Griffins Recreation #42 * House Recreation #21 * AHL Recreation #649
Season Collection: <\/strong>1-1-0-0\u00a0House Collection:<\/strong> 0-0-0-0\u00a0Street Collection: <\/strong>1-1-0-0
All-Time Collection:<\/strong> 3-3-0-0\u00a0All-Time House Collection:<\/strong> 2-0-0-0\u00a0All-Time Street Collection:<\/strong> 1-3-0-0
Eagles at Griffins<\/strong>
Third of 4 conferences general, first of two at Van Andel Enviornment\u2026This marks simply the second season that the Griffins will play Colorado, as they met for the first-ever time on Oct. 13, 2023…Grand Rapids is 2-0-0-0 towards the Eagles all-time at house with a plus-four scoring margin (8-4)\u2026The Eagles joined the AHL in 2018 and are the first affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche…Colorado has certified for every of the 4 AHL postseasons since becoming a member of the league…The Griffins are 18-21-2-1 (.464) all-time towards present Pacific-Division foes within the common season, together with 10-9-0-0 (.526) at house…Grand Rapids is on a four-game win streak and a six-game level streak (5-0-0-1)…Colorado has one win in its final 4 video games (1-2-1-0)…The Eagles are 5-3-2-0 of their final 10 video games and the Griffins are 6-3-0-1 of their final 10…Colorado is 7-8-2-0 on the highway in comparison with 15-4-1-2 at house…Grand Rapids is 12-6-1-1 at house in comparison with 13-6-2-0 on the highway…The Eagles rank fifth within the AHL with 3.41 targets per recreation and seventh with 2.72 targets allowed…Colorado\u2019s energy play locations twenty fourth at 16.9% and its penalty kill is tied for sixth at 84.8%…Eagles\u2019 Wyatt\u00a0Aamodt paces the AHL with a plus-30 ranking and Tye Felhaber is tied for eighth with 79 penalty minutes…Defenseman\u00a0Josiah Didier\u00a0<\/strong>hails from Littleton, Colorado and performed his collegiate years on the College of Denver from 2011-15. As well as, defensemen\u00a0Antti Tuomisto\u00a0<\/strong>(2020-22) and\u00a0Shai Buium\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-24), and ahead\u00a0Carter Mazur\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-23) additionally competed on the College of Denver…Sheldon Dries\u00a0<\/strong>was a part of the Avalanche group from 2018-21 and confirmed 56 factors (29-27\u201456) in 93 video games with the Eagles…Eagles\u2019 second-year head coach Aaron Schneekloth competed for Grand Rapids from 2002-04 and confirmed eight factors (1-7\u20148) in 58 video games<\/p>\n

Final Time Out<\/strong>
The Griffins prolonged their win streak to 4 and their level streak to 6 (5-0-0-1) with a 4-1 win over the Rockford IceHogs on Wednesday at Van Andel Enviornment.\u00a0William Wallinder\u00a0<\/strong>posted his second two-point recreation of the season (1-1\u20142) and\u00a0Alex Doucet\u00a0<\/strong>discovered the again of the web, good for his fifth level within the final 5 contests (2-3\u20145).\u00a0Carson Bantle\u00a0<\/strong>earned his first AHL aim in his seventh look for the Griffins, whereas\u00a0Joe Snively\u00a0<\/strong>tallied his 2 hundredth AHL level with an help. A helper from\u00a0Carter Mazur\u00a0<\/strong>marked his fourth level in six contests this season (1-3\u20144). Goaltender\u00a0Sebastian Cossa\u00a0<\/strong>prolonged his win streak to 4, stopping 21 pictures whereas enhancing to a .921 save proportion and a 2.20 goals-against common. Over its six-game level streak, Grand Rapids has averaged 4 targets a recreation whereas permitting 2.50 tallies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This Date in Griffins Historical past<\/strong>
2003:\u00a0Travis Richards<\/strong> turns into the primary participant to look in 500 common season video games as a Griffin in Grand Rapids\u2019 4-3 win at Milwaukee.\u00a0Jason Williams<\/strong> nets the Griffins\u2019 lone hat trick of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scorching Run<\/strong>
