For a second straight season, the American Hockey League’s Central Division was well represented in the Calder Cup playoffs as the Grand Rapids Griffins pushed everyone aside to hoist the Calder Cup in June. With a playoff run like the Cleveland Monsters (then known as the Lake Erie Monsters) the previous season, The Griffins put
Mitch Callahan fired a hat trick while Eric Tangradi and Evgeny Svechnikov both picked up three helpers as the Grand Rapids captured a 6-3 win against the Chicago Wolves at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Monday (May 8, 2017). The win gives the Griffins a commanding 3-1 lead in its Best of
Martin Frk scored just 40 seconds in and sent the Grand Rapids Griffins on its way to a 4-1 win at Allstate Arena against the host Chicago Wolves in the opening game of their Best of Seven American Hockey League Central Division Final series Wednesday (May 3, 2017). The win is the fourth straight for
Chicago Wolves and Grand Rapids Griffins both punched their respective tickets to advance to the American Hockey League Central Division final on Wednesday (April 26). The Griffins, top minor affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings finished off a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Admirals with a 3-2 overtime win at Milwaukee’s UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Meanwhile
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info The Charlotte Checkers grabbed control while the Grand Rapids Griffins strengthened its grip on their respective American Hockey League Central Division Best-of-Five Semi Final matches on Sunday (April 23). The Checkers used an overtime goal from Connor Brickley to open a 2-1 series lead at the AllState Arena near
The suddenly surging Chicago Wolves grabbed a weekend split with the Rockford Ice Hogs by taking the return match at Allstate Arena by a whopping 7-3 count in American Hockey League play Saturday night. The IceHogs won in Rockford the previous evening 3-2, but the Wolves responded in a big way and after dropping its
