The Griffins, being the farm team of the Red Wings, have 2 jobs. Try and win the Calder Cup and get players ready for the NHL. And they have done a pretty good job of both. One of the Red Wings prospects, Teemu Pulkkinen, is turning into one of those stars.
The Grand Rapids Griffins are having a great season.
They're leading their division by at least 10 points, and continue great play, even though so many stars of the team continue to make the trip east and play with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings.
The 2014 NHL Winter Classic has the Detroit Red Wings facing the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The two NHL teams are playing outside in front of more than 105,000 at The Big House of Michigan Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich...
The Red Wings still have a way to go to win he Stanley Cup. They are up on Chicago 3-1, but they then have to get past either San Jose or the defending champion LA Kings. THEN they would have to beat the Eastern Champs. That could be Boston or Pittsburgh. A long way to go.
The Red Wings official schedule was announced yesterday! NHL hockey is back! Yay! The Griffins and college is great, don't get me wrong, but the NHL is the NHL. Next thing the league needs to do--Fire Bettman!
Sad news out of Hockeytown today. Red Wings announcer and PA announcer Budd Lynch has passed away at 95. Lynch was one of the lone ties to the Winged Wheel glory days of the 50's to the Cup winning teams of the 90's and 2000's. His distinctive voice had been gracing Joe Louis Arena since 1982.
The Griffs and the Red Wings made it official today! The new head coach of the AHL team is West Michigan's own Jeff Blashill! The former Red Wings assistant and Western Michigan University coach is the new head man in the Griffins organization! The announcement broke on Twitter today, and was even a trending topic! Go Griffs!
Hmmmm. Wonder what this is about. Like you couldn't see the writing on the wall. It MIGHT be to announce Nick is signing a one year contract to stick around. But more than likely it has to do with Mr Lidstrom's 20 year playing career coming to an end.
As many NHL players head over to Europe during the summer to play in other leagues, such players as Defenseman Ruslan Salei, former assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and Wings prospect Stefan Liv, who has been playing here in Grand Rapids with the Griffins along with 40 other players were killed Friday September 9th in a plane crash near a river just north of Moscow. The Kontinental Hockey League's
Chris Osgood, the second-winningest goaltender in Red Wings history, will announce his retirement on Tuesday, a source confirmed to Booth Newspapers on Monday. That's pretty huge. Say what you will about Ozzie...he did win 3 Cups and a whole lot of games for the Wings.
Stealing this from Townsquare Media intern Jason...from Facebook! He's a good guy so he won't mind! New Red Wings Defenseman Mike Commodore hasn't picked his new number for the season yet. Now, most of hockey fans know 9 and 19 are off limits, among others.