too much relief. "It is never a bad thing when your top player comes back to the lineup," Hay said. "But you don't want anybody to relax because of it. Maybe a couple of guys did." The series started in the worst possible way when rookie Cory Larose picked up an errant puck at the Houston blue line and skated unchallenged to beat Flaherty through the legs eight minutes into the game -- with the Aeros skating short-handed. The backbreaker came at the game's midpoint, when Flaherty attempted to clear a puck from in front of the net but hit Larose in the chest. The puck dropped to the ice and Larose made an effort for it, then the puck fooled the Utah goalie and rolled across the goal line. "He kind of made a goalie save with his shoulder," Flaherty said. "I pretty much gave them that goal, and it gave them a lot of momentum." On the other end of the ice, Houston goalie Jamie McLennan made 30 saves for his first playoff shutout since getting the Grizzlies, then playing in Denver, off to a great start to the 1995 IHL playoffs with a 6-0 win over Minnesota. McLennan split time with Tommy Salo that year, and the Grizzlies went on to claim the Turner Cup championship. McLennan is not the first Houston goalie to blank Utah in the playoffs. Frederic Chabot did it twice in Utah's last playoff series in 2000. The Grizzlies appeared to dominate long stretches of the game in each period. But McLennan refused to give anything up. "It is tough for a team to gain momentum when things are going well in their end and then the other team comes down and scores," said Flaherty, who was in Atlanta with the Panthers on Wednesday night. Utah came closest to beating McLennan when defenseman Andre Lakos hit the post 8:30 into the third period. The puck appeared to cross the goal line, but the red light never came on and the referee let play continue. "We had some lucky bounces; that was one of them," McLennan said. Despite being two games away from elimination, the Grizzlies remain confident they can pull out the series. "We need to regroup, make some adjustments and get on the scoreboard and go from there," Hay said. bpretty@sltrib.com [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:16:02 -0400 From: JonRags@aol.com Subject: [UG] Grizzlies contact info Does anybody have a phone number or e-mail address (prefer e-mail) to contact the front office or can anybody send me in the right direction? [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:25:18 -0600 From: "Ted Bartkoski" Subject: Re: [UG] Grizzlies contact info 988-8000 - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: [UG] Grizzlies contact info > Does anybody have a phone number or e-mail address (prefer e-mail) to contact the front office or can anybody send me in the right direction? > > [ 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: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:34:48 -0400 From: JonRags@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: [UG] Grizzlies contact info Area code? I'm in Oregon. In a message dated Fri, 12 Apr 2002 6:26:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Ted Bartkoski" writes: >988-8000 >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:16 PM >Subject: [UG] Grizzlies contact info > > >> Does anybody have a phone number or e-mail address (prefer e-mail) to >contact the front office or can anybody send me in the right direction? >> >> [ 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: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:38:31 -0600 From: "Ted Bartkoski" Subject: Re: Re: [UG] Grizzlies contact info sorry 801 - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Re: [UG] Grizzlies contact info > Area code? I'm in Oregon. > > In a message dated Fri, 12 Apr 2002 6:26:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Ted Bartkoski" writes: > > >988-8000 > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: > >To: > >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:16 PM > >Subject: [UG] Grizzlies contact info > > > > > >> Does anybody have a phone number or e-mail address (prefer e-mail) to > >contact the front office or can anybody send me in the right direction? > >> > >> [ 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 es) ] > [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 00:47:45 +0000 From: hckygirl@att.net Subject: [UG] Playoffs April 12 Hershey 1 Norfolk 4 Norfolk leads 1-0. (Best of 5) - -- Check out the latest Grizz info!!! http://gogrizz.8m.com [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:39:27 EDT From: UTRocketMan@aol.com Subject: [UG] Grizzlies playoff series tied up - --part1_d7.160e0d38.29eaee9f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Grizzlies playoff series tied up By Patrick Kavanaugh=20 Deseret News special =C2=A0 HOUSTON =E2=80=94 Pure playoff hockey. That's what the Aeros and Grizzlies d= elivered=20 Saturday night in Houston. The 4,924 fans on hand saw the two teams scratch,= =20 claw and fight for the victory for 67 minutes and 34 seconds before Niko=20 Kapanen ended it at 7:34 into overtime when he tipped a shot from Mark Wotto= n=20 past Jamie McLennan for a 3-2 Grizzlies win. The victory knotted the=20 best-of-five series at a win apiece and sent the Grizzlies home with a chanc= e=20 to win the series at the E Center. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The first two periods were a continuation of Game 1 as=20= the teams probed=20 each other's defenses, but Jamie MacLennan and Wade Flaherty were there to=20 clean up the few mistakes. Unlike Thursday, though, the Grizzlies picked up=20 the physical play and seemed determined to make a statement that they would=20 not be deterred by Houston's physical tactics, "I'm really happy with the wa= y=20 we responded," said Grizzlies coach Don Hay. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We had to pick up our performance, and we did that in=20= the first=20 period," Hay said. "We really worked hard and it paid off." