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With the way this season has gone for Grand Rapids, it was only fitting that minutes after playing their best game of the season, they were mathematically eliminated from post-season contention b...

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With the Griffins prolific offense suddenly off line, the team needed to find a new way to win to keep pace with the league leaders. Goaltenders Jimmy Howard and Daniel Larsson picked up the team...

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The Griffins were guilty of not playing for a full 60 minutes, and tonight it cost them as the Peoria Rivermen took advantage of a late game collapse to tie and then win the match in overtime. Ev...

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Daniel Larsson has served notice that he is the real deal. The first year netminder tied a franchise record last week with his second shutout in a row, leaving him with four on the season, good e...

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The two Frankie's line continues to blaze an offensive trail through the league, this time combining for three goals and seven points in a 6-0 rout of the visiting Iowa Chops. Goaltender Jimmy Ho...

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It is not surprising that the Grand Rapids Griffins are in first place in their division and conference at the end of December. The surprise is in who has stepped forward this month to lead the t...

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The Griffins picked 6 of 8 possible points last week, with victories against Peoria (3-1), Iowa (6-0), and Manchester (2-1) and the lone loss in Hartford. The two Frankie's line kept up the pace ...

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The Griffins jumped out to early lead, scoring 5 goals in the first period, but had to settle for a shootout win after allowing the IceHogs to rally back. Recently named AHL all-stars Jakub Kindl...

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True to form lately, starter Jimmy Howard followed up two straight strong performances with a stinker, as an apparent lack of focus was his undoing. The visiting Phantoms were able to score a cou...

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Grand Rapids took advantage of a hot goaltender to gain a measure of revenge against the Philadelphia Phantoms who had beaten them in OT the previous night. Mattias Ritola (14) led the way offens...

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Grand Rapids kept a share of first place in the conference this week, earning five of a possible six points on the table. The team rallied around All-Star goalie Daniel Larsson to hold off Rockfo...

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Seven of the Griffin's top players in the first half of the season have played less than two seasons in the AHL, giving a glimpse of a bright future in the organization. With Grand Rapids tied fo...

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The biggest story of the week was the Griffins losing the showdown for first place to the Manitoba Moose in convincing fashion. The final score ended up 6-4, but was never really that close as GR...

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Grand Rapids got out to an early lead, let Toronto back in late and then won it in overtime to record their 26th victory of the season. Justin Abdelkader had a pair of powerplay goals including t...

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Grand Rapids won a Friday night snoozefest with a rare dominant shootout performance. Netminder Daniel Larsson stopped all three shooters he faced, and the Griffins got nice goals from Ville Lein...

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Jimmy Howard turned in a dominant performance in net, outdueling impressive opponent Matt Keetley for the win. Howard stopped a personal best 43 shots during the game, becoming the all time saves...

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Grand Rapids blew a 2-0 lead in the second to force overtime and a shootout which they lost to the last place Rochester Americans. This was the the team's fifth straight overtime game and third s...

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Jimmy Howard turned in a solid performance to cover his team's lethargic effort, notching his first shutout of the season in the process. The shutout, his 11 career, moved him past former Griffin...

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After playing down to the level of their competition the first two periods, the Griffins' potent offense switched on and buried the visiting Rochester Americans in a flurry of third period goals....

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The Griffins won three straight overtime games in the latter part of the month, one a 1-0 shootout win backstopped by netminder Jimmy Howard. With the team's offense waning, the veteran netminder...

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Grand Rapids had a pair of games against the last place Rochester Americans on the schedule last week, and managed 3 of 4 points out of them. They opened the weekend with a less then stellar effo...

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Grand Rapids had every excuse to bow down to the Chicago Wolves, with several top players out of the lineup due to injury or NHL recall. Luckily no one told the rest of the team that, and they go...

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The Griffins managed a split in four games last week, winning their first two in convincing fashion and then dropping a pair including a franchise record stomping by the Toronto Marlies. They ope...

