CALDER CUP UPDATE: The Western Conference Final gets underway tonight with Grand Rapids hosting Milwaukee (7:00 ET)… The Admirals have been off since May 9, when they wrapped up a four-game sweep of Houston… The Griffins are riding high off what is being called the biggest win in franchise history, a 5-4 decision in Game […]
Former Pirates Brooks Laich and Tomas Fleischmann each scored twice as Hershey opened the Eastern Conference Final with a humbling 5-0 win over Portland in Game 1 at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Wednesday night. Frederic Cassivi made 33 saves for his third shutout in the last four games as Hershey improved to 9-0 […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Twenty-three down, four to go. A quartet of teams remains in the hunt for the 2006 Calder Cup championship after the division finals concluded on Tuesday night. The Grand Rapids Griffins moved into the conference finals for the second time in their five AHL seasons with a dramatic 5-4 win over Manitoba […]
Darryl Bootland swept a loose puck home with 2:06 left in regulation as Grand Rapids stunned Manitoba and advanced to the Western Conference Final with a 5-4 victory in Game 7 on Tuesday night. The Griffins will meet Milwaukee in the Western Conference Final, beginning Thursday night at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. The […]
by John Wawrow | Associated Press When the playoffs began, Ryan Miller happily recalled how he had won The Basement Cup, The Driveway Cup, The Kitchen Cup – every type of Cup he could imagine while growing up in a hockey family in East Lansing, Mich. Now that the rookie goalie has Buffalo halfway to […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced that the league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved the following actions at its annual Spring Meeting, held today at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Springfield: · Ownership of the inactive Utah Grizzlies franchise has been transferred from the Elmore Sports Group to Dan […]
CALDER CUP UPDATE: The last conference finalist will be determined tonight as Grand Rapids hosts Manitoba in the deciding Game 7 of the North Division Final (7:00 ET)… The Moose pushed the series to the limit with a 3-1 win last night… Josh Green, returning to the lineup after missing three games with pneumonia, scored […]
by Paul Friesen | Winnipeg Sun Hands up: anybody out there pick Dustin Penner in their NHL playoff pool? Other than his dad, that is? Didn’t think so. By the end of this thing, you may wish you had. In fact, Penner, the 6-foot-4, 245-pounder from Winkler, Man., is already a better pick than Steve […]
Josh Green scored twice and Maxime Ouellet made 35 saves as the Manitoba Moose staved off elimination with a 3-1 victory in Grand Rapids on Monday night. The Moose and Griffins will play the deciding Game 7 of the North Division Final on Tuesday at Van Andel Arena. Green scored twice and Lee Goren once […]
CALDER CUP UPDATE: One spot remains in the AHL’s final four for 2006, and Grand Rapids can join that elite quartet with a victory over Manitoba in tonight’s Game 6 of the North Division final (7:00 ET)… The Griffins won two of three in Winnipeg last week to bring a 3-2 series lead back home […]
