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Regular Season
Western Conference
SOUTHWEST
GP
W L
T GF
GA P
Las
Vegas Thunder 82 57 17 8 380 249 122
Utah
Grizzlies 82 49 29 4 291 232 102
San
Francisco Spiders 82 40 32 10 278 283 90
Phoenix
Roadrunners 82 36 35 11 267 281 83
Los
Angeles Ice Dogs 82 32 36 14 305 336 78
1995-96 Individual Player Statistics
Las Vegas Thunder led the IHL in:
GOALS Las Vegas 380
ASSISTS Las Vegas 626
Penalty Minutes Las Vegas 2590
10-MinuteMisconducts Las Vegas 46
Game Misconducts Las Vegas 30
Shorthanded Goals Scored Las Vegas 37
FOUR GOAL GAMES
1. Sergei Zholtok Thunder vs Minnesota Moose 11-3 February 23, 1996
HAT TRICKS
1. Ken Quinney Thunder vs Los Angeles Ice Dogs 9-4 October 6, 1995
2. Ken Quinney, Thunder vs Cleveland LumberJacks 11-5 October 24, 1995
3. Daniel Shank, Thunder vs Atlanta Knight 8-5 November 7, 1995
4. Grigori Panteleyev, Thunder vs Los Angeles Ice Dogs 9-2 February 27, 1996
5. Bill Bowler, Thunder vs Chicago Wolves 13-6 March 15, 1996
6. Ken Quinney, Thunder vs Chicago Wolves 13-6 March 15, 1996
7. Sergei Zholtok, Thunder vs Minnesota Moose 5-4 March 24, 1996
8. Sergei Zholtok, Thunder vs Peoria Riverman 6-4 April 6, 1996
9. Bill Bowler, Thunder vs Milwaukke Admirals 7-2 April 12, 1996
HAT TRICKS-Playoffs
1. Patrice Lefebvre, Thunder vs Chicago Wolves 6-2 May 4, 1996
1995-96-IHL Playoffs
Playoffs
Round One Series A
April 17, 1996
Game One
| Phoenix RoadRunners | ? | ? | ? | -- | 4 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | ? | ? | ? | -- | 5 |
Las Vegas Thunder leads Series 1-0
Attendance 4,365
Game Winning Goal: Blaine Moore
April 22, 1996
Game Two
| Phoenix RoadRunners | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | 1 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 1 | 3 | -- | 4 |
Las Vegas Thunder leads Series 2-0
Attendance 5,589
Game Winning Goal: Guy Larose
First Period -- No scoring. Penalties: Vachon, Phx. (tripping) 2:25; Salei, LV (holding) 5:25; Batyrshin, Phx. (interference) 8:12; Richard, LV (interference) 10:43; Ferguson, Phx. (roughing) 12:44; Reddick, LV (roughing) 12:44; McRae, Phx. (tripping) 19:55; Potomski, Phx. (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:55; Lakovic, LV (roughing) 19:55; Banks, LV (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:55. .
Second Period -- 1, Phoenix, Grieve 2 (Shevalier, Vopat) 2:21. 2, Las Vegas, Day 2 (Quinney, Lefebvre) 19:14. Penalties: McRae, Phx. (roughing) 5:06; Ricciardi, LV (roughing) 5:06; Chapman, Phx. (elbowing) 5:17; Bowler, LV (roughing) 5:17; Potomski, Phx. (slashing) 10:31; Serowik, LV (interference) 11:22; Day, LV (boarding) 16:45; .
Third Period -- 3, Las Vegas, Larose 1 (Zholtok, Salei) 3:16. 4, Las Vegas, Quinney 1 (Lefebvre, Bowler) 4:00. 5, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 1 (Quinney, Bowler) 5:06. 6, Penalties: Shevalier, Phx. (interference) 1:11; Grieve, Phx. (cross checking) 10:54.
Shots on goal -- Phoenix 10-9-14--33, Las Vegas 11-13-9--33.
Power plays -- Phoenix 0 for 4; Las Vegas 0 for 5.
