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
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
The American Hockey League Division final playoff series will get underway Wednesday night and that is not a moment too soon for both clubs. While the grind of travel and the tough schedule is spoken about often in hockey, in this case both the Lake Erie Monsters and Grand Rapids Griffins likely wouldn’t have minded getting started a little bit
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info You’ve heard the joke about if you don’t like the weather in (pick your place), just wait 10 minutes. The American Hockey League Central Division has been like that for several years. Just wait a week and the standings will all be different. This season the division did more or
There is still plenty of time for things to change and that would not even be that unusual in the American Hockey League’s Central Division which includes all six of the Midwest-based AHL teams. But, as of right now, it seems four of the six — Rockford Ice Hogs, Milwaukee Admirals, Grand Rapids Griffins and
