The defending Calder Cup Champion Grand Rapids Griffins kicked off the 2017-18 American Hockey League season splitting a two-game set at Van Andel Arena against the Manitoba Moose this past weekend. After opening with a 5-2 win in its season opener, the Griffs Friday (Oct. 6), the Griffs were no match for the Moose in
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
The Grand Rapids Griffins led just once in Game Six of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series game at Van Andel Arena on Tuesday (June 13, 2017), but that lead lasted the final 7:19 of the contest. Martin Frk fired the game winner, lifting the Griffins to a 4-3 edge in the game
The Syracuse Crunch made it clear immediately in Game Five of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series, it was far from finished. A goal 17-seconds in sent the host Crunch on in its way to a 5-0 first period cushion and eventually a 5-1 win at the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena against
A solid 31-save effort from Jared Coreau, including stops on 20 of the first 21 shots he faced, allowed the visiting Grand Rapids Griffins a chance to build a 3-0 lead the host Syracuse Crunch could not overcome at the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena on Friday (June 9, 2017). The Crunch did manage to
Ben Street took a drop pass from Eric Tangradi and snapped it home 7:02 into the second overtime period to lift the Grand Rapids Griffins into a 2-0 lead in its American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series at Van Andel Arena on Saturday (June 3, 2017). The goal was the second of the night