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Despite the added effort it wasn't over until the Grizz= lies had allowed=20 the Aeros' Jamie McLennan to post 102 minutes of shutout hockey. After=20 winning the faceoff in the Aeros zone, Ryan Jardine let loose with a wrist=20 shot from the right circle that snuck inside the near post at 2:31 of the=20 third period to give Utah its first lead of the series. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Grizzlies added what turned out to be a crucial sec= ond goal at 6:45=20 of the third after MacLennan and Lawrence Nycholat tied each other up behind= =20 the Houston net, allowing Niko Kapanen to center the pass to Barrett Heisten= =20 in front. Heisten buried the shot over a diving MacLennan. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 After the Game 1 loss, the Grizzlies had spoken of the=20= need to get more=20 people in front of the Aeros net and on the puck in the Aeros' zone, and the= =20 two goals were a direct result of that effort. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "There was more will and determination in our game," sa= id Hay.=20 "Playoffs are all about being team. All of our guys responded and played=20 better. We had a few key players who needed to pick up their game, and they=20 responded." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 For all of the lessons about effort in front of the net= , the Aeros knew=20 it as well and, down 2-0 midway through the third, managed to claw back with= =20 just such effort. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 At 10:40 of the final period, Flaherty saved Tony Virta= 's initial shot=20 and Mark Beaufait couldn't get the rebound into the open net but managed to=20 control the puck behind the net and centered it back to Virta in front. It=20 took Virta two whacks at the puck to beat Flaherty to cut the lead to 2-1. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 With time winding down, the Aeros sent the game to over= time with=20 another scramble goal. Virta again started the play and created a scrum=20 around the Utah net. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Virta backhanded the puck in front, where Greg Hawgood=20= was tied up with=20 Curtis Murphy. Murphy was falling down backward as he reached out and tipped= =20 the puck past Flaherty. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We had a scramble in front when (Morgan) lost his stic= k," said=20 Hawgood. "We got on the wrong side of him, and as I was pulling him down, he= =20 managed to get his stick to it." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Now the Grizzlies head back to West Valley City, where=20= a best-of-three=20 series awaits the Grizzlies. However, with the teams as close as they are,=20 neither team thinks that the home ice is more than a small advantage. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I think both teams are so close that they are both rea= dy to come out=20 and do battle each night, "said Hay. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Game 3 is scheduled for Tuesday night at the E-Center.=20= Faceoff is at 7=20 p.m. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20 =20 - --part1_d7.160e0d38.29eaee9f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Grizzlies playoff series tied=20= up
By Patrick Kavanaugh
Deseret News special =C2=A0

HOUSTON =E2=80=94 Pure playoff hockey. That's what the Aeros and Grizzli= es delivered Saturday night in Houston. The 4,924 fans on hand saw the two t= eams scratch, claw and fight for the victory for 67 minutes and 34 seconds b= efore Niko Kapanen ended it at 7:34 into overtime when he tipped a shot from= Mark Wotton past Jamie McLennan for a 3-2 Grizzlies win. The victory knotte= d the best-of-five series at a win apiece and sent the Grizzlies home with a= chance to win the series at the E Center.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The first two periods were a continuation of Game 1= as the teams probed each other's defenses, but Jamie MacLennan and Wade Fla= herty were there to clean up the few mistakes. Unlike Thursday, though, the=20= Grizzlies picked up the physical play and seemed determined to make a statem= ent that they would not be deterred by Houston's physical tactics, "I'm real= ly happy with the way we responded," said Grizzlies coach Don Hay.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We had to pick up our performance, and we did that= in the first period," Hay said. "We really worked hard and it paid off."
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Despite the added effort it wasn't over until the G= rizzlies had allowed the Aeros' Jamie McLennan to post 102 minutes of shutou= t hockey. After winning the faceoff in the Aeros zone, Ryan Jardine let loos= e with a wrist shot from the right circle that snuck inside the near post at= 2:31 of the third period to give Utah its first lead of the series.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Grizzlies added what turned out to be a crucial= second goal at 6:45 of the third after MacLennan and Lawrence Nycholat tied= each other up behind the Houston net, allowing Niko Kapanen to center the p= ass to Barrett Heisten in front. Heisten buried the shot over a diving MacLe= nnan.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 After the Game 1 loss, the Grizzlies had spoken of=20= the need to get more people in front of the Aeros net and on the puck in the= Aeros' zone, and the two goals were a direct result of that effort.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "There was more will and determination in our game,= " said Hay. "Playoffs are all about being team. All of our guys responded an= d played better. We had a few key players who needed to pick up their game,=20= and they responded."