Goalies -- Phoenix, Beaubien 0-2 (33 shots, 29 saves); Las Vegas, Reddick 2-0 (33 shots, 32 saves).
Attendance -- 5,589.
April 26, 1996
Game Three
| Phoenix RoadRunners | ? | ? | ? | -- | 5 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
Las Vegas Thunder leads Series 2-1
Attendance 5,487
Game Winning Goal: Dave Thomlinson
April 27, 1996
Game Four
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 2 | 2 | -- | 4 |
| Phoenix RoadRunners | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | 2 |
Las Vegas Thunder Wins Series 3-1
Attendance 5,064
Game Winning Goal: Grigori Panteleyev
Paul DiPietro scored twice and Sergei Zholtok added a goal and
an assist as the Thunder rolled past the Phoenix Roardrunners,4-2 to win their Western Conference Quarterfinal series three
games to one. The win was the first road playoff win in Las
Vegas' history and they advance to face the winner of the SanFrancisco-Chicago series. After a scoreless first period,
DiPietro notched his first goal of the playoffs at 3:16 of the
second. Sergei Zholtok made it a 2-0 lead just before the
midway point of the game. With the Thunder up by three,
DiPietro scored his second goal of the game with less than nine
minutes remaining. Phoenix came back on goals by Barry Potomski
and Devin Edgerton to cut the lead in half, but got no closer.
Pokey Reddick made 18 of his 37 saves in the third period. This
may have been the Roadrunners' final game in Phoenix. The
Winnipeg Jets of the N-H-L will move to the southwest and become
the Phoenix Coyotes, putting the future of the I-H-L team in
doubt.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Mcrae, Pho (slashing), 5:13;
Lefebvre, Las (slashing), 8:14; Lakovic, Las (slashing), 15:34.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Las Vegas, Dipietro 1 (power play) (Salei,
Hawgood), 3:15. 2, Las Vegas, Zholtok 3 (Richard), 9:53. Penalties: Vopat,
Pho (tripping), 1:17; Ferguson, Pho (cross checking), 7:49; Ricciardi, Las
(holding stick), 19:27.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Las Vegas, Panteleev 1 (Zholtok), 3:16. 4,
Las Vegas, Dipietro 2 (Lefebvre, Salei), 11:09. 5, Phoenix, Potomski 1(Mcrae, Blomsten), 14:36. 6, Phoenix, Edgerton 2 (power play) (Cowie,
Ferguson), 19:50. Penalties: Day, Las (cross checking), 8:17; Potomski,
Pho (slashing), 8:17; Chapman, Pho (holding), 9:09; Ricciardi, Las
(elbowing), 17:08; Moore, Las (roughing), 18:47; Shuchuk, Pho (roughing),
18:47; Salei, Las (holding), 19:45.
Shots on goal:
Las Vegas 17
10 12--39
Phoenix
9 7 21--37
Power-play Conversions: Las - 1 of 4, Pho - 1 of 5. Goalies: Las Vegas,
Reddick (37 shots, 35 saves; record: 3-1-0). Phoenix, Storr (39, 35;
record: 1-1-0). A: 5,064. Referee: G Kimmerly. Linesmen: F Dunningan,Voyer.
Western Conference Semi Finals
Round Two Series " I "
Western Conference Semi Finals
May 3, 1996
Game 1
| Chicago Wolves | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
Chicago Wolves leads Series 1-0
Attendance 6,021
Game Winning Goal: Dave Steve Maltais
Wendell Young made 56 saves and Steve Maltais' scored a pair of
goals as the Chicago Wolves beat the Las Vegas Thunder,
5-3 in
game one of their Western Conference Semifinal. Young made 24
saves in the 20 in the second and 12 in third. The 59 shots the
Wolves allowed was a team record and the loss by the
Thunder was
just the fifth at home this season. With the score knotted at
three on even strength markers by Doug Barrault, Maltais and
Kevin Pozzo, Maltais scored his second marker of the game with
6:32 left to give Chicago a one-goal edge.
