Last night, the Griffins survived a one-goal game to advance to the Calder Cup Finals. They will take on the Syracuse Crunch of the Eastern Conference in a seven game series, beginning this Saturday night. On Tuesday night, Grand Rapids was leading 3-1 when the third period began. Tomas Jurco, Mitch Callahan, and Jeff Hoggan had all scored for the Griffins. Petr ... Read More »
The Griffins and Barons are set to square off tonight in Grand Rapids for Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. Grand Rapids currently leads the series 3-2 and has the opportunity to clinch their first Calder Cup Finals berth in team history. The team was founded in 1996 as part of the now-defunct International Hockey League. They were the last team to ... Read More »
Last night, the Grand Rapids Griffins pulled even with the Oklahoma City Barons in the American Hockey League’s Western Conference Finals. The Griffins began the series with two home games, the first of which they won by a score of 2-1. The Barons won Game 2, 4-2 heading into OKC for the next three games. The Barons decisively won last Wednesday night, giving them ... Read More »
The Grand Rapids Griffins have made it to the “Final Four” of the American Hockey League, and after a pair of Round 3 games this weekend are tied with the Oklahoma City Barons. Game 1 was Friday night and took place in Grand Rapids. Brennan Evans struck first for the Griffins early in the first period, giving them a 1-0 lead. ... Read More »
The Grand Rapids Griffins defeated the Toronto Marlies in Round 2 of the American Hockey League Playoffs (Western Conference Semi-Finals) after a back-and-forth series. Game 6 saw Grand Rapids advance after scoring three goals in the final ten minutes. Here is a quick recap of all six games. Game 1: The Griffins took Game 1 by a convincing 7-0 rout. Tomas ... Read More »
Friday night the Griffins took on the Chicago Wolves. The starting lineup for Grand Rapids consisted of Tristan Grant (LW), Louis-Marc Aubry (C), Mitch Callahan (RW), Chad Billins (D), Brennan Evans (D), and Tom McCollum in net. For the Wolves, the lineup consisted of Brett Sterling (LW), Andrew Ebbett (C), Zack Kassian (RW), Kevin Connauton (D), Derek Joslin (D), and ... Read More »
The Grand Rapids Griffins are now in first place in the North Division. They have now won an amazing 6 straight games in a row. After a miserable 1-5 start to the season, the Griffins have turned to star prospect and now starting goalie, Petr Mrazek of the Czech Republic. Mrazek was drafted by the Red Wings 141st overall in ... Read More »
Grand Rapids: The American Hockey League is seven days into its 2012-2013 season, and the teams are better than ever (for now at least). The reason being that many young players (under 2-way contracts) are eligible to play in the AHL and be called up at any time (if the NHL season ever gets underway) without having to clear waivers. ... Read More »
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