Red Wings Prospect Petr Mrazek Motivated to Improve Tom Mitsos | February 19, 2015 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Petr Mrazek is back in Grand Rapids where he started the 2014-15 season with the Griffins, but just because he currently isn’t helping the Detroit Red…
Q&A with Red Wings Prospect Tom McCollum Tom Mitsos | February 14, 2015 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When Jimmy Howard and Jonas Gustavsson both were down with injuries last month, it forced the Detroit Red Wings to call up not only Petr Mrazek…
Anthony Mantha Determined to Have Better Second Half Tom Mitsos | February 7, 2015 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Ever since Anthony Mantha was drafted 20th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2013 draft, the 20-year-old has had high expectations to live up…
Red Wings Prospect Teemu Pulkkinen: I Want More Goals Tom Mitsos | January 24, 2015 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Detroit Red Wings prospect Teemu Pulkkinen is happy to get his NHL first goal under his belt. However, the 23-year-old Finn already is thinking about his…
Q&A With Red Wings Prospect Mitch Callahan Tom Mitsos | January 10, 2015 Mitch Callahan is one of the veterans on a young Grand Rapids Griffins team this season. The sixth-round pick in 2009 was drafted for his ability to agitate and get…
Now Is the Time to Let Teemu Loose Tom Mitsos | January 7, 2015 Despite beating the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Tuesday night, the Detroit Red Wings received some bad news. Forward Tomas Jurco was held out of the third period due to an…
Griffins Notes: Coreau Keeps Winning, Backman Leaves for Sweden Tom Mitsos | December 21, 2014 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Griffins have been without No. 1 goaltender Petr Mrazek since Nov. 6, when Jonas Gustavsson went down with a dislocated shoulder for the…
Q&A with Red Wings Prospect Teemu Pulkkinen Tom Mitsos | December 20, 2014 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Teemu Pulkkinen was a fourth-round draft choice by the Detroit Red Wings in 2010. The Fin played for Jokerit Helsinki in the Finnish Elite League from…
What Can We Expect From Anthony Mantha’s Debut? Tom Mitsos | November 13, 2014 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you’ve probably heard Detroit Red Wings prospect Anthony Mantha is scheduled to make his…
Andy Miele Making Most of Opportunity with Grand Rapids Griffins Tom Mitsos | November 7, 2014 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Andy Miele knows what it’s like to play in the NHL. He’s bounced back and forth from the NHL to the AHL with the Phoenix Coyotes…
The 2014 Grand Rapids Griffins Offseason Gameplan Prashanth Iyer | April 9, 2014 Earlier in the month, I outlined what I thought was the best possible offseason gameplan for the Detroit Red Wings. Today, I want to focus on the minor league club…
Grand Rapids Griffins Bettering Their Championship Blueprint Zakharia DeBeaussaert | December 6, 2013 Defending a championship in any sort of professional sports is difficult. Much is made of the “Stanley Cup hangover” for example, but the same sentiment doesn’t seem to transfer over…