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 For all of the lessons about effort in front of the= net, the Aeros knew it as well and, down 2-0 midway through the third, mana= ged to claw back with just such effort.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 At 10:40 of the final period, Flaherty saved Tony V= irta's initial shot and Mark Beaufait couldn't get the rebound into the open= net but managed to control the puck behind the net and centered it back to=20= Virta in front. It took Virta two whacks at the puck to beat Flaherty to cut= the lead to 2-1.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 With time winding down, the Aeros sent the game to=20= overtime with another scramble goal. Virta again started the play and create= d a scrum around the Utah net.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Virta backhanded the puck in front, where Greg Hawg= ood was tied up with Curtis Murphy. Murphy was falling down backward as he r= eached out and tipped the puck past Flaherty.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We had a scramble in front when (Morgan) lost his=20= stick," said Hawgood. "We got on the wrong side of him, and as I was pulling= him down, he managed to get his stick to it."
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Now the Grizzlies head back to West Valley City, wh= ere a best-of-three series awaits the Grizzlies. However, with the teams as=20= close as they are, neither team thinks that the home ice is more than a smal= l advantage.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I think both teams are so close that they are both= ready to come out and do battle each night, "said Hay.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Game 3 is scheduled for Tuesday night at the E-Cent= er. Faceoff is at 7 p.m. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20

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- --part1_d7.160e0d38.29eaee9f_boundary-- [ To quit the utah-grizzlies mailing list, send to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ the command "unsubscribe utah-grizzlies" (don't include the quotes) ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:43:36 EDT From: UTRocketMan@aol.com Subject: [UG] Grizzlies' OT goal evens series - --part1_c6.9ecfd42.29eaef98_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Grizzlies' OT goal evens series Kapanen deflates Aeros; McLennan loses playoff shutout string By SCOTT KAISER Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Before Game 2 of the AHL Western Conference quarterfinals, Utah coach Don Hay implored his troops to put more pressure on Aeros goaltender Jamie McLennan in front of the goal. His plea was answered. Niko Kapanen tipped Mark Wotton's shot past McLennan at 7:34 of overtime to lift the Grizzlies to a 3-2 victory at Compaq Center on Saturday night. The win evens this best-of-five series at 1, with Game 3 in West Valley City, Utah, on Tuesday. Kapanen's game-winner was the second goal that was tipped past McLennan, who had a playoff shutout streak of five periods snapped early in the third period. "That's something we're well aware of," said Aeros coach Todd McLellan of the Grizzlies' strategy of smothering McLennan. "If you look at most of the goals we've scored, they've come from the crease, so whoever wins that battle in the paint probably's going to win the series." The loss was bitter for the Aeros, who battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period. Now they have to win at least one game in Utah to have a chance to advance to the conference semifinals. "It was a tough one to swallow, but we knew it was going to be a long series because they're a good team," Aeros forward Shawn Carter said. "We knew the importance of this game because we knew (Thursday night's) win didn't mean much if we didn't win tonight. But we're a pretty good road team, so hopefully we can go up there and play hard like we did and see what the outcome is." One thing that was no surprise was that Grizzlies goalie Wade Flaherty was back in form, saving 38 of 40 shots after allowing four goals in Game 1. "Wade Flaherty's a pretty darn good goaltender, and we saw that tonight," McLellan said. "He's going to give his team an opportunity to win every night." McLennan's shutout streak ended at 102:31 when the Grizzlies scored early in the third. Jim Montgomery won a faceoff to a wide-open Greg Hawgood, who had time to put a shot on net that Ryan Jardine tipped over McLennan into the goal. The Grizzlies looked like they were in control four minutes later as they took a 2-0 lead. The goal came after McLennan and defenseman Lawrence Nycholat collided behind the net, allowing Kapanen to center a pass in front to a wide-open Barrett Heisten for the easy goal. "On the first goal, we miss an assignment on a faceoff, and that proved to be costly. And the second one was a bit of a gift on some miscommunication," McLellan said. The Aeros cut their deficit in half with 9:30 left. A streaking Tony Virta set up the scoring play when he used his stick to keep a Grizzlies defender from playing the puck, then put a wrist shot on net that Flaherty knocked down. Mark Beaufait fanned