Grand Rapids Griffins 17-18

[Redder Winger]

Grand Rapids Griffins 5 at Cleveland Monsters 3 - Status: Final
Saturday, December 30, 2017 - Quicken Loans Arena

Grand Rapids 2 2 1 - 5
Cleveland 0 1 2 - 3

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Campbell 7 (Lorito, Turgeon), 0:31. 2, Grand Rapids, Svechnikov 3 (Holmstrom, Russo), 10:47. Penalties-Russo Gr (tripping), 5:56; Scott Cle (delay of game), 8:47; Russo Gr (interference), 13:08.

2nd Period-3, Grand Rapids, Turgeon 7 (Campbell, Hicketts), 7:46 (PP). 4, Grand Rapids, Turgeon 8 (Lorito), 11:20. 5, Cleveland, Camper 7 (Moutrey, Gaunce), 15:38. Penalties-Gallant Cle (instigating, fighting, misconduct), 2:22.

3rd Period-6, Grand Rapids, Puempel 11 (Lorito, Hronek), 7:48 (PP). 7, Cleveland, Koules 7 8:03. 8, Cleveland, Dalpe 1 (Carlsson, Austin), 19:22. Penalties-Broadhurst Cle (delay of game), 7:06.

Shots on Goal-Grand Rapids 5-12-7-24. Cleveland 11-11-13-35.
Power Play Opportunities-Grand Rapids 2 / 4; Cleveland 0 / 2.
Goalies-Grand Rapids, McCollum 4-7-3 (35 shots-32 saves). Cleveland, Kivlenieks 4-9-2 (24 shots-19 saves).
A-15,117
Referees-Corey Syvret (42), Ben O'Quinn (27).
Linesmen-James Tobias (61), Denis Urban (50).

Whoa! Goals from prospects!

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Are people still hyped for him? He's not even a good junior player.

I never was.

 

[waltdetroit]

Are people still hyped for him? He's not even a good junior player.

Givani has only played like 13 games this year with 8 pts. He really is going through a rough patch. He could be an energy guy that's tough to play against with a bit of scoring.

 

[MBauer]

Not me, really. But he's already signed, so he'll probably be there or Toledo.
In his defense, he's on an awful team.

Well his team is awful and he's not even among the best players, not really a valid excuse for him, makes things even less impressive in my opinion.

Though you are correct in that they already signed him to an ELC like right after he was drafted, not really sure why. I think he should probably go back to junior an an over-age player if he can't even sniff a ppg in his draft +2 year.

Nice to see Turgeon continue to improve his offensive production, his skating has definitely improved the last few years, he should be a solid fourth line guy soon.

 

[GrGriffins]

Milwaukee Admirals 3 at Grand Rapids Griffins 4 (OT) - Status: Final OT
Sunday, December 31, 2017 - Van Andel Arena

Milwaukee 0 0 3 0 - 3
Grand Rapids 1 2 0 1 - 4

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Puempel 12 (Renouf), 5:12. Penalties-Murphy Mil (hooking), 15:33; Lorito Gr (tripping), 15:59.

2nd Period-2, Grand Rapids, Svechnikov 4 (Holmstrom, Russo), 15:30 (PP). 3, Grand Rapids, Svechnikov 5 (Hronek, Street), 16:37. Penalties-Russo Gr (tripping), 1:07; Svechnikov Gr (holding), 11:17; Granberg Mil (interference), 14:32.

3rd Period-4, Milwaukee, Smith 6 (Allard, Pettersson), 1:15 (PP). 5, Milwaukee, Butler 13 (Smith), 13:41. 6, Milwaukee, Gaudreau 3 (Murphy, Pettersson), 18:08. Penalties-Renouf Gr (tripping), 1:06; Tangradi Gr (slashing), 1:52; Oligny Mil (roughing), 4:18; Butler Mil (diving/embellishment), 17:00; Russo Gr (cross-checking), 17:00.

OT Period-7, Grand Rapids, Ford 14 (Street, Puempel), 1:20 (PP). Penalties-Smith Mil (goaltender interference), 0:12.

Shots on Goal-Milwaukee 9-11-8-2-30. Grand Rapids 18-13-9-2-42.
Power Play Opportunities-Milwaukee 1 / 5; Grand Rapids 2 / 4.
Goalies-Milwaukee, Lindback 15-5-3 (42 shots-38 saves). Grand Rapids, Coreau 10-8-2 (30 shots-27 saves).
A-10,834
Referees-Cameron Voss (41).
Linesmen-Bob Marcis (65), Jim Scarpace (75).