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The Griffins had every excuse to bow down to the visiting Manitoba Moose, but someone forgot to tell that to the players as they exploded for 5 goals to gain a measure of revenge against the 1st ...

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Grand Rapids was able to ride a scoring surge from some unlikely sources to top the San Antonio Rampage. The Griffins got big offensive contributions from the fourth line of Mike Walsh (1 goal 1 ...

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The reality of being the farm team for an NHL club is that your best players can and will be recalled, usually when they are playing their best. The Griffins bid adieu to two of their top scorers...

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With a newly bolstered lineup featuring Darren McCarty, Darren Helm and Ville Leino among others, the Griffins thoroughly dominated the visiting rockford IceHogs in a 3-1 contest. Frankie Pare sc...

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Wednesday, March 11th at three o'clock PM marks the AHL's annual clear day roster freeze. This is the day that American Hockey League team's must finalize their playoff rosters, submitting a list...

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The AHL released the 2009 Clear day lists this morning, highlighting the players eligible to play the last month of the season and the playoffs. Despite several strong rumors to the contrary, it ...

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Grand Rapids has had a knack for welcoming back former teammates this season, and last night was no exception. Darren McCarty and Garrett Stafford led the way with a goal and an assist each as th...

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The visiting Peoria Rivermen, still smarting from yesterday's 4-1 loss, extracted a small measure of revenge, beating the Griffins 3-1. The Griffins didn't have their best stuff, and were flat fo...

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Former Griffin Drew MacIntyre narrowly edged Daniel Larsson in an old fashioned goalie duel. The game remained scoreless for 57 minutes and 56 seconds before erupting for three goals in less than...

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Rookie Frankie Pare continues to make the most of his ice-time, but this past week the freshman phenom turned it up another notch. A force in all four games, Pare posted 3 goals and seven points ...

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The Grand Rapids offense clicked for five goals and a patchwork defense stepped up to lead the Griffins to a 5-1 rout of the visiting Syracuse Crunch. Five different players scored for the home t...

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Starter Jimmy Howard finally got the best of Griffins nemesis Justin Pogge, edging him 2-1 in an eight round shootout. After an incredible defensive battle, it looked like the home team would com...

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A quick start out of the gate including three straight 6 goal games has gone a long way to making fans forget last season. First year players Justin Abdelkader and Ville Leino have led the way, m...

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Despite the shots on goal differential, Houston dominated the Griffins in handing them their fifth straight loss since falling out of playoff contention. Former Wings camp tryout Joel Ward led th...

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On a rainy spring night the Griffins provided their own thunder storm, turning in a solid performance to dump the arch-rival Manitoba Moose 6-3. Darren Helm, a late return from the NHL, turned in...

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Evan McGrath sent the fans home happy with his 18th of season, an overtime game winner. Grand Rapids led the game 2-0 on goals by Darren Helm (16) and Frankie Lemieux (6), but the Moose came back...

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After a dreadful start, the combination of injuries, recalls, and poor play left Grand Rapids on the outside looking in at the AHL post-season. Lost in the struggle was the development and rise o...

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After the dust settles on the worst season in franchise history, many questions will have to be answered as to the makeup of next seasons club. So many things went wrong, that there is no shortag...

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A difference in philosophies led to the departure of Griffins head coach Greg Ireland last summer. Despite a winning record and a proven track record of developing NHL-ready players, the parent D...

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The search is over. The Grand Rapids Griffins announced the hiring of Head Coach Curt Fraser today, capping off 5 weeks of speculation as to the identity of the new bench boss. Fraser, a former N...

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Five returning players highlight the Wings 2008 Prospects Tournament roster. Mattias Ritola , Jakub Kindl, Jan Mursak, Randy Cameron and Zack Torquato all played for the woeful 2007 team. Free Ag...

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With Training camp on the horizon, and much talk about all the new faces destined for Grand Rapids, hope springs eternal. A new coach and a nearly complete turnover of the roster buoy the enthusi...

