Minor Leagues

Berggren is Detroit’s Top Forward Prospect

Jonatan Berggren continued his excellent offensive play to help Grand Rapids win one out of three road games last week. The Griffins opened the week on Thursday morning with a 6-3 loss in Iowa. Berggren paced the Griffins with two power-play goals. Cross Hanas also scored for Grand Rapids. Both teams returned for a Friday […]

Which Rookies Are Staying? Which Rookies Are Leaving?

The nine-game benchmark is fast approaching which is big for teams because it is up to the coaching, management, and front-office staff to decide which rookies stay and which will get sent down to the junior or AHL levels. Juraj Slafkovsky Although he has had many games where he showed flashes of what he can […]

An Update On 10 Bruins Prospects

The Boston Bruins are off to a hot start this season and should be contenders all season long in the Eastern Conference. But next season could begin a roster transition that will need to include some young, homegrown talent in the future. General Manager Don Sweeney is banking on a few top prospects making the […]

Thunder Get Spooked By Railers As Losing Woes Continue

“I don’t even think it’s that we haven’t played well, are breakdowns are huge, we’re just giving it to the them, Ya, they’re good, but we suck right now,” was Head Coach Pete MacArthur’s response to if Worcester was the better team or not, and his quote perfectly describes the past weekend for the Thunder. […]

Grand Rapids Griffins Weekly Report #3

Jonatan Berggren returned to the lineup and helped Grand Rapids earn a split of the weekend series in Texas. The Stars won the opening game on Saturday 5-2. The Griffins replied with a 4-3 victory on Sunday. Grand Rapids were without Matt Luff and Givani Smith, who were both recalled to play for Detroit. Luff […]

Red Wings Prospect Update: October

While many fans have turned their attention to the early success of the Red Wings 2022-23 season, there is still more excitement to come. With another year of development and another draft in 2022, where the Red Wings had high-value picks, Detroit has one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL. Here’s a look […]

Matt Luff set to make Red Wings debut in Boston

Ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings announced that they had recalled 25-year-old forward Matt Luff from Grand Rapids. After the morning skate, Derek Lalonde confirmed that Luff would skate in place of Oskar Sundqvist, who left Tuesday’s game versus the New Jersey Devils with an undisclosed injury. After […]

Adirondack Opens Season On the Wrong Track

WORCESTER, MASS.- It was opening weekend for the Adirondack Thunder as they traveled to Worcester, Massachusetts, to take on the Worcester Railers. It would be another battle of former players turned head coaches as Jordan Lavalle-Smotherman also turned in his skates for a whistle as he was named head coach of the Worcester Railers. However, […]

Griffins Report: Cossa earns first AHL win

Grand Rapids Griffins rookie goaltender Sebastian Cossa earned his first AHL victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday. Cossa made 21 saves on 23 shots for the 3-2 win. Cossa was also awarded the first star of the game for his efforts. On Thursday, the Griffins re-assigned Cossa to Toledo (ECHL) so he could be in the opening […]

Adirondack Thunder Announce Season-Opening Roster

The Adirondack Thunder have announced their season-opening roster ahead of Saturday Night’s game vs. Worcester Railers. Adirondack will take advantage of the 21-man roster for the first 30 days of the season; they also placed two guys on reserve and two on IR to start the season. The roster is as follows: Isaac Poulter, G; […]