The Grizzlies were wearing specialty jersey’s with names of fallen officers and firefighters on the jersey’s. The jersey’s were auctioned off after the game. It was nice to see an anonymous donor purchased the jersey’s that had sentimental value for the Romrell family, Burchett family and the Johnson family.
Both teams goaltenders and defensive units dominated the first period as Tulsa’s Evan Fitzpatrick and Utah’s Joe Cannata each made some key saves to keep the game scoreless. Tulsa outshot Utah 15 to 11 in the first period.
The Grizzlies got on the board as Jake Marchment scores his 10th of the season on an unassisted breakaway 6:34 into the second period. Less than 2 minutes later Jack Walker scores to make it a 2-0 game. Both teams took 9 shots on goal in the second period.
Mike Economos added to the Grizzlies lead as he scored 10:23 into the third period with Gage Ausmus and Nolan De Jong getting the assists. Tulsa’s only goal of the game was scored by Charlie Sampair on the power play. Tulsa had 6 power play goals in the 3 game series, where the Oilers won the first 2 games of the series at Maverik Center.
Jake Marchment ended the scoring with an empty net goal with 41 seconds left. It was Marchment’s 2nd of the game.
The annual Guns N Hoses night at Maverik Center attracted 10,529 fans at Maverik Center as it was the third straight year that the Tulsa Oilers were the opponent on Guns N Hoses night. It was the largest crowd of the season at Maverik Center.
The Grizzlies 4 game homestand ends on Monday, January 21st at Maverik Center at 1:00 pm against the Idaho Steelheads.
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