Category: Griffins

  By Matt Gajtka – GRAND RAPIDS – In the 77-year history of the American Hockey League, a team has built a 3-0 lead in the Calder Cup Final 23 times. The first 22 times, that team has won the championship. The Grand Rapids Griffins are the most recent in that line of strong starters,…

By Matt Gajtka – GRAND RAPIDS – The red light went on and the goal horn sounded, sending the sellout crowd at Van Andel Arena into delirium. There was only one problem: the puck never went in. The celebration will have to wait. The visiting Syracuse Crunch survived a late close call to squeeze past…

By Pat Evans – Up 3-0 in the Calder Cup Final, the Grand Rapids Griffins have two chances to finish off the Syracuse Crunch at home in Van Andel Arena. Tonight’s opening face-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Although the Griffins could let that advantage go to their heads, head coach Jeff Blashill said after…

By Pat Evans – GRAND RAPIDS – Thanks to a stellar performance by the line of Luke Glendening, Jeff Hoggan and Jan Mursak, the Griffins picked up a 4-2 win Wednesday night in Grand Rapids, giving them a 3-0 series lead in the Calder Cup Final against the Syracuse Crunch. All three members of the…

By Michael Caples – Despite a series of strange events and the Syracuse Crunch managing to keep the game close every time the visitors tried to pull away, the Grand Rapids Griffins will still return home with a 2-0 series lead. The Griffins picked up a 6-4 win over the Crunch Sunday evening in Syracuse,…

By Alyssa Girardi – The Grand Rapids Griffins carried the emotions of a Game 7 win on Wednesday to Syracuse on Saturday night, where they defeated the Crunch 3-1 in Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals. The Griffins handed Syracuse its only second loss of this season’s playoffs, in which Petr Mrazek dominated in…

By Pat Evans – GRAND RAPIDS – The Grand Rapids Griffins now have an opportunity to give the city’s signature Alexander Calder sculpture a nice friend: the Calder Cup trophy. Following an up-and-down series full of emotion against Oklahoma City, the Griffins are now moving on to the franchise’s first AHL Finals appearance. Playing on…

By Michael Caples –  It was another wild season of Red Wings hockey in 2013. Even with a lockout taking away 34 regular-season contests, the Wings managed to produce another memorable season for the Hockeytown faithful. Here are our ten favorite Red Wings moments from the past five months. Think we missed one? Leave us…

By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – It’s not often that you hear of a National Hockey League player planning to spend a portion of his summer at a college apartment. But before he tackles his off-season training, that’s just what Red Wings’ blue-liner Danny DeKeyser (Clay Township) said he has to head to, with a…