Since the Griffins' inception in 1996, 203 different players - 26 goalies and 177 skaters - have gone on to play at least one game in the National Hockey League.

Some of the more accomplished members of the Griffins' alumni class include 18 Stanley Cup champions, two members of the Triple Gold Club -- Stanley Cup champ, Olympic gold, World Championship gold -- (Niklas Kronwall and Valtteri Filppula), one Calder Trophy winner (Moritz Seider), another Calder Trophy finalist (Jimmy Howard), and two Lady Byng winners (Pavol Demitra and Jiri Hudler).

A few facts of note:

• A Griffins alumnus has had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup in nine of the last 15 years and in 11 of the last 18 seasons.
  
• Fifteen former Griffins were on the playoff roster of the 2008 Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, nine of whom had their names engraved on the Cup: Niklas Kronwall, Jiri Hudler, Valtteri Filppula, Brett Lebda, Derek Meech, Darren Helm, Tomas Kopecky, Darren McCarty and Chris Osgood.
  
• Thirty-eight Griffins alumni logged ice time with 16 NHL teams during the 2021-22 season.
  
• All 32 NHL teams have had a former Griffin play for them at some point, including 2021-22 expansion team Seattle.
  
• One hundred seven players have made their NHL debuts after first playing for the Griffins, including 71 who made their debut during the same season they played in Grand Rapids.
  
• On Oct. 4, 2018, defensemen Dennis Cholowski, Flip Hronek and Libor Sulak all made their NHL debuts with Detroit, marking the first time that three players joined the Griffins' NHL alumni ranks on the same day.
• In addition, three Griffins head coaches - Guy Charron, Bruce Cassidy and Jeff Blashill - moved on to the NHL the season after winning Coach of the Year honors in Grand Rapids, while three assistant coaches eventually advanced to assistant positions in the NHL (Curtis Hunt, Kelly Miller and Todd Nelson). Cassidy also won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach in 2019-20 while with Boston.