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Griffins Shutdown Marlies 6-3 to Claim Second Road Win of Weekend

October 24, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release


TORONTO - The Griffins shutdown the Marlies 6-3 denying Toronto (2-3-0-0) 10 of 11 power play opportunities Sunday evening at the Ricoh Coliseum, claiming Grand Rapids second road win of the weekend.

Hard at work, Ilari Filppula, Brent Raedeke and Jan Mursak each tallied two goals apiece accounting for all six of the Griffins goals in their victory over the Marlies.

Coming off two road wins, Grand Rapids (4-2-0-1) will return to West Michigan for a four-game homestand, beginning Friday, Oct. 29, when the team welcomes the Oklahoma City Barons to Van Andel Arena for the first time.

The Griffins skated into action early, firing off four consecutive goals in the first period. Filppula started the barrage with a power play goal at 2:50 on assists from Francis Pare and Derek Meech and quickly followed with a second goal at 5:49.

Raedeke responded with two back-to-back goals of his own, the first finding the net at 11:30 when Travis Ehrhardt handed off a pass to Meech who claimed his second assist of the night. Raedeke tallied his second goal 14:12 on a shorthanded breakaway giving the Griffins a 4-0 advantage.

Only 22 seconds later Justin Hodgman put the Marlies on the board, slipping a power play goal beyond Thomas McCollum at 14:34 ending the Griffins perfect penalty killing streak of 23 in 23.

The Griffins closed the first period at 4-1, only to expand the lead 5-1 at 5:07 in the second with a power play goal from Mursak. The Marlies then battled back at 14:08, as Hodgman notched a backhanded power play goal over McCollum's shoulder tallying his second of the night.

Grand Rapids headed into the third period with a three goal spread at 5-2, before Mursak accumulated his second goal of the night by taming a bouncing puck while shorthanded to punch it into an empty net unassisted at 10:01 of the third period. Darryl Boyce quickly answered for the Marlies scoring an unassisted shorthanded goal at 14:10 proving to be the last goal of the game.

The Griffins claimed a 6-3 victory making it the second road win for McCollum who posted 25 saves while Marlie goaltender, Jussi Rynnas totaled 19 saves.

Three Stars: 1. GR Raedeke (2 goals); 2. GR Filppula (2 goals, 1 assist); 3. TOR Hodgman (2 goals)

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