SATURDAY'S GAME POSTPONED

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Tonight’s game between the Grand Rapids Griffins and Peoria Rivermen at Van Andel Arena has been postponed due to severe winter weather. No makeup date has been scheduled.

All fans holding tickets for tonight’s game will be able to use them for the rescheduled game or exchange them for tickets to another 2006-07 regular season home game.

The postponement is the fourth in the Griffins’ 11-year history and just the second involving a home game. Travel delays caused by winter weather forced cancellation of a game in Houston on Jan. 22, 2005, and a blizzard during the team’s third IHL season wiped out both a home game against Orlando on Jan. 2, 1999 and a road game at Chicago the next night.

A blizzard warning is in effect for Grand Rapids and the West Michigan area until 10 p.m. Lake effect snow will be heavy at times throughout the day, and winds gusting to 40 mph this afternoon and evening are expected to create blizzard conditions with frequent whiteouts.