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Griffins to Face Familiar Foes in Cleveland, Rockford

October 24, 2023 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release


Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goaltender Sebastian Cossa
Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goaltender Sebastian Cossa
(Grand Rapids Griffins, Credit: Mark Newman/Griffins)

This Week's Games

GRIFFINS vs. Cleveland Monsters // Fri., Oct. 27 // 7 p.m. // Van Andel Arena

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Season Series: First of eight meetings overall, first of four at Van Andel Arena

All-Time Series: 71-38-6-11 Overall, 40-18-2-3 Home

NHL Affiliation: Columbus Blue Jackets

Noteworthy: Right wing Trey Fix-Wolansky returns to the Monsters for his sixth campaign and has amassed 145 points (62-83-145) in 170 games, which includes six points (2-4-6) in four appearances this season. In 2022-23, Fix-Wolansky ranked seventh in the AHL with 71 points (29-42-71).

GRIFFINS at Rockford IceHogs // Sat., Oct. 28 // 8 p.m. EDT // BMO Center

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Season Series: First of 12 meetings overall, first of six at BMO Center

All-Time Series: 61-43-9-11 Overall, 23-29-4-6 Away

NHL Affiliation: Chicago Blackhawks

Noteworthy: The Griffins have excelled when playing Rockford in Grand Rapids, as the team possesses an 11-4-4-3 (.659) record in the past five years at home against the IceHogs. However, on the road that trend flips and the Griffins are just 10-10-2-0 (.500) at the BMO Center in the last five seasons.

Thou Shall Not Pass: Rookie goaltender Sebastian Cossa is off to a fast start, showing a 2.02 goals against average and a .947 save percentage to go along with a 1-1-0 record in two appearances. Cossa currently ranks fifth among rookie netminders in GAA and first in save percentage, having stopped 72 of 76 shots. In three games played with the Griffins during the 2022-23 campaign, the former 15th overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft registered a 5.57 GAA and a 0.783 save percentage.

Shoot Your Shot: Allowing shots has been a problem for Grand Rapids to begin the season, as the Griffins have allowed 41 or more shots in three of the first four games. They rank fourth-to-last in the league for shots allowed with 159, leading only Laval (161, 5 GP), Rochester (163, 4 GP) and Springfield (171, 5 GP). Grand Rapids also places 23rd out of 32 teams with a total of 93 shots. The Griffins are averaging 23.3 shots for and 39.8 shots against.

Take Your Medicine: After serving up a weekend sweep of the Colorado Eagles from Oct. 13-14, Grand Rapids got a taste of its own medicine, as the Eagles returned the favor this past weekend in Loveland, Colorado. The two teams were evenly matched throughout the season series, as each team finished 2-2 and recorded 12 goals. Grand Rapids posted an 8-4 scoring margin at home but was outscored 4-8 on the road.

Let's Go Streaking: Cross Hanas (1-1-2), Brogan Rafferty (0-2-2) and Wyatt Newpower (1-2-3) are all on active two-game point streaks. Rafferty and Newpower are tied with Taro Hirose and Jonatan Berggren for the longest assist streak this season, while Austin Czarnik holds the spot for the longest goal streak at two games. Hirose leads the squad with a three-game point streak from Oct. 13-20 and paces the team with five points (3-2-5) in four outings. Czarnik and Berggren are both on recall to the Detroit Red Wings.

The Climb: Dominik Shine became just the third player in franchise history to reach eight seasons of service, while Tyler Spezia became the eighth player to compete in his sixth campaign. Shine ranks sixth with 361 career games played for the Griffins and stands 10th with 408 penalty minutes. Taro Hirose also continues to climb the Griffins' all-time leaderboard, as he is currently ranked 10th in points (170) and sixth in assists (126).

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Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goaltender Sebastian Cossa
Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Simon Edvinsson and goaltender Sebastian Cossa
(Mark Newman/Griffins)		   



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