The Griffins are on a four-game win streak and are\u00a0at present on a season-high six-game level streak from Jan. 15-29 (5-0-0-1).\u00a0Throughout the level streak, Grand Rapids has averaged 4 targets per recreation whereas giving up 2.50 tallies.\u00a0Within the 4 video games earlier than the purpose streak from Jan. 4-11, the Griffins averaged only one aim per recreation with a 1-3-0-0 mark. The protection has been stable as soon as once more, permitting\u00a0simply\u00a01.92 targets\u00a0per recreation because the vacation break. The offense has\u00a0averaged\u00a03.17 targets per recreation because the break and not less than 4 tallies\u00a0in 5\u00a0of the final six outings. Grand Rapids stays in\u00a0first place within the Central Division, second within the Western Convention, and tied for fourth within the AHL with a 25-12-3-1 file and 54 factors\u00a0by 41 video games. The Griffins are\u00a016-10-2-0 towards their division rivals with a plus-nine scoring\u00a0margin and have held not less than a share of the highest spot within the division since Nov. 8.\u00a0
Guess Who\u2019s Again?\u00a0<\/strong>
Carter Mazur<\/strong> was sidelined for 35 video games from Oct. 19-Jan. 22 as a consequence of rehabbing an upper-body harm. Mazur made his long-awaited return final Thursday at Manitoba, amassing an help, and now has 4 factors (1-3\u20144) within the first six contests of his season. The seventieth general decide by the Detroit Pink Wings in 2021 has totaled 47 factors (21-26\u201447) in 72 professional video games with the Griffins since 2022-23. Final season, Mazur paced the group\u2019s rookies with 37 factors (17-20\u201437) in 60 regular-season video games earlier than tying for second amongst all skaters on the group with eight factors (3-5\u20148) in 9 playoff outings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Younger Sheldon<\/strong>
After scoring 12 targets in 20 video games from Oct. 27-Dec. 18, veteran\u00a0Sheldon Dries\u00a0<\/strong>was held and not using a aim for the following 9 outings from Dec. 20-Jan. 15. Dries loved a team-high five-game level streak (5-1\u20146) from Jan. 15-25 and scored a aim in 4 straight outings from Jan. 17-25, which is tied with\u00a0Joe Snively\u00a0<\/strong>for the longest run by a Griffin. The Macomb, Michigan, native ranks first on the roster\u00a0and tied for twelfth in\u00a0the AHL with 17 targets in 38 video games. Dries isn’t any stranger to West Michigan, as he spent 4 seasons at Western Michigan College from 2013-17 and totaled 84 factors (44-40\u201484) in 148 contests, serving as captain for 3 campaigns. The 30-year-old has competed in 434 professional video games with 254 factors (146-108\u2014254) and 228 factors (130-98\u2014228) in 312 AHL appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bonjour<\/strong>
Alex Doucet<\/strong>, a local of Sherbrooke, Quebec, has 5 factors (2-3\u20145) in his final 5 video games from Jan. 17-29. The 23-year-old had an analogous run from Nov. 13-24 when he confirmed six factors (2-4\u20146) in 5 outings. The rookie has 15 factors (6-9\u201415), eight penalty minutes and a plus-five ranking in 36 video games. He has scored two short-handed aim this season, which is tied for sixth amongst all skaters and tied for first amongst AHL rookies. Doucet competed within the ECHL with the Toledo Walleye final marketing campaign and totaled 41 factors (19-22\u201441) and a plus-19 ranking in 52 regular-season video games earlier than including six factors (1-5\u20146) in 14 playoff contests. Doucet was signed by the Detroit Pink Wings on Feb. 28, 2023 as an undrafted free agent out of the Quebec Main Junior Hockey League.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Come Out Firing<\/strong>
