Minor Leagues

No. 2 Denver Pioneers Complete Sweep Over No. 12 UND

The No. 2 ranked Denver Pioneers completed their first sweep in Grand Forks in more than a decade. David Carle’s club followed up with Friday’s 3-2 win over UND with a convincing 6-3 on Saturday. UND took an early 1-0 lead just seven seconds into the game. Denver dominated with a 14-3 shots-on-goal advantage but […]

Hanas continues scoring excellence for Griffins

Cross Hanas continued his terrific rookie season by helping Grand Rapids earn three out of six points last week. On Wednesday, the Griffins opened the week with a 5-2 loss in Cleveland. Donovan Sebrango and Steven Kampfer gave the Griffins a 2-0 lead early in the second period, but the Griffins couldn’t hold on to […]

Things Are Looking Up North Of The Border For The Adirondack Thunder

“En Depit de l’adversite ils ont finalement triomphe” is a quote from le Cid by Pierre Corneille, which perfectly describes the weekend for the Thunder. Adirondack came into this weekend badly needing something to go their way, and that’s exactly what they got during the two-game series in Trois-Rivieres, where they walked away with three […]

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 […]