Greg Pankiewicz
added an empty-net goal with 37 seconds left to give the Wolves
the upset. Game two of this series is scheduled to be played inLas Vegas Saturday night.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Las Vegas, Hawgood 1
(power play) (Serowik,
Lefebvre), 16:33. 2, Chicago, Barrault 1 (Macdonald, Reirden), 19:25.Penalties: Reirden, Chi (roughing), 4:39; Lefebvre, Las
(roughing), 4:39;
Maltais, Chi (interference), 16:24.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Chicago, Maltais 2 (Brown, Currie), 11:13.
4, Chicago, Pozzo 1 (Bancroft, Maltais), 19:01. 5, Las
Vegas, Lakovic 1
(Larose, Zholtok), 19:40. Penalties: Macdonald, Chi (interference), 6:09;
Young, Chi served by Bancroft (roughing), 8:27; Serowik,
Las (holding),
8:52; Breslin, Chi (slashing), 9:36; Larose, Las
(slashing), 9:36;
Macdonald, Chi (roughing), 12:53; Day, Las
(roughing), 12:53.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Las Vegas, Bowler 1 (Panteleev,
Serowik),
2:55. 7, Chicago, Maltais 3 (Bancroft, Brown), 13:28. 8, Chicago,
Pankewicz 1 (empty net) (Breslin, Macdonald), 19:37. Penalties: Maltais,
Chi (hooking), 3:53; Bancroft, Chi (cross checking, cross checking), 3:53;
Banks, Las (roughing), 3:53; Lakovic,
Las (elbowing), 8:32; Dipietro,
Las (tripping), 11:23; Day, Las (goalie interference),
11:23; Reirden, Chi
(misconduct), 19:43; Banks, Las (instigator,
fighting major, misconduct),
19:43; Lakovic, Las (misconduct), 19:43; Macdonald,
Chi (fighting major),
19:43.
Shots on goal:
Chicago
6 12 11--29
Las Vegas
25 21 13--59
Power-play Conversions: Chi - 0 of 5, Las - 1 of 5.
Goalies: Chicago, Young (59 shots, 56 saves; record: 4-1-0). Las Vegas, Reddick (28, 24;record: 3-2-0).
Referee: Maguire. Linesmen: R Johnson, Nelson.
Western Conference Semi Finals
Game 2
May 4, 1996
| Chicago Wolves | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
Series is tied at Series 1-1
Attendance 6,021
Game Winning Goal: Jean-Marc Richard
Patrice Lefebvre scored three times and Sergei Zholtok added
three assists as the Las Vegas Thunder, behind a
60-shot
barrage, routed the Chicago Wolves, 6-2 and tied their
best-of-seven Western Conference Semifinal at one game apiece.
The Wolves took an early lead on Dan Currie's goal at 4:18 of
the opening period. Las Vegas pulled starting
goaltender Pokey
Reddick in favor of backup Rick Knickle and he responded by
stopping 27 shots and allowing an Al Secord marker early in the
second period. Las Vegas scored the final four goals
of the
game, including a even-strength and a shorthanded tally by Lefebvre
and a marker by Ruslan Salei with eight seconds left in the contest.
Wendell Young made 54 saves and has stopped 110 of 119 shots for
a .924 save percentage as the teams spilt the first two games of theseries. Game three is scheduled for Wednesday at the RosemontHorizon in Chicago.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Chicago, Maltais 4 (Currie), 4:18. 2,
Las
Vegas, Lefebvre 2 (Dipietro), 9:26. 3, Las Vegas,
Hawgood 2 (power play)
(Richard, Zholtok), 11:19.
Penalties: Lakovic, Las
(charging), 0:17;Macdonald, Chi (roughing), 6:26; Ricciardi, Las
(roughing), 6:26; Duffy,
Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:11; Moore, Las
(unsportsmanlike conduct),
9:11; Bancroft, Chi (tripping), 9:41; Brown, Chi (holding), 11:59.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Chicago, Secord 1 (Barrault, Duffy), 3:38.
5, Las Vegas, Richard 1 (Zholtok, Panteleev), 5:31.
