Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins has been voted the 2019-20 recipient of the Jack Adams Award as “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.”

The Detroit Red Wings have signed right wing Evgeny Svechnikov to a one-year contract extension.

With four Stanley Cups and five Calder Cups in the last 35 years, the Detroit Red Wings have proven that a winning atmosphere starts in the AHL.

Larry Figurski, sports anchor and reporter for WOOD TV8 and color commentator for Grand Rapids Griffins games on WOOD Radio, has been selected as the recipient of the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for the 2019-20 season.

The Grand Rapids Griffins, West Michigan Whitecaps, Grand Rapids Drive, and West Michigan Sports Commission on Monday launched “One Team For West Michigan,” a collaborative initiative to provide encouragement and help to our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The assumption is that the Red Wings will keep Evgeny Svechnikov in Detroit next year and give him his first extended NHL look. It’s certainly what he wants: That elusive prolonged chance to prove himself.

Over his first 40 seasons, Bob Kaser had missed fewer than 10 games due to illness. But in December, he was suddenly missing from the Grand Rapids Griffins radio broadcast for three weeks.

Being part of a league that’s suspended has left the Grand Rapids Griffins in similar limbo with unanswered questions in unchartered territory.

It takes more than skill to last 11 seasons in one organization, let alone 500 games with the same AHL team as Brian Lashoff accomplished Wednesday.

As much as Detroit GM Steve Yzerman would like a brief look at a couple of the Red Wings’ top prospects, he also doesn’t want to jeopardize Grand Rapids’ playoff hopes.