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Grand Rapids Griffins 1 at Milwaukee Admirals 3

March 29, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release


MILWAUKEE, WI - After jumping out to early one-goal lead, Grand Rapids surrendered three unanswered tallies, which paved the way for the Admirals' 3-1 victory over the Griffins on Friday night, at the Bradley Center. Prior to tonight's loss the Griffins had earned at least a point in each of their last 12 visits to Milwaukee. Despite the loss, Grand Rapids (39-25-11-0) remains in first place in the West Division.

Alexandre Giroux put the Griffins on the scoreboard when he slipped in behind the Milwaukee defense and fired a power play tally past Chris Mason at 6:41. Giroux's 11th of the year was the sole tally of the opening period, as Grand Rapids held a 1-0 edge after 20 minutes of play.

Milwaukee knotted the game at one when Peter Hubacek fired a shot past the stick side of Simon Lajeunesse at 11:25. Just 1:27 later, Jonas Andersson recorded the eventual game-winner as he took a pass from Alexandre Boikov and found the back of the net with his 13th mark of the campaign.

In the third, the Admirals open up a two-goal pad when Jeremy Stevenson collected his own rebound and tucked the puck over the pads of Lajeunesse at 2:13, for the final goal of the game. With the loss Grand Rapids closes out the season series with a record of 6-2-4-0 against the Admirals this year.

Lajeunesse (12-7-5) turned away 20 of 23 in the loss, while Mason (17-19-7) stopped 30 of 31 for the victory. Grand Rapids went 1-4 with the man advantage, while Milwaukee was held scoreless on three opportunities. Attendance for the game was 6,027. The Griffins bus back to Grand Rapids tonight and battle the Rochester Americans in their regular season finale tomorrow evening. Face-off for the sold-out contest is 7:30 p.m. at the Van Andel Arena.

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