When the Griffins begin sizzling, issues often end up fairly effectively for the group, as they’ve a 15-1-2-1 file when scoring the sport\u2019s first aim. Additionally they have but to undergo a regulation loss when main after the primary interval (9-0-2-1) or when main after the second interval (14-0-2-0). When Grand Rapids is trailing after the opening body, it’s 3-8-1-0 and 4-9-0-0 when it trails after the second interval.\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Candy House<\/strong>
Grand Rapids concluded a season-high five-game homestand on Jan. 18 with a 2-2-0-1 file, which included factors within the closing three video games (2-0-0-1). This week, the Griffins will end a stretch that noticed them play eight of 10 video games inside Van Andel Enviornment from Jan. 10-Feb. 1 after enjoying 9 of 12 video games on the highway from Dec. 7-Jan. 4. The Griffins are 12-6-1-1 at house this season however have received 4 of their final 10 house outings (4-4-1-1). Below head coach\u00a0Dan Watson<\/strong>, Grand Rapids is 35-13-5-3 (.696) inside Van Andel Enviornment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lock It Down<\/strong>
The Griffins have allowed simply 1.92 targets per recreation since coming back from the vacation\u00a0break and rank first general\u00a0with 2.44 targets allowed per recreation.\u00a0Sebastian Cossa\u00a0<\/strong>has proven a 2.20 GAA and .921 save proportion by 24 video games,\u00a0Jack Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>has a 2.15 GAA and a .917 save proportion in 5 appearances, and\u00a0Ville Husso\u00a0<\/strong>possesses a 2.12 GAA and a .931 save proportion in 9 contests. Courting again to final season, Grand Rapids has allowed simply 51 targets in its final 23 regular-season video games at Van Andel Enviornment (2.22 GA per recreation). Additionally courting again to final season, the Griffins have allowed 59 targets of their final 23 regular-season highway video games (2.57 GA per recreation).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rollercoaster Experience<\/strong>
The Griffins ranked twenty ninth within the AHL by the primary 10 video games with 2.20 targets per contest earlier than displaying 4.10 targets per recreation from Nov. 7-Dec. 1 and going 8-2-0-0 throughout the run. The Griffins then averaged simply 2.33 targets per recreation from Dec. 6-22 and went 3-4-2-0 in these contests. Grand Rapids has now potted 38 targets throughout 12 video games (3.17) since Dec. 28 with an 8-3-0-1 file, which incorporates 4 targets on common in its final six outings. Grand Rapids has a plus-14 scoring margin within the third interval (45-31) regardless of being outshot 363-309. The Griffins\u00a0rank 18th on\u00a0the circuit with\u00a02.98 targets per contest,\u00a0whereas putting first in\u00a0targets towards per recreation (2.44). When scoring not less than three targets this season, Grand Rapids is 20-0-0-1 (.976) in comparison with 5-12-3-0 (.325) when scoring fewer than three targets.\u00a0
Profession Yr<\/strong>
Dominik Shine\u00a0<\/strong>is only one level from tying his profession better of 33 factors and is on tempo to succeed in 58 (20-38\u201458) this season. The veteran can be two assists from tying his profession excessive of 23 (2023-24) and 6 targets from tying his profession better of 17 (2021-22). He has already notched career-high totals in power-play targets (4), game-winners (3), and multi-point outings (8). On Jan. 18, Shine\u00a0<\/strong>moved right into a tie for tenth place on the group\u2019s all-time targets scored checklist together with his 72nd tally as a Griffin and is at present on a team-high five-game level streak (1-6\u20147). The 31-year-old additionally has 13 factors (5-8\u201413) in his final 15 contests. Shine ranks first on the roster in factors (11-21\u201432) and assists (21), fourth in targets (11), and third