BOSTON BRUINS HOCKEY SCHEDULE

The Utah Grizzlies were an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League and American Hockey League. They played in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at the E Center.

The Utah Grizzlies, which moved to Utah following their only season in Denver, Colorado shortly after the NHL's Quebec Nordiques announced their relocation to become the Colorado Avalanche, was admitted to the AHL when the IHL folded in 2001. They played their home games in the E Center and the Delta Center.

While in Denver, the Grizzlies won the 1994-1995 Turner Cup, the official Championship of the International Hockey League. After relocating to Salt Lake City, the Utah Grizzlies once again marched to victory in the IHL playoffs. Utah swept the Orlando Solar Bears 4 games to 0 to win the 1995-1996 Turner Cup. The fourth (and final) game of the series was played in the Delta Center; 17,381 fans attended, which set a national record for largest attendance at a minor league hockey game.

The franchise was granted a voluntary suspension for the 2005-2006 season while the owner found a buyer for the AHL franchise. That buyer arrived in May 2006, as the owner of the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert, purchased the franchise to replace the departing Cleveland Barons. On January 25, 2007 it was announced at a press conference that the new Cleveland team will be called the Lake Erie Monsters. The Lake Erie Monsters took the ice for the 2007-08 AHL season.

Jeremy Morin is a Chicago Blackhawks prospect playing with their AHL affiliate Rockford. He'd been injured in the previous night's game and was signing autographs during intermission of the Chicago Wolves-IceHogs game I attended with a Chicago friend (she got a stick signed by players). I didn't meet him; I found this under a seat after the game. (It seems more likely to find stuff left behind at a game if the home team loses, but Rockford won 4-3 in overtime.)

My first hockey autograph of 2010-11. (Actually, I only have one from 2009-10.)

Morin was called up to a couple games with the Blackhawks soon after I posted this...doesn't look like it got it any extra views from searches, though!