6, Las Vegas, Lefebvre
3 (Lakovic, Bowler), 7:23.
Penalties: Ricciardi, Las
(cross checking),
0:15; Bancroft, Chi (slashing), 11:04; Bowler, Las
(slashing), 11:04; Day,
Las served by Lakovic (slashing, misconduct), 14:17;
Barrault, Chi (highsticking), 15:52; Secord, Chi (cross checking), 19:05.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 4
(shorthanded)(unassisted), 4:26. 8, Las Vegas, Salei 1 (Zholtok,
Moore), 19:52.
Penalties: Macdonald, Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:11; Reirden, Chi
(roughing), 2:11; Dipietro, Las (unsportsmanlike
conduct), 2:11; Moore,
Las (roughing), 2:11; Salei,
Las (holding stick), 2:31; Beaulieu, Chi
(elbowing), 5:40; Chicago bench, (too many men on the ice), 15:32;
Bancroft, Chi (boarding), 17:47; Young, Chi (misconduct), 19:52.
Shots on goal:
Chicago
8 13 9--30
Las Vegas
19 23 18--60
Power-play Conversions: Chi - 0 of 3, Las - 1 of 7.
Goalies: Chicago,
Young (60 shots, 54 saves; record: 4-2-0). Las Vegas,
Reddick (2, 1),
Knickle (4:18 of 1st period, 28, 27; record: 1-0-0).
Referee: Maguire. Linesmen: R Johnson, Nelson.
Western Conference Semi Finals
Game 3
May 8, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | ? | ? | ? | - | 7 |
| Chicago Wolves | ? | ? | ? | - | 5 |
Las Vegas leads Series 2-1
Attendance 5,235
Game Winning Goal: Sergei Zholtok
Western Conference Semi Finals
Game 4
May 10, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chicago Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Thunder leads series 3-1
Attendance 6,231
Game Winning Goal: Greg Hawgood
Grigori Panteleyev scored 71 seconds into overtime to give the
Las Vegas Thunder a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Wolves and a
3-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series. Joe Day
opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 7:23 of the opening
period, but Chicago's Steve Maltais answered with his sixth goal
of the playoffs 35 seconds later. Las Vegas took a 2-1 lead at
9:39 of the second period on Paul DiPietro's power-play marker.
Rob Brown tied the score with just under 13 minutes left in the
game. Pokey Reddick stopped 26 shots for the Thunder, who canadvance to the conference finals with a win Sunday.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Las Vegas, Day 3 (power play) (Hawgood,
Lefebvre), 7:23. 2, Chicago, Currie 5 (Brown, Bancroft), 8:04.
Penalties:
Currie, Chi (cross checking), 6:36; Pellerin, Chi (tripping), 9:46;
Lakovic, Las (cross checking), 17:13; Brown, Chi (elbowing), 19:20.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Las Vegas, Dipietro 3 (power play)
(Lefebvre, Hawgood), 9:39.
Penalties: Ricciardi, Las (slashing), 1:49;
Salei, Las (cross checking), 4:39; Macdonald, Chi (interference), 8:39;
Breslin, Chi (high sticking), 8:54; Zholtok, Las (holding), 12:00;
Hawgood, Las (tripping), 16:34; Maltais, Chi (hooking), 18:04; Larose, Las
(hooking), 19:42.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Chicago, Brown 4 (Reirden), 7:08.
Penalties:
Laniel, Las (high sticking), 2:16; Larose, Las (roughing), 8:43; Larose,
Las (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:25; Gosselin, Chi (interference), 11:25.
OVERTIME -- Scoring: 5, Las Vegas, Panteleyev 4 (Hawgood, Salei), 1:11.
Penalties: None.
Shots on goal:
Las Vegas
9 13 6 3--31
Chicago
9 11 8 0--28
Power-play Conversions: Las - 2 of 6, Chi - 0 of 8. Goalies: Las Vegas,
Reddick (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 5-2-0). Chicago, Young (31, 28;
record: 4-4-0).
Referee: Degrace. Linesmen: Jacobs, Behling.