 

[Henkka]

Svechnikov, hell YEAH !

Nice to see him on the board again repeatedly.

 

[Leronziia]

I think that's Hronek's first point in forever too.

Both guys had really lean patches.

 

[chances14]

 

[Henkka]

I think that's Hronek's first point in forever too.

Both guys had really lean patches.

Hronek has scored 0=1 in both of last two games. Before that he went 4 games without a point.

And Hronek also is a teamleader in plusminus with +8.

If he has been bad, ok, but statistically not so.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Hronek has been what expected maybe alittle more. Hopefully svechnikov is breaking out and gr makes the playoffs

 

[Henkka]

How's Matt Puempel looking?

Guy has scored 11 goals in 21 games for Griffins and is scoring 1.10 pts/game.

Any NHL potential left, or still too slow?

 

[SpookyTsuki]

How's Matt Puempel looking?

Guy has scored 11 goals in 21 games for Griffins and is scoring 1.10 pts/game.

Any NHL potential left, or still too slow?

There’s always potential but he probably won’t do anything with it

 

[Leronziia]

Hronek has scored 0=1 in both of last two games. Before that he went 4 games without a point.

And Hronek also is a teamleader in plusminus with +8.

If he has been bad, ok, but statistically not so.

I stand corrected, 4 game pointless streak which was broken recently. Had a 5 game pointless streak a month or two ago too.

11 points in 26 games and +8 is a very good rookie year so far.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Svechnikov, hell YEAH !

Nice to see him on the board again repeatedly.

Hopefully this is the start of something for him. If there's one guy that needs a strong 2nd half of the season...

 

[GrGriffins]

Grand Rapids Griffins 4 at Milwaukee Admirals 2 - Status: Final
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena

Grand Rapids 2 0 2 - 4
Milwaukee 0 1 1 - 2

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Holmstrom 3 (Svechnikov), 9:30. 2, Grand Rapids, Puempel 13 (Saarijarvi, Lashoff), 10:38. Penalties-No Penalties

2nd Period-3, Milwaukee, Butler 14 (Zolnierczyk, Smith), 2:32 (PP). Penalties-Campbell Gr (holding), 1:30; Campbell Gr (boarding), 9:24; Zengerle Mil (slashing), 9:50.

3rd Period-4, Grand Rapids, Elkins 5 (Shine), 7:22. 5, Milwaukee, Zolnierczyk 12 (Zengerle), 8:01. 6, Grand Rapids, Lorito 10 (Campbell, Turgeon), 14:00. Penalties-Butler Mil (holding), 4:00; Zolnierczyk Mil (slashing), 11:21; Elkins Gr (slashing), 15:14.

Shots on Goal-Grand Rapids 15-10-11-36. Milwaukee 11-6-12-29.
Power Play Opportunities-Grand Rapids 0 / 3; Milwaukee 1 / 3.
Goalies-Grand Rapids, Coreau 11-8-2 (29 shots-27 saves). Milwaukee, Lindback 15-6-3 (36 shots-32 saves).
A-2,288
Referees-Andrew Wilk (57), Olivier Gouin (54).
Linesmen-Mike Daltrey (27), Ian McCambridge (52).

 

[ShelbyZ]

How has Russo looked this season?

Decent enough for the Red Wings to go the Meech/Kindl/Sproul/etc. route and keep him on the roster as a #7/8 next year so they don't risk waivers? Or the Nick Jensen route, where he's OK, but not enough to have to worry about waivers?

 

[Grimm]

How has Russo looked this season?

Decent enough for the Red Wings to go the Meech/Kindl/Sproul/etc. route and keep him on the roster as a #7/8 next year so they don't risk waivers? Or the Nick Jensen route, where he's OK, but not enough to have to worry about waivers?

Lol at how interchangeable and pretty much meh/worthless any of these guys have been/were/are. Yikes. I'd rather watch Witkowski throw a big hit in 8 minutes of ice time lol.

 

[GrGriffins]

How has Russo looked this season?

Decent enough for the Red Wings to go the Meech/Kindl/Sproul/etc. route and keep him on the roster as a #7/8 next year so they don't risk waivers? Or the Nick Jensen route, where he's OK, but not enough to have to worry about waivers?