in power-play targets (4) in 40 video games. The Detroit native has spent his whole profession with Grand Rapids since 2016-17 and has collected 170 factors (72-98\u2014170) and 513 penalty minutes in 462 appearances. Within the Griffins\u2019 all-time rankings, Shine locations third in video games performed, sixth in penalty minutes, tied for tenth in targets scored (72), tied for tenth in time beyond regulation targets (2), and tied for first in unassisted targets (10). On Monday, Shine signed his first NHL contract, a two-year take care of the Detroit Pink Wings. Later that night, he made his NHL debut towards the Los Angeles Kings.\u00a0
Pucks On Web<\/strong>
The 26 pictures by the Griffins within the opening interval on Jan. 17 towards Cleveland had been probably the most ever recorded in a interval by both the Griffins or their opponent, spanning 2,359 mixed common season (2,170) and playoff (189) video games. Grand Rapids completed the competition with a season-high 44 pictures and have now averaged 29.6 pictures per recreation within the month of January. The Griffins outshot their opponent simply 3 times within the first 21 contests (14.3%)\u00a0however have since outshot their opponent eight instances within the final 20 video games (40.0%). The Griffins common 26.0 pictures per recreation, which ranks third-to-last within the AHL. Grand Rapids has been held to beneath 20 pictures six instances and has exceeded 30 pictures 9 instances. On the flip facet, the Griffins\u2019 opponents common 28.9 pictures per recreation (sixteenth in AHL) and\u00a0have been held to beneath 30 pictures 21 instances. The third interval has given the Griffins probably the most issues, as they’re being outshot 363-309 in comparison with being outshot 390-378 within the second and 405-363 within the first. Nevertheless, Grand Rapids has a 17-7-2-0 ledger when recording 20-29 pictures and a 12-5-2-0 mark when permitting not less than 30 pictures.\u00a0
Energy Surge<\/strong>
The Griffins potted two power-play targets in consecutive video games from Jan. 15-17 for the primary time this season and have scored on the man-advantage in 4 of the previous six video games (6-for-15, 40.0%). The facility play has additionally transformed 9 of its final 35 alternatives (25.7%) within the earlier 13 video games. The facility\u00a0play is tied for ninth\u00a0on the circuit at 19.0% (26-for-137). Should you break it down additional, Grand Rapids\u2019 house energy play is 12-for-60 (20.0%, T15th) and its highway energy play is 14-for-77 (18.2%, sixteenth). The Griffins have given up six short-handed targets, which is tied for the fifth-most. The Griffins\u2019 penalty kill has struggled as of late, permitting a power-play aim in six of their final 9 video games (23-for-30 on PK, 76.7%). Grand Rapids has additionally surrendered a power-play aim in 13 of its final 21 outings (58-for-73 on PK, 79.5%). Nevertheless, the penalty-kill unit stays top-of-the-line within the league, as it’s tied for sixth at 84.8%. Grand Rapids has additionally scored six short-handed tallies, which is tied for seventh within the\u00a0AHL. When scoring on the facility play, the Griffins are 14-4-2-1 and 7-9-1-1 after they permit a power-play aim.\u00a0
Holy Goalies<\/strong>
Sebastian Cossa<\/strong>, the fifteenth general decide by the Detroit Pink Wings in 2021, has been the go-to netminder for the Griffins this season, as he has a 14-7-3 mark with a 2.20 GAA and a .921 save proportion in 24 video games.