Western Conference Semi-Finals
Game Five
May 12, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | 3 | 1 | 2 | -- | 6 |
| Chicago Wolves | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | 4 |
Thunder wins series 4-1
Attendance 4,516
Game Winning Goal: Guy Larose
Jeff Serowik and Sergei Zholtok scored two goals apiece to lead
to Las Vegas Thunder to a 6-4 win over the Chicago Wolves to
capture their Western Conference Semifinal, three games to one.
Las Vegas advances to face the winner of the Peoria-Utah series
in the Western Conference Finals.
With Las Vegas leading 2-1
and on the power-play, Serowik scored at 11:43 to give the
Thunder a two-goal lead. Chicago tied the score on Greg
Pankiewicz's second goal of the game late in the first period
and Steve Maltais' seventh goal of the playoffs a 4:26 into the
middle frame. Las Vegas regained a one-goal lead on Patrice
Lefebvre's shorthanded goal just past the midway point of the
second period. Guy Larose gave Las Vegas a 5-3 lead with 2:10
remaining before Pankiewicz cut the lead to a goal with 47
seconds left in regulation, but Zholtok added an empty-netter 26
seconds later to cap the scoring. Pokey Reddick made 28 saves
for Las Vegas, who finsihed the regular season with the best
record in the IHL.
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Las Vegas, Serowik 2 (Lefebvre, Dipietro),
1:58. 2, Chicago, Pankewicz 2 (Barrault, Bergland), 5:31. 3, Las Vegas,
Zholtok 5 (Panteleev, Richard), 10:28. 4, Las Vegas, Serowik 3 (powerplay) (Hawgood, Lefebvre), 11:43. 5, Chicago, Pankewicz 3 (Bancroft),
18:47.
Penalties: Pozzo, Chi (hooking), 10:43; Macdonald, Chi (highsticking), 11:43; Breslin, Chi (tripping), 12:25; Laniel, Las (holding),
16:36.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Chicago, Maltais 6 (Brown), 4:26. 7, Las
Vegas, Lefebvre 6 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 10:46.
Penalties: Pankewicz,
Chi (holding), 1:38; Dipietro, Las (misconduct), 3:32; Serowik, Las
(holding), 5:36; Day, Las (holding stick), 7:07; Maltais, Chi (hooking),
7:42; Salei, Las (slashing), 8:54; Gosselin, Chi (boarding), 12:42; Day,
Las (holding, roughing), 18:12; Lakovic, Las (misconduct), 18:12; Walters,
Chi (boarding, misconduct), 18:12.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Las Vegas, Larose 3 (Panteleev, Zholtok),
17:50. 9, Chicago, Pankewicz 4 (Bancroft, Maltais), 19:13. 10, Las Vegas,
Zholtok 6 (empty net) (unassisted), 19:39.
Penalties: Bowler, Las
(hooking), 1:20; Maltais, Chi (high sticking), 8:58; Hawgood, Las
(tripping), 10:07; Currie, Chi (high sticking), 14:47.
Shots on goal:
Las Vegas 12
14 15--41
Chicago
12 6 14--32
Power-play Conversions: Las - 1 of 6, Chi - 0 of 8. Goalies: Las Vegas,
Reddick (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-2-0). Chicago, Young (40, 35; Record: 4-5-0).
Referee: Seitz. Linesmen: Hahn, Mallin.
Western Conference Finals
Round Three Series " M "
Western Conference Finals
Game One
May 20, 1996
| Utah Grizzlies | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | 2 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 2 | 1 | 3 | -- | 6 |
Las Vegas leads series 1-0
Attendance 6,597
Game Winning Goal: Bill Bowler
FIRST PERIOD-- Scoring: 1, Las Vegas, Hawgood 4 (unassisted) 6:37.
2, Las Vegas, Day 4 (Zholtok, Richard) 9:51(PP).
3, UTAH, Herter 1 (Aivazoff, Sharples) 19:05 (PP).