His worse season here in GR. Starting to come around the past few games, but no where near where he was the past 2 seasons here. Needs to improve if he wants to make it in the NHL, or at least get another contract. At times he plays like he does not want to be in the AHL, and at times he looks lost out there.

Plays on 2nd PP unit and teams are picking up that when he gets the puck, he hangs on to it until a defender comes at him and he tries to make that pass to the open guy, but most of the time he does not execute. No one tries to cover him on the point because he rarely shoots when he is open.

On the d-end, he gets the puck in the corner, but he waits until one or two players is on him and he wants to make that pass to get those 2 guys trapped in their end only it ends up on a 2 on 1 in front of our net and the puck is usually in our net when it happens.

Too much time in Detroit last season must have gotten into his head as he plays like he belongs in Detroit and not in GR and gives little effort here in GR this season and his play shows it both on the ice and on his stats.

 

[Henkka]

His worse season here in GR. Starting to come around the past few games, but no where near where he was the past 2 seasons here. Needs to improve if he wants to make it in the NHL, or at least get another contract. At times he plays like he does not want to be in the AHL, and at times he looks lost out there.

Maybe he is past his prime. Russo turns 25 in february.

Ken Holland missed his potential keeping him on the minors.

 

[ShelbyZ]

His worse season here in GR. Starting to come around the past few games, but no where near where he was the past 2 seasons here. Needs to improve if he wants to make it in the NHL, or at least get another contract. At times he plays like he does not want to be in the AHL, and at times he looks lost out there.

Plays on 2nd PP unit and teams are picking up that when he gets the puck, he hangs on to it until a defender comes at him and he tries to make that pass to the open guy, but most of the time he does not execute. No one tries to cover him on the point because he rarely shoots when he is open.

On the d-end, he gets the puck in the corner, but he waits until one or two players is on him and he wants to make that pass to get those 2 guys trapped in their end only it ends up on a 2 on 1 in front of our net and the puck is usually in our net when it happens.

Too much time in Detroit last season must have gotten into his head as he plays like he belongs in Detroit and not in GR and gives little effort here in GR this season and his play shows it both on the ice and on his stats.

Thanks for the detailed response.

He's still on a two-way for next season, but it sounds like they won't have to worry about him not passing through waivers.

 

[GrGriffins]

Rockford IceHogs 3 at Grand Rapids Griffins 5 - Status: Final
Friday, January 5, 2018 - Van Andel Arena

Rockford 0 3 0 - 3
Grand Rapids 1 3 1 - 5

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Lorito 11 (Tangradi, Puempel), 9:00 (PP). Penalties-Pokka Rfd (hooking), 8:23.

2nd Period-2, Grand Rapids, Shine 3 (Elkins), 2:03. 3, Rockford, Iacopelli 7 (Knott, Dauphin), 2:17. 4, Grand Rapids, Street 4 (Tangradi, Puempel), 2:28. 5, Rockford, Iacopelli 8 5:01. 6, Grand Rapids, Tangradi 10 (Street, Hronek), 7:13. 7, Rockford, Highmore 15 (Gustafsson, Louis), 14:05 (PP). Penalties-Hronek Gr (interference), 12:45; Russo Gr (cross-checking), 16:54; Tangradi Gr (elbowing), 19:58.

3rd Period-8, Grand Rapids, Street 5 (Hronek, Puempel), 12:01 (PP). Penalties-Turgeon Gr (interference), 9:13; Jurco Rfd (tripping), 9:59; Jurco Rfd (closing hand on puck), 11:49; Pokka Rfd (roughing), 13:31; Ford Gr (slashing), 15:08; Elkins Gr (hooking), 16:51.

Shots on Goal-Rockford 6-13-17-36. Grand Rapids 5-14-5-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Rockford 1 / 6; Grand Rapids 2 / 4.
Goalies-Rockford, Delia 1-4-0 (24 shots-19 saves). Grand Rapids, Coreau 12-8-2 (36 shots-33 saves).
A-7,615
Referees-Mackenzie Nichol (68), Andrew Wilk (57).
Linesmen-Bevan Mills (53), John Tallieu (94).

