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Griffins Make It 17 out of 20 with 5-0 Victory

December 14, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday earned their 17th win in the last 20 games and finished their longest homestand of the season with a 6-1 mark, courtesy of a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at Van Andel Arena.

Cory Emmerton scored twice en route to a four-point night while Tom McCollum stopped 31 shots to claim his first shutout of the season and improve his personal record to 9-3.

The Griffins, whose 19-5-1-1 mark represents the best start in franchise history, will play their first road game since Nov. 23 on Wednesday when they visit the Iowa Wild at 8:05 p.m. EST.

Fresh off a 4-2 victory over the Admirals last night, the Griffins wasted little time in building another two-goal lead on their Midwest Division rival. Emmerton, in his first game back since being reassigned by the Detroit Red Wings, took a pass from Teemu Pulkkinen in the high slot and ripped a shot over Magnus Hellberg's blocker just 2:58 into the contest. Calle Jarnkrok followed up 2:24 later, sailing a shot into the other corner of Hellberg's net from the right circle.

Jordin Tootoo and Milwaukee's Michael Liambas watched half of the opening period from the penalty box, as they engaged in bouts just 26 seconds into the game and at the 10:54 mark. It marked a carryover of the bad blood from Friday's clash that saw a total of three fights, including one between Liambas and Triston Grant.

The Admirals (12-7-4-1) received a four-minute power play with 4:40 left before intermission, courtesy of simultaneous hooking and slashing calls on Tomas Jurco, but the Griffins killed it off to maintain their 2-0 cushion through 20 minutes.

Grand Rapids again struck twice in the early going of the second period to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Landon Ferraro set up between the hashmarks and redirected a feed from Alexey Marchenko with the heel of his stick, sending the puck just inside the left post at 3:21. Emmerton then tallied shorthanded for his second goal of the night at 5:02, after a puck-handling flub by Hellberg resulted in Ferraro leaving the puck in the left circle for Emmerton, who blasted it inside the far post.

McCollum preserved the four-goal cushion with 5:20 left in the period, thwarting a shorthanded breakaway by Kevin Henderson, before also stopping all 12 Admirals shots in the third period.

With 4:06 left in the game, Andrej Nestrasil scored during a goal-mouth scramble to round out the scoring against Hellberg, who finished with 23 saves.

In their last three wins over Milwaukee, all at home, the Griffins have outscored the Admirals by a 14-2 margin, including a pair of 5-0 thrashings.

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