The Mountain West enjoyed a thrilling weekend of gridiron action as four games involving MW teams came down to the final two minutes of the game (more on that later). But as exciting as those games were, the Mountain West… Source link
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Hockey Club never trailed after getting first-period goals from Dylan Guenther and Clayton Keller and held off a late rally to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday night. Guenther finished with two goals after adding an empty netter in the final minute. Barrett Hayton added a second-period goal and an assist for Utah. Lawson Crouse capped the scoring with 22 seconds remaining. Teuvo Teravainen and Nick Foligno each scored for Chicago to help trim a 3-0 deficit. Guenther scored the first goal in Utah’s franchise history after blasting a slap shot down the middle five minutes into the first period. Hayton’s tip-in made it 3-0 for Utah before the Blackhawks rallied. Foligno drew Chicago within a goal after tipping in the puck with 15:12 left in the third. Connor Ingram made 25 saves for Utah and Petr Mrazek had 20 for Chicago. Takeaways Blackhawks: Chicago turned up the heat offensively in the second period after a listless first period, generating 11 shots on goal. The Blackhawks couldn’t capitalize on enough of those chances. Utah HC: Utah fared well on power-play defense, denying the Blackhawks with three
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Hockey Club wasted no effort creating a playoff-like atmosphere for its inaugural regular season game on Tuesday night. The NHL’s newest franchise surrounded its home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks with a fan celebration leading up to the puck drop and beyond. An outdoor concert featuring country music artist Shaboozey highlighted the pregame celebration. The festivities culminated in an outdoor watch party for fans who did not have tickets to enter the Delta Center. Two giant screens aired the ESPN broadcast. Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen skated out the ceremonial puck and handed it to Utah Hockey Club and Jazz owner Ryan Smith. Ashley Smith dropped the puck for Utah Captain Clayton Keller and Chicago Captain Nick Foligno before the game. “We’re just trying to have a fun event that everybody in the community is going to remember,” Ryan Smith said. “It’s not more complicated than that. This is a moment that speaks for itself. Everyone knows it’s coming. We get to do it once.” The atmosphere inside and outside the arena was electric through the night, mirroring the experience already common at Utah Jazz playoff games. “It’s unbelievable,” said Sean Cassity, a new
After Utah State’s 32-point loss at Boise State on Saturday, the postgame press conference featuring interim head coach Nate Dreiling, quarterback Spencer Petras and safety Ike Larsen was a mix of trying to identify why the team is where it is while also trying their best to put on a brave face for the media. The contrast between Petras and Larsen’s comments was pretty apparent, as the offense took one of its biggest steps up on the season with stars performing at the highest level they have all season compared to a defense that allowed the most points any Aggie defense has yielded since 2008. Petras fielded questions about his own improvement and the offense as a whole. “We made some improvements just from the last time we were out. The temple game, where I felt like, starting with me, there was just too many miscommunications and just issues,” Petras said. “Some of it just kind of comes with the time I had missed. But some of it, we had to really look at what was going wrong. And I think we improved on a lot of those things.” Larsen had to play defense yet again for his guys and bolster the perception of
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Hockey Club management insists it’s an expansion team and, as far as the NHL is concerned and the way records will be kept, that’s true. But in a more practical sense, Utah is a relocated franchise. It’s mostly the same team that took the ice last season as the Arizona Coyotes with the same head coach and the same general manager. Utah opens its first season in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. If previous relocated franchises are a guide, Utah also fits the definition because it could be on the verge of becoming an annual playoff contender given its core of young players. History has been kind to other teams that have changed cities, with many clubs winning right away and even capturing championships not long after arriving in their new homes. “I think it’s just been when (teams have) moved, they’ve generally been bought by bigger, richer organizations that can support them better than where they were,” said award-winning hockey historian Eric Zweig, who has authored several books on the NHL. “Arizona wasn’t always terrible when they first got there. But they never really had stable ownership. “There
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Diego Luna scored in the 78th minute Saturday night to help Real Salt Lake beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 to extend its unbeaten streak to five consecutive games. Luna took a pass from Braian Ojeda about 10 yards outside the penalty area and, without much pressure from the Earthquakes defense, ripped a left-footed shot that bounced off the back post into the net to give Real Salt Lake (15-7-11) a 1-0 lead. RSL had 55% possession and outshot the Earthquakes 14-6, 6-1 on target. Daniel De Sousa Britto, known simply as “Daniel,” had five saves for San Jose (6-24-3). Real Salt Lake has 56 points, tied with the Seattle Sounders for third in the Western Conference, two behind second-place Los Angeles FC. The Earthquakes lost for the third time in four games and has just one win in their last seven. AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccer Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Source link
BOISE — Utah State’s visit to The Blue in Boise went pretty much as predicted. The highest ranked team in the conference, No. 21 Boise State, ran the Aggies off the infamous off-color turf and out of Albertsons Stadium with a 62-30 drubbing. It was the most points given up by the Aggies since 2008 when they allowed No. 18 Oregon to rack up 66 points. Boise State set the tone immediately in the game, forcing a three-and-out on Utah State’s offense, and then on the first play with the Broncos on offense they went to a familiar face — Ashton Jeanty. The star running back took a handoff on the opening play 63 yards all the way to the house for a touchdown. Boise State never really looked back. “First play of the game, probably practiced it 30 times,” USU interim head coach Nate Dreiling said. “But that’s the deal. When you’re playing a team of that caliber, it has to go right. And you have to win your one-on-one’s and we just didn’t.” As much as Jeanty did damage in this game — he added a 75-yard touchdown run later in the half and finished with 186 yards and a trio of
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