Woods Returns in Series of Monday Transactions

Woods Returns to Utah in Series of Transactions

West Valley City, Utah – Forward Riley Woods returns to the Utah Grizzlies as he was reassigned from the AHL’s Colorado Eagles. Forwards Nick Henry and Ty Lewis were each called-up to the Eagles and goaltender Evan Buitenhuis has been placed on reserve.

Woods has 11 points in 8 games with Utah (4 goals, 7 assists). He made his Grizzlies debut on January 18th vs Kansas City and was called to Colorado on February 8th. Woods was the number 1 star on February 5th at Kansas City where he had 2 goals and 1 assist in a 4-2 Grizzlies win.

Nick Henry returns to Colorado after scoring a game winning goal in overtime for the Grizz on February 20th vs Rapid City and the following afternoon scoring 3 goals and 1 assist in a 4-3 win. Ty Lewis had 5 assists in 2 games last weekend.

In a separate roster move, defenseman Kris Myllari was traded to the Kansas City Mavericks. Myllari had 1 goal and 2 assists in 17 games.

The Grizzlies are at Wheeling for a 3 game series on February 26th-28th. Next homestand will be on March 12th and 13th at 7:10 pm vs Allen and a 1:10 pm face-off on March 14th. Tickets for every Grizzlies home game are available at utahgrizzlies.com or by calling (801) 988-8000. Capacity is limited to 1800 with social distancing and masks required. For continuing updates on the Grizzlies and the 2020-21 season, follow the Grizzlies on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.