Rochester, MN — The Grizzlies came out to a packed house tonight, as it was Mayo Clinic’s Department of Nursing Night, with over 800 Nurses, in attendance. The vibes were high in the Rec Center, and Rochester was keying in on a sweep of the Jr.Blues in front of a season high attendance of over 1200 fans!
The 1st Period could not have started any better with Noah Gillette(11) scoring 3 Minutes into the first period! Rivolta and Bertram would then keep the nets clean the rest of the period as the Grizzlies would take a 1-0 lead to intermission.
The Grizzlies had a Scoring explosion in the 2nd period, with Woods(7), Wadstromer(3), and Emerich(7) finding the back of the net and would come to find out at the beginning of the 3rd; this would result in the Grizzlies chasing Rivotla from the St. Louis net, and seeing Pupillo for the remainder of the game.
Mason Decker(16) would add to the lead 7 minutes into the 3rd, and the Grizzlies would seal the sweep after going 3/3 on the Penalty Kill during the game.
Goaltender Joey Bertram was the story of the Game, after being pulled 18 minutes into the 1st period last night after allowing 3 goals on 9 shots. He started tonight’s game, with the entire team behind him, stopped 26 of 26 shots, for his first NA3HL Win and Shutout of his career.
The Grizzlies are back at home next weekend, taking on the 6th place Peoria Mustangs. Friday and Saturday, 7:05pm start. Buy tickets at tickets.rochestergrizz.com .
Go Grizz!