HEAVY LUMBER
Growing up the oldest of six boys and working in the family saw mill made pretty strong timber out of Griffins tough guy Peter VandermeerStory and photo by Mark Newman Peter Vander [...]
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YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
Courage and perseverance have enabled Houston Aeros center Mark Cullen to overcome a series of bad breaks, from fractures to cancerStory and photo by Mark Newman Youll have to excu [...]
CINCY FINDS LUPUL IN GRIFFINS' COMEBACK ATTEMPT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Joffrey Lupuls third goal of the game, midway through the final period, thwarted the Grand Rapids Griffins comeback effort and gave the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks a wild 5-4 win before a Tuesday night [...]
TWO HOME GAMES BRING 2004 TO A CLOSE
Annual New Years Eve Bash Features Spectacular Fireworks Show This Weeks Games Tue., Dec. 28 - Cincinnati Mighty Ducks at GRIFFINS - 7 p.m. - WOOD 1300 AM Fri., Dec. 31 - Hamilton Bulld [...]
DUCKS ONE-UP GRIFFINS FOR A CHANGE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A pair of Cincinnati goals in the games first 15:19 proved too much for the Grand Rapids Griffins and their struggling offense to overcome on Sunday, as they fell 2-1 to the Mighty Ducks at Van Ande [...]
KIP MILLER RETURNS TO GRIFFINS
Veteran Has Scored More Than 100 NHL Points Since His 2002 Departure GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Kip Miller is proof that you can indeed go home again. The Michigan native and 15-year veteran signed an American Hoc [...]
CHICAGO BREAKS TREND, WINS AT HOME 3-1
ROSEMONT, Ill. The Grand Rapids Griffins (18-10-1-1) offensive woes continued with a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Wolves (17-9-3-1) at Allstate Arena on Thursday night. Chicago winning at Allstate Arena marks the initial wi [...]
GRIFFINS FIGHT FOR POINT IN 3-2 SOL
CLEVELAND, Ohio Bryan Helmers 100th professional goal and 41 saves by Joey MacDonald were not enough to stop the Cleveland Barons (14-12-1-2) from defeating the Grand Rapids Griffins (18-9-1-1) 3-2 in a shootout on Wed [...]
GRIFFINS TO CLOSE OUT 2004 WITH A BANG (ACTUALLY, MORE LIKE 600)
West Michigans Largest Indoor Fireworks Display Follows New Years Eve Bash GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A first-of-its-kind indoor fireworks display will bring a raucous conclusion to 2004 this Friday night when the [...]
GRIFFINS INK ECHL SNIPER
Derek Edwardson Led CCHA in Scoring Last Season GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. The Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League on Wednesday signed center Derek Edwardson to a professional tryout. E [...]
GRIFFINS TO HOST HOLIDAY FEAST WITH DUCKS
Grand Rapids Maintains Share of First in Tight West Division Race This Weeks Games Wed., Dec. 22 - GRIFFINS at Cleveland Barons - 7 p.m. - WOOD 1300 AM Thu., Dec. 23 - GRIFFINS at Chicago [...]
NO HOLE IN NOLAN
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Nolan Schaefer made 28 saves, Shane Joseph scored one goal and assisted on another to lead the Cleveland Barons (13-12-1-2) to a 2-0 blanking of the Grand Rapids Griffins (18-9-1-0) on Saturday nigh [...]