Grumet-Morris Signs with Grizzlies
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Utah Grizzlies Head Coach and
Director of Hockey Operations Kevin Colley announced today that the
team has signed goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris to a contract for the
2009-2010 season.
Grumet-Morris, a 2002 draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, went
31-11-4 with four shutouts, a 2.55 goals-against-average and a .911
save percentage with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones from
2006-2008. Overall, the Harvard University product is a combined
57-28-11 with a 2.44 goals-against-average and a .917 save
percentage in four professional seasons combined in the ECHL, AHL
and CHL. Grumet-Morris played for the Graz 99ers in Austria in
2008-2009; tallying five shutouts, a 2.63 goals-against-average and
a .914 save percentage in 49 games.
“Dov comes in with a tremendous amount of experience and has
always been a top goaltender at every level he has played,”
said Colley.
The 27-year-old had a stretch during the 2007-2008 season, in
which he went 18-1-1 as part of the Cyclones’ ECHL record
17-game winning streak. Overall in 07-08, Grumet-Morris was 20-3-1
as Cincinnati went on to have the best record in the ECHL and
captured the league’s Kelly Cup Championship. During the
06-07 season, he ranked sixth in the AHL with four shutouts playing
with Portland, Hamilton and Manitoba.
“I’m very excited, the Grizzlies have a great
tradition in an excellent sports market,” said Grumet-Morris.
“The team’s affiliation with the New York Islanders is
exciting for any hockey player coming in.”
Grumet-Morris becomes the second goaltender signed by the
Grizzlies after last week’s addition of Parker Van Buskirk;
who as a rookie led the Stockton Thunder to the seventh game of the
National Conference semi-finals against Las Vegas.
Utah enters their fifth year in the ECHL and their third-straight
season as an affiliate of the New York Islanders.