on the rebound but chased down the puck and threw it back out front to Virta, who lifted it over a sprawling Flaherty for the goal. The Virta-Beaufait-Curtis Murphy line, thrown together at the start of the third period, tied it with 1:46 remaining. The Aeros got a break when Gavin Morgan lost his stick, allowing the Aeros to keep the puck deep in the Grizzlies' zone. The puck wound up behind the Grizzlies' goal, and Morgan tried to dive on it but missed, and Virta centered the puck into the crease. There was Murphy, who, while falling to the ice from being checked by Hawgood and another Grizzlies player, managed to swipe at the puck and knock it past Flaherty. In overtime, the Aeros had a great chance two minutes in, but Murphy lifted a rebound past a fallen Flaherty over the crossbar and into the stands. "We have to keep our heads up," McLellan said. "We battled pretty hard and came back from a two-nothing deficit, and we had our opportunities to put the game away. We have to stick our noses in there and bear down and make sure the puck's going in the net rather than over or by (Flaherty)." - --part1_c6.9ecfd42.29eaef98_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Grizzlies' OT goal evens series
Kapanen deflates Aeros; McLennan loses playoff shutout string

By SCOTT KAISER
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle

Before Game 2 of the AHL Western Conference quarterfinals, Utah coach Don Hay implored his troops to put more pressure on Aeros goaltender Jamie McLennan in front of the goal. His plea was answered. Niko Kapanen tipped Mark Wotton's shot past McLennan at 7:34 of overtime to lift the Grizzlies to a 3-2 victory at Compaq Center on Saturday night. The win evens this best-of-five series at 1, with Game 3 in West Valley City, Utah, on Tuesday. Kapanen's game-winner was the second goal that was tipped past McLennan, who had a playoff shutout streak of five periods snapped early in the third period. "That's something we're well aware of," said Aeros coach Todd McLellan of the Grizzlies' strategy of smothering McLennan. "If you look at most of the goals we've scored, they've come from the crease, so whoever wins that battle in the paint probably's going to win the series." The loss was bitter for the Aeros, who battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period. Now they have to win at least one game in Utah to have a chance to advance to the conference semifinals. "It was a tough one to swallow, but we knew it was going to be a long series because they're a good team," Aeros forward Shawn Carter said. "We knew the importance of this game because we knew (Thursday night's) win didn't mean much if we didn't win tonight. But we're a pretty good road team, so hopefully we can go up there and play hard like we did and see what the outcome is." One thing that was no surprise was that Grizzlies goalie Wade Flaherty was back in form, saving 38 of 40 shots after allowing four goals in Game 1. "Wade Flaherty's a pretty darn good goaltender, and we saw that tonight," McLellan said. "He's going to give his team an opportunity to win every night." McLennan's shutout streak ended at 102:31 when the Grizzlies scored early in the third. Jim Montgomery won a faceoff to a wide-open Greg Hawgood, who had time to put a shot on net that Ryan Jardine tipped over McLennan into the goal. The Grizzlies looked like they were in control four minutes later as they took a 2-0 lead. The goal came after McLennan and defenseman Lawrence Nycholat collided behind the net, allowing Kapanen to center a pass in front to a wide-open Barrett Heisten for the easy goal. "On the first goal, we miss an assignment on a faceoff, and that proved to be costly. And the second one was a bit of a gift on some miscommunication," McLellan said. The Aeros cut their deficit in half with 9:30 left. A streaking Tony Virta set up the scoring play when he used his stick to keep a Grizzlies defender from playing the puck, then put a wrist shot on net that Flaherty knocked down. Mark Beaufait fanned on the rebound but chased down the puck and threw it back out front to Virta, who lifted it over a sprawling Flaherty for the goal. The Virta-Beaufait-Curtis Murphy line, thrown together at the start of the third period, tied it with 1:46 remaining. The Aeros got a break when Gavin Morgan lost his stick, allowing the Aeros to keep the puck deep in the Grizzlies' zone. The puck wound up behind the Grizzlies' goal, and Morgan tried to dive on it but missed, and Virta centered the puck into the crease. There was Murphy, who, while falling to the ice from being checked by Hawgood and another Grizzlies player, managed to swipe at the puck and knock it past Flaherty. In overtime, the Aeros had a great chance two minutes in, but Murphy lifted a rebound past a fallen Flaherty over the crossbar and into the stands. "We have to keep our heads up," McLellan said. "We battled pretty hard and came back from a two-nothing deficit, and we had our opportunities to put the game away. We have to stick our noses in there and bear down and make sure the puck's going in the net rather than over or by (Flaherty)."

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