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The defending Stanley Cup champs break camp with largely the same cast as the previous season, missing only the retired Dallas Drake and Dominic Hasek. Newcomer Marian Hossa has drawn most of the...

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It was no surprise that the organization pulled the plug in a major way on last season's team, exorcising the head coach and more than half of the lineup over the off-season. It was time to start...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins made a statement in the first period to their fans that this was a new year. They backed it up on the ice, scoring 6 goals in an energetic, exciting game featuring a lit...

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Grand Rapids got off to another hot start in the first period before needing some late game heroics to pull off the win. Justin Abdelkader led the way, notching his first career pro hat trick, wh...

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The AHL's second best offense, so far this season, ran out of gas as the Grand Rapids Griffins dropped a 2-1 decision to the Syracuse Crunch. A key culprit was an 0 for 6 powerplay that did not g...

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West Michigan native Justin Abdelkader continued his dominance as a pro by garnering the AHL's rookie of the month honor in his first month of play. The former MSU standout leads all AHL rookies ...

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Jamie Tardif earns the nod as player of the week for the second week in a row. The feisty winger notched a pair of goals over the weekend in a crucial series against the division leading Manitoba...

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Jimmy Howard helped avert disaster tonight, keeping his team in the game despite being outplayed in first period. The fourth year goalie was particularly sharp during a 5-on-3 advantage for Lake ...

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An airtight Griffins defense helped rookie netminder Daniel Larsson to his first AHL shutout a 1-0 victory over the Houston Aeros. Speedy Darren Helm scored the game lone goal, his second in the ...

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Jakub Kindl led the way with a goal, the game winner, and an assist as the Grand Rapids Griffins rallied to take down the Hartford Wolfpack in their first ever meeting. Grand Rapids got help from...

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Adam Berkhoel got the best of his former team last night, pulling off a 3-2 shootout win over the Griffins. He had a little help along the way from a couple of questionable penalty calls late, bu...

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Jiri Hudler leads the scoring brigade among 24 former Griffins who have seen time in the NHL this season with 16 points in 19 games with Detroit (NHL). Former captain Matt Ellis has been the most...

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The Griffins dropped three of four games this week, with one of those going to overtime and a shootout. Grand Rapids is feeling the loss of power forward Landon Wilson who was recalled by the par...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins roster situation finally came to a head. The team had carried twenty-six players for much of the season, but could only dress twenty for any given game. That number shra...

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Grand Rapids led twice but was unable to shut the door on the visiting Manchester Monarchs. A goal by Justin Azevedo, his second of the game, late in the second tied things up and despite a domin...

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The Griffins took advantage of a total team effort to ring up a hard fought win over the Chicago Wolves. The Griffins got goals at even strength (Tardif), shorthanded (Gagnon), and on the powerpl...

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Aaron Downey continued his resurgence with a goal and an assist in addition to providing energy and physical play to lead the Griffins over the basement dwelling Rochester Americans 3-1. Linemate...

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The second month of the season has featured some surprising stories as a group of secondary scorers have helped carry the offense. Slumps for Ville Leino, Justin Abdelkader, Mattias Ritola and Da...

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Grand Rapids had a good week, picking up 7 of a possible 8 points with a 3-0-1 record. What makes this surprising however was who was doing the scoring. Scorer's Darren Haydar, Darren Helm, and V...

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The story of the night was supposed to be the AHL debut of three time Stanley Cup champion Chris Chelios, assigned by Detroit on a conditioning assignment. But by the end of it, Swedish netminder...

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NHL veteran Chris Chelios made his AHL debut for the Griffins this weekend, down from Detroit on a conditioning stint. Unfortunately the wily warrior's presence was not enough as Grand Rapids dro...

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Todd White is the surprise leading scorer among former Griffins in the NHL with 63 points, just ahead of Jason Spezza and Jiri Hudler. Detroit's Niklas Kronwall holds a slight margin over Kyle Qu...

