WICHITA, KS – The Utah Grizzlies fall to the Wichita Thunder 4-3 on Saturday night as Peter Crinella scored the deciding goal with 4:53 left in regulation as the Grizzlies end the 6-game road trip.
Josh Dickinson got Utah on the board 12:23 into the game with a power play goal. Utah went 2-for-4 on the power play. Utah led 1-0, outshooting Wichita 13 to 7 in the first.
The Thunder tied the game with a shorthanded goal by Beau Starrett 4:41 into the second. The Grizzlies retook the lead as Miles Gendron scored eight seconds into a power play. Fifty-two seconds, later Hunter Skinner gave Utah a 3-1 lead as he scored from a tricky angle for his 7th of the season. Thunder forward Anthony Beauregard scored with 1:58 left in the period. Both teams scored twice in the second period as Utah led 3-2.
The Thunder tied the game 7:49 into the third period when Brayden Watts scored his 2nd of the year. Crinella gave the Thunder a lead on a rebound off a Starrett shot. Wichita outshot Utah 34 to 31. Utah goaltender Kevin Carr saved 30 of 34 and Wichita’s Evan Weninger saved 28 of 31.
The Grizzlies return to Maverik Center for a big 3-game series against the Allen Americans on March 12th and 13th at 7:10 pm and March 14th at 1:10 pm.
3 stars: 1. Peter Crinella (Wichita) – GWG. 4 shots; 2. Beau Starrett (Wichita) – 1 goal, 1 assist; 3. Brayden Watts (Wichita) – 1 goal.
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