Penalties:
Rodgers, UTAH (tripping) 8:53;
Salei, LV (cross checking) 12:07;
Sharples, UTAH (high-sticking) 12:51;
Dipietro, LV (hooking) 17:07;
Ricciardi, LV (slashing) 18:20
Second Period
4, Las Vegas, Bowler 2 (Serowik, Reddick) 6:40
5, UTAH, Shantz 1 (Johansson, Vasiljev) 14:18
Penalties
Taylor, UTAH (slashing) 3:33
Third Period
6, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 7 (Dipietro, Quinney) 7:24
7, Las Vegas, Salei 3 (Larose) 10:25
8, Las Vegas, Ricciardi 2 (Bowler) 17:02
Penalties
Johansson, UTAH (roughing) 1:21
Hawgood, LV (cross-checking) 1:21
Taylor, UTAH (slashing) 1:58
Salo, UTAH (misconduct) 10:43
Aivazoff, UTAH (slashing major, game misconduct) 12:14
Halkidis, UTAH (high-sticking, tripping) 12:54
Johansson, UTAH (slashing) 15:32
Hawgood, LV (roughing double minor, cross-checking) 15:32
Lakovic, LV (slashing) 19:34
Shots on goal
UTAH
14-11- 9 = 34
Las Vegas
8-16-13 = 37
Powerplay
UTAH
1 of 6
Las Vegas 1 of
7
Goalies
UTAH
Salo 7-5-1 (37 shots, 31 saves)
Las Vegas
Reddick 7-2-0 (34 shots, 32 saves)
Western Conference Finals
Game 2
May 21, 1996
| Utah Grizzlies | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | 2 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
Series tied 1-1
Attendance 6,443
Game Winning Goal: Jason Herter
First Period
No scoring
Penalties
Serowik, LV (holding) 5:00
Copeland, UTAH (roughing) 8:22
Vasiljev, UTAH (hooking) 13:58
Richard, LV (unsportsmanlike conduct) 13:58
Ricciardi, LV (holding) 19:25
Second Period
1, UTAH, Herter 2 (Taylor, Johansson) 6:40
2, UTAH, Arniel 5 (Beers, Sharples) 15:58 (PP)
Penalties:
Ignatjev, UTAH (hooking) 9:56
Zholtok, LV (hooking) 11:14
Sharples, UTAH (hooking) 12:34
Lakovic, LV (roughing) 15:31
Lakovic, LV (charging) 16:44
Third Period
No scoring
Penalties
Brickley, UTAH (interference) 18:09
Dineen, UTAH (roughing) 19:50
Sharples, UTAH (roughing) 19:50
Rodgers, UTAH (roughing) 19:50
Aivazoff, UTAH (roughing) 19:50
Ricciardi, LV (roughing double minor) 19:50
Zholtok, LV (roughing) 19:50
Hawgood, LV (roughing) 19:50
Banks, LV (roughing, misconduct) 19:50
Lakovic, LV (roughing, misconduct) 19:50
Shots on goal
UTAH
9-7-4=20
Las Vegas
8-16-11 = 35
Powerplay
UTAH 1
of 5
Las Vegas
0 of 4
Goalies
UTAH
Salo 8-5-1 (35 shots, 35 saves)
Las Vegas
Reddick 7-3-0 (20 shots, 18 saves)
Western Conference Finals
Game 3
May 23, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | 2 | 1 | 0 | -- | 3 |
| Utah Grizzlies | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | 4 |
UTAH leads series 2-1
Attendance 5,673
Game Winning Goal: Andrey Vasiljev
First Period
1, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 8 (Serowik, Hawgood) 5:57 (PP)
2, UTAH, Brickley 4 (unassisted) 8:18 (PP)
3, Las Vegas, Day 5 (Moore) 9:27
4, UTAH, Brickley 5 (Arniel, Herter) 18:24 (PP)
Penalties
Vasiljev, UTAH (interference) 1:22
Vasiljev, UTAH (high-sticking) 3:57
Gordiouk, UTAH (delay of game) 5:48
Hawgood, LV (holding) 6:32
Richard, LV (holding) 17:54
Second Period
5, UTAH, Arniel 6 (Herter, Brickley) 6:34 (PP)
6, Las Vegas, Lefebvre 9 (Dipietro, Quinney) 10:38
Penalties