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The Griffins held pace with the first place Manitoba Moose for most of the season until the stretch of injuries and recalls proved to be too much to overcome. Offensive stars Mattias Ritola and V...

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Griffins ace netminder Daniel Larsson has been recalled by the parent Detroit Red Wings. Detroit starter Chris Osgood is on the shelf with the flu, so the second year stopper is expected to back ...

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The Griffins continued to be the comeback kids as they climbed out from a 2-0 hole to take a 4-3 win over the Toronto Marlies. Frankie Pare won the game in the sixth round of the shootout, rippin...

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Daniel Larsson stood on his head to keep his team in the game early and then turned in a masterful performance to give them a 2-1 shootout win. Kris Newbury scored the only goal of the shootout, ...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins announced a trio of player moves recently. The first involves popular Griffin Frankie Lemieux who has had a difficult time establishing himself a place in the linup this...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins moved their winning streak to 6 games, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to take a 5-4 win from the Chicago Wolves. Cory Emmerton was the surprise leader, scoring his first 2 ...

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Grand Rapids started out the season facing some of the same problems as the parent Detroit Red Wings. A large turn over in personnel meant that coach Fraser already had his work cut out for him i...

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Rookie Netminder Thomas McCollum kept up his hot hand in leading the Griffins to their fifth consecutive win. For the first two periods, McCollum kept his team in the game when they had no place ...

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Grand Rapids enjoyed a breakout game, powered by a sensational goaltending exhibition by starter Daniel Larsson. Captain Jamie tardif led the way offensively with a hat-trick and Kris Newbury add...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins showed off a surprising resiliency in rallying from a 2-0 hole to win their home opener 5-3. Evan McGrath, Jeremy Williams, Mattias Ritola, Kris Newbury and Jan Mursak s...

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The Griffins fell back to their old ways upon returning to the friendly confines of the Van Andel arena. A poor defensive outing and a shaky start by Jimmy Howard sunk the Griffins despite gettin...

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After an up and down year last season, ending in a surprising second round playoff showing, the Griffins fulfilled their mission. They graduated several players straight into the Wings lineup on ...

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The Detroit Red Wings have signed veteran offensive defenseman Andy Delmore to a one year contract. This marks the second go around for Delmore who signed a contract with Detroit in 2005, but was...

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It was mission accomplished for the Grand Rapids Griffins this season, at least in the eyes of the parent Detroit Red Wings. The Wings wanted a competitive farm team that would develop young play...

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The Griffins turned in their best performance of the series but still fell short, dropping a heartbreaking game 4 to the Manitoba Moose. Jakub Kindl scored his first of the playoffs, shorthanded ...

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The Griffins never looked like they were able to get their game up to speed, leading to an uninspired loss and possibly a season on the brink. The passion and fire this team showed in the first r...

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Grand Rapids finally put in a 60 minute effort on home ice, and the result was a dominant 4-1 win to take a 3-2 series lead. Darren Haydar led the way with two goals, while Jakub Kindl and Tom Ga...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins dominated the first 40 minutes of the game before suffering a humiliating collapse in the third period that culminated in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs. T...

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Griffins' netminder Thomas McCollum benefitted from his team's strong defensive play, but have no doubts that he turned in one of his finest games as a pro this afternoon. He matched Milwaukee ac...

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The Griffins can't seem to buy a win at home, but on the road they have beaten up some good teams and it is just a matter of time before one catches up with the other. Either the team will start ...

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Super rookie Brendan Smith had a great start to his pro career scoring his first goal, but had to settle for a shootout loss as he and his teammates could not hold onto a 2-1 lead. The home team ...

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Any time a team misses the playoffs, you know there will be changes. Those changes started for Grand Rapids late last season with the exorcism of veterans Andy Delmore, Kris Newbury and Evan McGr...

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Mattias Ritola was claimed on waivers today by the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL). The Swedish winger lost out on the last spot on the roster in Detroit and was placed on waivers along with netminder ...

