McGrath, Yau sign with Grizzlies

West Valley City, Utah – The Utah Grizzlies have announced the signings of forward Patrick McGrath and defenseman Connor Yau for the 2019-20 season.

The Grizzlies are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche and the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles.

McGrath, 26, has extensive professional experience, having played in 94 AHL games over the past five seasons with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. McGrath also has 137 games of ECHL experience with the Wheeling Nailers from 2014-16. He was sixth in the ECHL with 246 penalty minutes for the Nailers in the 2014-15 season.

Yau, 24, played for Dartmouth College from 2016-19. He was an alternate captain in his senior season in 2018-19, where he appeared in all 34 games while leading Dartmouth in plus-minus (+10).