\u00a0Cossa ranks among the many AHL leaders in minutes performed (1,417:48, eighth), video games performed (24, T6th), GAA (sixth), wins (T5th), and save proportion (eighth). The\u00a022-year-old collected his first NHL victory throughout his debut on Dec. 9 on the Buffalo Sabres with a 6-5 shootout victory behind 12 saves and two stops within the shootout. Cossa turned the primary netminder in NHL historical past to win his debut through a shootout in a aid effort. Veteran Jack Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>made his Griffins debut on Dec. 6 towards the Chicago Wolves and later bagged his first win as a Griffin on Dec. 17 at Texas behind 20 saves in a 4-2 determination. By way of six video games with Grand Rapids, Campbell is 2-3-1 with a 2.15 GAA and a .917 save proportion. Campbell has 444 professional video games beneath his belt with a 2.66 GAA and 231 wins since 2011-12, splitting time between the NHL (176 GP), AHL (241 GP) and ECHL (27 GP). Within the AHL, Campbell has proven a 119-85-27 file with a 2.71 GAA and a .911 save proportion. Ville Husso\u00a0<\/strong>was reassigned by the Pink Wings on Jan. 18 and has proven a 7-1-0 mark with two shutouts in 9 video games with the Griffins this 12 months to go together with a 2.12 GAA and a .931 save proportion. All through his 10-game profession with Grand Rapids since 2023-24, Husso has an 8-1-0 ledger with three shutouts, a 1.89 GAA and a .937 save proportion.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

AHL Leaderboard Tracker<\/strong>
Shai Buium<\/strong>\u2014Tied for sixth amongst rookie defensemen in assists (15), tied for ninth amongst rookie defensemen in factors (15), tied for second amongst rookie defensemen in plus-minus ranking (+9), tied for ninth amongst rookie defensemen in power-play assists (4)
Sebastian Cossa<\/strong>\u2014Eighth in minutes performed (1,417:48), tied for sixth in video games performed (24), sixth in GAA (2.20), tied for fifth in wins (14), eighth in save proportion (.921)
Nate Danielson<\/strong>\u2014Tied for fifth amongst rookies in assists (18), tied for first in short-handed assists (3), first amongst rookies in short-handed assists (3), tied for ninth amongst rookies in power-play assists (7)
Josiah Didier<\/strong>\u2014Tied for fourth in short-handed assists (2), tied for second amongst defensemen in short-handed assists (2)
Alex Doucet<\/strong>\u2014Tied for sixth in short-handed targets (2), tied for first amongst rookies in short-handed targets (2)
Sheldon Dries<\/strong>\u2014Tied for twelfth in targets (17), tied for second in game-winners (5)
x William Lagesson<\/strong>\u2014Tied for eleventh amongst defensemen in plus-minus ranking (+13)
Amadeus Lombardi<\/strong>\u2014Tied for eleventh in game-winners (4)
Austin Watson<\/strong>\u2014First in main penalties (9), tied for thirteenth in penalty minutes (71), tied for 14th in plus-minus ranking (+14)<\/p>\n

Milestones<\/strong>
Joe Snively\u00a0<\/strong>collected his 2 hundredth level within the AHL on Wednesday with an help towards Rockford and\u00a0Carson Bantle\u00a0<\/strong>scored his first AHL aim.\u00a0
Sheldon Dries<\/strong>\u2014Two assists from 100 within the AHL, 4 targets from 150 as a professional
Carter Mazur<\/strong>\u2014Three factors from 50 as a professional
x Dominik Shine<\/strong>\u2014One unassisted aim from claiming the franchise file of 11 in a profession, one aim from transferring right into a tie for ninth place within the franchise\u2019s all-time targets scored checklist (Derek King, 73), two assists from 100 as a Griffin
Photograph by Colorado Eagles<\/i><\/p>\n

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Griffins Recreation #42 * House Recreation #21 * AHL Recreation #649Season Collection: 1-1-0-0\u00a0House Collection: 0-0-0-0\u00a0Street Collection: 1-1-0-0All-Time Collection: 3-3-0-0\u00a0All-Time House Collection: 2-0-0-0\u00a0All-Time Street Collection: 1-3-0-0Eagles at GriffinsThird of 4 conferences general, first of two at Van Andel Enviornment\u2026This marks simply the second season that the Griffins will play Colorado, as they met for the first-ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n