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The Detroit Red Wings made their second round of training camp cuts today, bringing the number of players in camp to 40. Assigned to Grand Rapids were forwards Willie Coetzee, Ilari Filppula and ...

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The Griffins will be without a familiar face this season for the first time in five years as Ryan Oulahen has officially announced his retirement. The former Griffins captain suffered a catastrop...

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While the Griffins missed the their mark, finishing out of the playoffs and in last place in the conference, they made the grade in another area. As the primary affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings...

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The curtain finally fell on the Griffins playoff chances, but it did not go easily. The team dug deep and turned in its best stretch of the season to keep itself in contention until the bitter en...

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The newlook Grand Rapids Griffins showed the Milwaukee Admirals that they were not going to be taken lightly. They ran up a five goal third period, and answered the bell physically to shut down a...

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The new look Grand Rapids Griffins took advantage of an attitude influx to topple the Manitoba Moose 4-1. Newcomers Jordan Owens and Riley Armstrong set the pace early in the first with their ene...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins playoff hopes, long on life support, have now turned terminal. The struggling AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings finds themselves 13 points out of the latest playoff...

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Center Jason Spezza leads the way with 33 points among the 31 former Griffins to see time in the NHL this season. Players that formerly suited up for Grand Rapids have played for over 185 differe...

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The Griffins fell to the San Antonio Rampage 3-2 in yet another poor effort by the home team. Grand Rapids again played with 16 players, two under the limit, with Evan McGrath and Andy Delmore he...

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The downtrodden Griffins found some rare resiliency tonight in coming back twice to beat the Texas Stars. Grand Rapids, down 2-0 at the end of the first scored three unanswered goals in the secon...

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Grand Rapids just keeps finding new ways to lose, tonight blowing a 3 goal lead to fall 5-3 to the visiting Peoria Rivermen. The Griffins started out hot, running up a three goal lead on tallies ...

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The Hamilton Bulldogs rode a David Desharnais hat trick past a flat Griffins squad to take a 4-3 victory at Van Andel Arena. Grand Rapids, playing without blueliner's Sergei Kolosov and Ole-Krist...

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The Griffins won an up and down game against the Toronto marlies in an up and down, fight filled battle of the cellar dwellers. Grand Rapids stormed out to a four goal lead in the first and looke...

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Everything that could go wrong for Grand Rapids has gone wrong lately, leaving the Red Wings' AHL affiliate looking for answers. A combination of bad goaltending, poor defense, a scoring slump, i...

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Hopes were high with West Michigan native son Justin Abdelkader in the Griffins lineup for the first time this season. Unfortunately for the home crowd, the Chicago Wolves played the role of spoi...

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If it weren't for bad luck lately, this team would have no luck at all. Looking to break a 5 game losing streak, the Griffins played well enough to win, but a questionable penalty shot called lat...

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The home team finally showed up for a full 60 minutes, and the result was their first home win since December 11th, breaking a 7 game losing streak. Frankie Pare scored the club's first shorty of...

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Grand Rapids kicked off the second half in better shape that at any time in the last month, featuring a full complement of regular defenseman. In fact the only regular that was not available last...

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Forced to graduate several young players early, including Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm to fill spots in Detroit, the prevailing concern was the cupboard was bare. With people like Hakan Ande...

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The Griffins seemed to be making progress with an improved stretch of play in November, but December was not a kind month. Recalls and injuries induced a defensive freefall that saw the team batt...

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The Griffins continued their losing ways, dropping a close decision to the bottom dwelling San Antonio Rampage. A slow start to the game for Grand Rapids led to a three to zero lead by the Rampag...

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Grand Rapids gave up 7 goals at home for the second consecutive game as the team's defensive woes are threatening to derail the season in a hurry. Jordan pearce making his first start of the seas...

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Rookie netminder Thomas McCollum was re-assigned to the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL today by the parent Detroit Detroit Red Wings. McCollum has been increasingly ineffective the last few weeks, an...

