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The Utah Grizzlies were an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League (IHL) and American Hockey League (AHL). They played in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City, Utah, USA at the E Center. ==History== The original Utah Grizzlies moved to Utah in 1995 after one IHL season in Denver, Colorado after the NHL's Quebec Nordiques relocated to become the Colorado Avalanche. The Grizzlies were admitted to the AHL in 2001 after the IHL folded. They played their home games in the Delta Center until the E Center was built a couple seasons after their arrival in Salt Lake. While in Denver, the Grizzlies won the 1994–95 Turner Cup, the official championship of the IHL. After relocating to the Salt Lake City area, 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 1995–96 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.〔("Orlando Ousted in OT" (Orlando Sentinel) )〕 The franchise was granted a voluntary suspension for the 2005–06 season and on May 16, 2006 the franchise was sold to an ownership group from Cleveland, Ohio led by Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team and Quicken Loans. After the suspension of the IHL/AHL Grizzlies, a new ownership group purchased the Utah Grizzlies identity and resurrected a team of the same name in the ECHL that started playing in the 2005-06 season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Utah Grizzlies (1995–2005)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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