Day, LV (roughing) 5:20
Herter, UTAH (holding) 11:36
Taylor, UTAH (slashing) 15:07
Salo, (misconduct) 15:07
Reddick, (delay of game) 17:19
Third Period
7, UTAH, Vasiljev 5 (Johansson, Beers) 9:31 (PP)
Penalties
Laniel, LV (holding) 2:09
Sharples, UTAH (hooking) 2:44
Laniel, LV (cross-checking) 4:01
Shots on goal
Las Vegas
8-12- 4 = 24
UTAH
6-12- 7 = 25
Powerplay Conversions
Las Vegas
1 of 6 (16.7%)
UTAH
4 of 6 (66.7%)
Goalies
Las Vegas
Reddick 7-3-0 (25 shots, 21 saves)
UTAH
Salo 9-5-1 (24 shots, 21 saves)
Western Conference Finals
Game 4
May 25, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | 2 | 1 | 2 | -- | 5 |
| Utah Grizzlies | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | 3 |
Series tied 2-2
Attendance 7,129
Game Winning Goal: Jason Joe Day
First Period
1, Las Vegas, Day 6 (Richard, Hawgood) 10:53 (PP)
2, UTAH, Vasiljev 6 (Beers, Johansson) 12:22 (PP)
3, Las Vegas, Serowik 4 (Hawgood) 19:40 (PP)
Penalties
Salei, LV (elbowing) 1:40
Kaminsky, UTAH (holding) 1:44
Taylor, UTAH (interference) 9:00
Reddick, LV (slashing) 11:38
Lakovic, LV (high sticking) 15:43
UTAH, bench minor, (too many men on the ice) 18:40
Dineen, UTAH (high sticking) 19:08
Second Period
4, Las Vegas, Quinney 2 (Richard) 2:11
5, UTAH, Herter 3 (Taylor, Sharples) 19:46 (PP)
Penalties
Arniel, UTAH (roughing) 5:06
Larose, LV (slashing, unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:46
Dineen, UTAH (roughing) 10:46
Salo, UTAH (unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:46
Ricciardi, LV (holding) 15:25
Gordiouk, UTAH (slashing) 16:58
Richard, LV (interference) 19:20
Serowik, LV (delay of game) 19:33
Third Period
6, UTAH, Kaminsky 2 (Ignatjev, Arniel) 1:35
7, Las Vegas, Day 7 (Moore, Bowler) 2:19
8, Las Vegas, Panteleev 3 (Zholtok) 11:58
Penalties
None
Shots on goal
Las Vegas
16- 8-12 = 36
UTAH
10-10- 2 = 22
Powerplay
Las Vegas
2 of 6 (33.3%)
UTAH
2 of 5 (40.0%)
Goalies
Las Vegas Reddick
8-3-0 (22 shots, 19 saves)
UTAH
Salo 9-6-1 (36 shots, 31 saves)
Western Conference Finals
Game 5
May 27, 1996
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 3 | 0 | -- | 3 |
| Utah Grizzlies | 2 | 0 | 3 | -- | 5 |
UTAH leads series 3-2
Attendance 6,833
Game Winning Goal: Brett Lievers
Brett
Lievers scored twice and Andy Brickley added three assists
as the Utah Grizzlies defeated the Las Vegas Thunder,
5-3 to
take a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference final. Utah can
close out the series and defend the Turner Cup if it beats the
Thunder in game six Tuesday night. Utah jumped
out to a
two-goal lead with power-play goals by Chris Taylor and Jason
Herter 68 seconds apart late in the first period.
Las Vegas took a one-goal lead on consecutive even-strength goals by Paul
DiPietro, Blaine Moore and Guy Larose in a 3:19 span midway
through the second period. Lievers scored his first goal of the
game at 1:49 of the third period and added another goal exactly
seven minutes later. Micah Aivazoff tallied an empty-net marker
with 23 seconds remaining to close the scoring. Tommy Salo made
29 saves for the Grizzlies.