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The Griffins continued their defensive struggles with a record six goals against in the second period to fall to the visiting Hamilton Bulldogs 7-3. Grand Rapids held a two one lead at the end of...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins are experiencing a large roster upheaval due to injuries and recalls. Winger Mattias Ritola joins blueliner Doug Janik in Detroit, filling in for slumping Ville Leino. T...

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The suddenly struggling Grand Rapids Griffins turned in their second consecutive defensive nightmare coupled with an offensive outage and handed the surging Peoria Rivermen a late holiday gift. T...

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The Red Wings are without the services of veteran blueliner Brian Rafalski for tonight's game bacause of the flu, so they recalled Jakub Kindl for tonights game. This is Kindl's second recall of ...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins have recalled winger Francis Lemieux from exile with the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL. Lemieux's recall was neccessitated by the rash of player moves earlier in the w...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins had a busy 24 hours starting with the addition of NHL veteran center Michael Nylander. They also assigned rookie left wing Tomas Tatar to the Slovakian National Junior T...

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The grand Rapids Griffins will receive a boost this week with the addition of NHL veteran Michael Nylander, assigned by the Washington Capitals (NHL). Nylander is expected to remain with Grand Ra...

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The Griffins put forth a better effort against the visiting Milwaukee Admirals, but it was not enough to overcome the ads stifling defense. Grand Rapids managed only 22 shots on goal, but probabl...

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Grand Rapids was soundly outplayed by the visiting Lake Erie Monsters, but managed to show up just long enough to win in the shootout. Thomas McCollum was huge in the net making 40 saves to keep ...

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The Griffins had a lot of reasons to want a little revenge against the visiting San Antonio Rampage, 14 of them to be exact. The Griffins suffered a pair of losses to the Rampage earlier in the s...

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The Detroit Red WIngs have re-assigned defenseman Januk Kindl to the Grand Rapids Griffins. The 22 yr old blueliner made his NHL over the weekend, playing in a pair of games for Detroit in which ...

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Grand Rapids got two goals in the first and held on to take a 4-1 win over the Peoria Rivermen. Daniel Larsson won a hard fought goaltender's battle with Hannu Toivonen, stopping 24 shots for the...

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It was Deja vu for the Grand Rapids Griffins tonight, finding themselves losing a one goal game to the Rockford IceHogs. Jamie Tardif scored the lone goal for Grand Rapids tying the game at one a...

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced the recall of Jakub Kindl today. All-Star Brian Rafalski left practice early this morning with a stiff lower back, and if he is anuable to go on Thursday it c...

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After a rocky start to the season trying to blend in a roster that experienced a 50% turnover from last season, it looks like things have finally started to stabilize. A nine game winning streak ...

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Grand Rapids has made a habit out of falling behind early and then storming back for a win. This game started out according to the normal script, but when the Griffins reached back, they found th...

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The league leading Texas Stars came into tonight's game having only lost twice in regulation, giving up a stingy 32 goals in 19 games (1.68 per game). The Griffins explosive offense lit them up f...

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The Detroit Red Wings have assigned goaltender Daniel Larsson to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Larsson backed up former Griffin Jimmy Howard in Detroit the last four games due to the absence of vete...

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The story of tonight's games looked to be written the same as the last nine right up until the ending chapter. Grand Rapids found itself down by a pair of goals and then fired up it's game, domin...

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The Detroit Red Wings recalled goalie Daniel Larsson from the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday. Larsson will backup Jimmy Howard against the Anaheim Ducks, subbing for Chris Osgood who is out wi...

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The Grand Rapids Griffins fought back to tie the game twice before winning in in overtime to take their ninth straight victory. Veteran defenseman Doug Janik scored on a rocket of a shot 1:21 int...

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The Griffins got a big boost heading into tonights game against the Milwaukee Admirals when the parent Detroit Red Wings returned starting goaltender Daniel Larsson. No word yet on whether he wil...

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