 

[Redder Winger]

Rockford IceHogs 3 at Grand Rapids Griffins 5 - Status: Final
Friday, January 5, 2018 - Van Andel Arena

Rockford 0 3 0 - 3
Grand Rapids 1 3 1 - 5

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Lorito 11 (Tangradi, Puempel), 9:00 (PP). Penalties-Pokka Rfd (hooking), 8:23.

2nd Period-2, Grand Rapids, Shine 3 (Elkins), 2:03. 3, Rockford, Iacopelli 7 (Knott, Dauphin), 2:17. 4, Grand Rapids, Street 4 (Tangradi, Puempel), 2:28. 5, Rockford, Iacopelli 8 5:01. 6, Grand Rapids, Tangradi 10 (Street, Hronek), 7:13. 7, Rockford, Highmore 15 (Gustafsson, Louis), 14:05 (PP). Penalties-Hronek Gr (interference), 12:45; Russo Gr (cross-checking), 16:54; Tangradi Gr (elbowing), 19:58.

3rd Period-8, Grand Rapids, Street 5 (Hronek, Puempel), 12:01 (PP). Penalties-Turgeon Gr (interference), 9:13; Jurco Rfd (tripping), 9:59; Jurco Rfd (closing hand on puck), 11:49; Pokka Rfd (roughing), 13:31; Ford Gr (slashing), 15:08; Elkins Gr (hooking), 16:51.

Shots on Goal-Rockford 6-13-17-36. Grand Rapids 5-14-5-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Rockford 1 / 6; Grand Rapids 2 / 4.
Goalies-Rockford, Delia 1-4-0 (24 shots-19 saves). Grand Rapids, Coreau 12-8-2 (36 shots-33 saves).
A-7,615
Referees-Mackenzie Nichol (68), Andrew Wilk (57).
Linesmen-Bevan Mills (53), John Tallieu (94).

Couple apples for Hronek, otherwise another noshow for our prospects.
Looks like we got outshot like crazy.

 

[GrGriffins]

Couple apples for Hronek, otherwise another noshow for our prospects.
Looks like we got outshot like crazy.

Officials called this game pretty much one sided for the first 2 periods as every time a Griffins player who check or hit an Ice Hogs player, the ref would raise his right hand and when it happened the other way, play kept playing. Extremely fast paced first period as shot were at a minimum from both sides.

Flood gates opened earlier in the 2nd as one shot after another would find the back of the net. Ice Hogs had several pp chances and took a lot of shots, but mostly from the outside. Coreau had to make some keep stops here and there, but the Griffins kept the Ice Hogs on the outside. Ice Hogs goalie was not that good tonight and finally they beat the Ice Hogs for the first time this season (7th game this season).

Ice Hogs pressured in the third, but a key Griffins pp goal broke their back and they still had the play late in the third in the Griffins end, they could not score again. Griffins (6-0-0-1 last 7 games) start a 3 game road trip with a game tomorrow night against the hottest team in the AHL the Chicago Wolves (11-0-1-1 in the last 13 games) before playing 2 games in Winnipeg early next week against the AHL best team the Moose.

 

[drwings40]

Griffinscentral:

“Filip Hronek played a very good game and was involved in the offense all night. he was credited with a pair of assists, but had a third taken away by a scoring change. He and fellow rookie defender Vili Saarijarvi look better every game and seem to be thriving from the competition for ice time.”

 

[GrGriffins]

Grand Rapids Griffins 0 at Chicago Wolves 2 - Status: Final
Saturday, January 6, 2018 - Allstate Arena

Grand Rapids 0 0 0 - 0
Chicago 0 1 1 - 2

1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Hyka Chi (slashing), 9:45; served by Puempel Gr (bench minor - too many men), 11:58; McIlrath Gr (tripping), 19:35.

2nd Period-1, Chicago, Thompson 11 (Osipov, Matteau), 6:48. Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period-2, Chicago, Thompson 12 (Casto), 19:44 (EN). Penalties-Lough Chi (tripping), 2:44.

Shots on Goal-Grand Rapids 10-10-12-32. Chicago 7-9-13-29.
Power Play Opportunities-Grand Rapids 0 / 2; Chicago 0 / 2.
Goalies-Grand Rapids, Coreau 12-9-2 (28 shots-27 saves). Chicago, Kaskisuo 7-8-1 (32 shots-32 saves).
A-12,955
Referees-Brandon Schrader (24), Mike Campbell (36).
Linesmen-Ian McCambridge (52), William Hancock (17).