Penner and Company Leads Grizz to 6-4 Win

Penner and Company Leads to Grizz 6-4 Win

West Valley City, Utah – Tyler Penner had 2 goals and 1 assist and Mason Mannek, Brian Bowen and Ben Tardif each had 1 goal and 1 assist in the Utah Grizzlies 6-4 win over the Allen Americans on a Friday night at Maverik Center.

Allen scored 36 seconds into the contest as Chad Costello scored his 16th of the season. Luke Martin scored 5:28 in against Allen goaltender Hayden Lavigne. Martin and Lavigne were college teammates for 4 seasons at the University of Michigan from 2016-2020. Allen retook the lead 8:11 in as Jared Bethune scored is first of two goals on the evening. Mason Mannek scored from the right circle with 55 seconds left in the first to tie the game at 2-2. Tyler Penner gave Utah a lead with 7 seconds left as Utah led 3-2 after 20 minutes of play.

Utah extended the lead as Penner scored his 2nd of the game 2:34 into the second period on a breakaway. The goal came 2 seconds after an Allen power play ended. Bethune scored his 2nd of the game for Allen 7:10 into the second. Brian Bowen scored his 10th of the season 11:53 in to extend Utah’s lead to 5-3. Utah led by 2 after 2 periods. The Grizz are now 16-0 when leading after 2 periods.

Ben Tardif scored 7:43 into the third period to make it a 6-3 game. Chad Costello scored his 2nd of the night for Allen with 12 seconds left in regulation in a 5 on 3 power play to conclude the scoring. Allen went 1 for 7 on the power play while Utah went 0 for 4.

Cole Kehler got the win for Utah in net as he saved 24 of 28 in his home debut. Kehler is now 3-1-0-1 in a Grizzlies uniform. Allen’s Hayden Lavigne saved 26 of 32 in the loss.

Zac Robbins, Mason Mannek and Luke Martin were each a +3 for Utah, who now has won 8 of their last 9 home games and they extend their lead in the Mountain Division as they now have a points percentage of .649 with Tulsa taking over 2nd place with a .561 points percentage. Allen falls from 3rd to 5th place in the division as their points percentage is .532.

Utah is now 3-0 against Allen this season. The Grizz won back-to-back overtime games in Allen earlier in the season on October 30th and 31st.

The middle game of the 3 game weekend series is on Saturday night at 7:10 pm. Tickets are available at utahgrizzlies.com or by calling (801) 988-8000.

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