First Period
1, UTAH, Taylor 5 (Brickley,
Herter) 15:52 (PP)
2, UTAH, Herter 4 (Ignatjev) 17:00 (PP)
Penalties
Gordiouk, UTAH (slashing) 3:05
Moore, LV (tripping) 7:21
Lefebvre, LV (tripping) 9:28
Johansson, UTAH (roughing) 14:06
Moore, LV (roughing) 14:06
Hawgood, LV (holding) 14:41
Serowik, LV (interference) 16:23
Moore, LV (misconduct) 16:23
Arniel, UTAH (high-sticking) 18:19
Second Period
3, Las
Vegas, Dipietro 4 (Lefebvre, Quinney) 7:38
4, Las Vegas, Moore 2 (Day, Salei) 9:49
5, Las
Vegas, Larose 4 (Zholtok, Hawgood) 10:57
Penalties
Moore, LV (holding) 11:15
Aivazoff, UTAH (high-sticking) 15:12
Copeland, UTAH (holding) 18:58
Third Period
6, UTAH, Lievers 5 (Brickley) 1:49
7, UTAH, Lievers 6 (Brickley) 8:49
8, UTAH, Aivazoff 3 (Salo) 19:37 (EN)
Penalties
Reddick, LV (misconduct) 2:31
Taylor, UTAH (hooking) 5:45
Day, LV (tripping) 9:59
Ignatjev, UTAH (interference) 10:30
Arniel, UTAH (slashing) 19:44
Lakovic, LV (hooking) 19:44
Shots on goal
Las Vegas
13-11- 8 = 32
UTAH
6- 6-11 = 23
Powerplay
Las Vegas 0 of 6
UTAH
2 of 6 (33.3%)
Goalies
Las Vegas Reddick
8-4-0 (22 shots, 18 saves)
UTAH
Salo 10-6-1 (32 shots, 29 saves)
Western Conference Finals
Game 6
May 28, 1996
| Utah Grizzlies | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | 7 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 0 | 1 | 3 | -- | 4 |
UTAH wins series 4-2
Attendance 6,388
Game Winning Goal: Victor Ignatjev
First Period
1, UTAH, Vasiljev 7 (Taylor, Copeland) 9:28
2, UTAH, Ignatjev 2 (Vasiljev, Gordiouk) 16:17
Penalties
Gordiouk, UTAH (hooking) 10:40
Copeland, UTAH (high-sticking) 19:15
Second Period
3, UTAH, Lievers 7 (Taylor, Sharples) 6:47 (PP)
4, UTAH, Arniel 7 (Herter, Brickley) 7:53 (PP)
5, UTAH, Ignatjev 3 (Kaminsky, Taylor) 13:38
6, Las Vegas, Serowik 5 (Dipietro) 13:52
Penalties
Salei, LV (interference) 6:05
Reddick, LV (illegal stick) 6:05
Lefebvre, LV (slashing) 11:38
Lakovic, LV (charging major) 16:29
Panteleev, LV (interference) 18:39
Third Period
7, Las Vegas, Zholtok 7 (Lefebvre, Hawgood) 4:46
8, Las Vegas, Bowler 3 (Lefebvre, Dipietro) 9:06
9, UTAH, Arniel 8 (Brickley) 17:02
10, Las Vegas, Serowik 6 (Dipietro, Zholtok) 17:20
11, UTAH, Rodgers 2 (Taylor) 19:30 (EN)
Penalties
Bowler, LV (slashing) 2:27
Beers, UTAH (tripping) 6:54
Shots on goal
UTAH
9-15- 9 = 33
Las Vegas
8- 9-17 = 34
Powerplay
UTAH
2 of 4
Las Vegas
0 of 3
Goalies
UTAH Salo 11-6-1 (34 shots, 30 saves)
Las Vegas
Knickle ( 9 shots, 7
saves)
Reddick 8-5-0 (start of 2nd, 23 shots, 19 saves)