Boucher and Bradley star in Utah win over Allen

WEST VALLEY CITY, UT – Trey Bradley and Matthew Boucher each had 1 goal and 2 assists in the Utah Grizzlies 5-1 win over the Allen Americans on Sunday afternoon at Maverik Center.

Utah scored first at Ty Lewis got his first of the season on a Mitch Maxwell pass. Utah led 1-0 after 20 minutes. Allen tied the game as Spencer Asuchak got his 4th of the season 6:08 into the second. Utah took the lead as Cedric Pare got his 9th of the year on a power play goal with 4:30 left in the period. Pare has three goals in the last two games. One minute and 14 seconds later, Ryan Lowney made it a 3-1 game.

Utah got 3rd period insurance goals from Boucher and Bradley as they picked up 3 out of 6 standings points in the weekend series vs Allen. Kevin Carr saved 22 of 23 shots for Utah in the win. Allen’s Justin Kapelmaster saved 27 of 31.

Josh Dickinson had 2 assists in the win. Utah went 1-for-4 on the power play. Utah has a power play goal in each of their last 13 wins.

The Grizzlies are on the road next weekend at Rapid City on March 19th and 20th. Utah returns to Maverik Center for a 4-game series against Tulsa on March 24th and 26th-28th.

3 stars: 1. Trey Bradley (Utah) – 1 goal, 2 assists; 2. Matthew Boucher (Utah) – 1 goal, 2 assists; 3. Cedric Pare (Utah) – 1 goal.

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