Sheldon Dries Named AHL Player of the Week
Published on December 22, 2025 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Grand Rapids Griffins News Release
Grand Rapids Griffins center Sheldon Dries
(Grand Rapids Griffins, Credit: Nicolas Carrillo)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The American Hockey League on Monday announced that Grand Rapids Griffins center Sheldon Dries has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 21, 2025.
Dries logged six points (2-4-6) and a plus-eight rating in three games last week to continue the Griffins' best start to a season in the AHL's 90-year history (25-1-0-1). Dries posted two-point outings in all three contests and began the slate with two assists in Grand Rapids' come-from-behind 5-2 victory on Dec. 17 at Iowa. The 31-year-old followed that performance with a goal and an assist in Friday's 6-2 win at Iowa before tallying the game-winner and another helper in yesterday's 5-0 shutout over Cleveland.
This marks Dries' first-career AHL Player of the Week award, as he continues his ninth year as a professional. The Macomb, Michigan, native ranks third on the roster with 22 points (9-13-22) in 22 games, while also placing second in assists and fourth in goals. In addition, his career-high plus-15 rating is tied for sixth on the team and tied for 10th in the AHL.
Dries, a former three-time captain at Western Michigan University, is in his second season with the Griffins, having totaled 62 points (34-28-62), 35 penalty minutes and a plus-16 rating in 87 regular-season games with Grand Rapids. Throughout parts of nine AHL campaigns with Grand Rapids, Abbotsford, Colorado and Texas, Dries has 266 points (147-119-266), 257 penalty minutes and a plus-42 rating in 361 regular-season games. The veteran also has 26 points (16-10-26) in 122 NHL games between Colorado and Vancouver.
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