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Division-Leading Griffins Face Three-Game Weekend

March 21, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release


]This Week's Games Rockford IceHogs at GRIFFINS // Fri., March 24 // 7 p.m. // Van Andel Arena GRIFFINS at Rockford IceHogs // Sat., March 25 // 8 p.m. // BMO Harris Bank Center Listen: WOOD 106.9 FM/1300 AM at 6:35 p.m. on Friday and 7:35 p.m. on Saturday Watch: AHLLive.com both nights Season Series: 3-1-0-0 Home, 2-1-0-0 Road, 5-2-0-0 Overall. Eighth and ninth of 10 meetings overall, fifth of five at Van Andel Arena and fourth of five at BMO Harris Bank Center. All-Time Series: 22-9-1-2 Home, 12-16-2-3 Road, 34-25-3-5 Overall. NHL Affiliation: Chicago Blackhawks Noteworthy: Guaranteed at least a share of the 10-game season series against Rockford, Grand Rapids has won or tied the season series with its Illinois counterpart in five consecutive campaigns.

GRIFFINS at Milwaukee Admirals // Sun., March 26 // 4 p.m. // UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Listen: WOOD 106.9 FM/1300 AM at 3:35 p.m. Watch: AHLLive.com Season Series: 2-2-0-0 Road, 5-4-0-0 Overall. Tenth of 12 meetings overall, fifth of six at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. All-Time Series: 35-32-5-5-5 Road, 83-58-7-6-7 Overall. NHL Affiliation: Nashville Predators Noteworthy: Grand Rapids leads the season series, but has lost three of the last four against Milwaukee.

Last Week's Results Fri., March 17 Chicago Wolves 4 at GRIFFINS 5 OT 39-17-1-4 (83 points, 1st Central) Sat., March 18 GRIFFINS 3 at Chicago Wolves 2 OT 40-17-1-4 (85 points, 1st) Sun., March 19 GRIFFINS 3 at Milwaukee Admirals 6 40-18-1-4 (85 points, 1st)

Opening Faceoff: Grand Rapids earned four out of a possible six points while playing three games in three nights against Central Division rivals last weekend. The Griffins defeated Chicago twice in overtime before having their four-game point streak snapped with a loss on Sunday at Milwaukee. Grand Rapids continues to lead the division while ranking third in the Western Conference and fourth in the AHL with a 0.675 points percentage. The Griffins are set up for three games this weekend, beginning with a home-and-home set against Rockford on Friday and Saturday and concluding at Milwaukee on Sunday.

This Week's Promotions: Friday against Rockford is '90s Night and fans can enjoy $2 hot dogs/$2 domestic drafts from 6-8 p.m., while supplies last.

Last Week's Recap: To open a three-games-in-three-nights stretch, the Griffins defeated Chicago 5-4 in overtime on Friday. The Wolves grabbed a 4-3 lead with 1:51 remaining in regulation, but Tomas Nosek scored with just nine seconds left to force the extra session. Evgeny Svechnikov delivered the game-winner for Grand Rapids 1:51 into overtime. Rounding out the 10-game season series against Chicago on Saturday, Grand Rapids made it a weekend sweep of the Wolves with a 3-2 overtime victory as Ben Street provided the game-winning heroics. On Sunday, the Griffins took a 2-1 lead 1:10 into the second period before Milwaukee reeled off four straight goals in the stanza en route to a 6-3 decision.

Follow the Leader(s): Matt Lorito (19-33 - 52), Ben Street (23-28 - 51), Martin Frk (23-23 - 46), Evgeny Svechnikov (17-23 - 40) and Tomas Nosek (15-25 - 40) lead the team in points...Lorito's 52 points tie for ninth in the AHL...Svechnikov ties for 10th among rookies in scoring...Rookie Dan Renouf has 57 PIM to pace the team...Captain Nathan Paetsch has a team-best plus-18 rating...Jared Coreau ties for ninth with a 2.29 GAA and places eighth with a 0.922 save percentage.

40 and Counting: Following last Saturday's 3-2 overtime victory at Chicago, the Griffins reached the 40-win plateau for the fifth consecutive season and 14th time overall in the franchise's 21-year history. Grand Rapids has qualified for the playoffs in 12 of the previous 13 seasons when notching 40 or more wins. The Griffins secured win No. 40 in the 62nd game of the season, tying last year's club for the third-fastest the team has reached the benchmark. Only the 2000-01 (59 games) and 2005-06 (60 games) squads did so quicker.

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