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Grand Rapids Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins
City	Grand Rapids, Michigan
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	North Division
Founded	1996 (As a member of the IHL)
Home arena	Van Andel Arena
Colors	Navy blue, red, gold, silver;
Owner(s)	Dan DeVos
General manager	Bob McNamara
Head coach	Curt Fraser
Media	WOOD
Affiliates	Detroit Red Wings (NHL), Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Franchise history
1996 to 2001 IHL	Grand Rapids Griffins
2001 to present AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins
Championships
Regular season titles	1 IHL 2000–01; 1 AHL 2005–06
Division Championships	2 IHL 1999–00, 2000–01; 3 AHL 2001–02,; 2002–03,2005–06
Conference Championships	1 IHL 1999–00

The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are also the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. The franchise began in the now-defunct International Hockey League in 1996, and merged into the AHL in 2001. Notable players in the team's history include Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall, Sean Avery and Darren McCarty. The only player to have his number retired in team history is Travis Richards.

[edit] Team records

Single season: Goals: 56 Donald MacLean (2005–06); Assists: 60 Jiri Hudler (2005–06); Points: 101 Michel Picard (1996–97); Penalty Minutes: 390 Darryl Bootland (2005–06); Wins: 34 Mike Fountain (2000-01) and Joey MacDonald (2004-05); GAA: 1.83 Martin Prusek (2001–02); SV%: .936 Joey MacDonald (2003–04)
Career: Career Goals: 158 Michel Picard; Career Assists: 222 Michel Picard; Career Points: 380 Michel Picard; Career Penalty Minutes: 1,164 Darryl Bootland; Career Goaltending Wins: 90 Jimmy Howard; Career Shutouts: 16 Joey MacDonald; Career Games: 655 Travis Richards

[edit] Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Griffins. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Grand Rapids Griffins seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
2004–05	80	41	35	2	2	86	200	200	1721	5th, West	Did not qualify
2005–06	80	55	20	1	4	115	323	247	1888	1st, North	Lost in Conference Finals, 0–4 (Admirals)
2006–07	80	37	32	6	5	85	226	244	1454	4th, North	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3–4 (Bulldogs)
2007–08	80	31	41	2	6	70	210	245	1313	5th, North	Did not qualify
2008–09	80	43	25	6	6	98	255	226	963	3rd, North	Lost in Division Finals, 0–4 (Moose)

[edit] Players

Main article: List of Grand Rapids Griffins players

[edit] Current roster

As of October 24, 2009.

GOALTENDERS
#	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
31	Daniel Larsson	L	February 7, 1986	Boden, Sweden
35	Thomas McCollum	L	December 7, 1989	Cambria, NY, USA

DEFENSEMEN
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
3	Logan Pyett	R	May 26, 1988	Regina, SK, Canada
4	Travis Ehrhardt	R	April 12, 1989	Calgary, AB, Canada
5	Jakub Kindl	L	February 10, 1987	Sumperk, Czech Republic
7	Sebastien Piche	L	February 4, 1988	La Sarre, QC, Canada
22	Andy Delmore	R	December 26, 1976	Windsor, ON, Canada
28	Sergei Kolosov	L	May 22, 1986	Novopolotsk, Belarus
33	Doug Janik	L	March 26, 1980	Agawam, MA, USA

FORWARDS
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
8	Cory Emmerton	C	L	June 1, 1988	St. Thomas, ON, Canada
9	Evan McGrath	C/LW	L	January 14, 1986	Oakville, ON, Canada
10	John Vigilante	F	L	May 24, 1985	Dearborn, MI, USA
11	Kris Newbury	C	L	February 19, 1982	Brampton, ON, Canada
12	Dick Axelsson	LW	L	April 25, 1987	Stockholm, Sweden
13	Jan Mursak	RW	R	January 20, 1988	Maribor, Slovenia
14	Mike Walsh	RW	L	January 12, 1983	Royal Oak, MI, USA
15	Patrick Rissmiller	LW	L	October 26, 1978	Belmont, MA, USA
17	Francis Pare	RW	R	June 30, 1987	Lemoyne, QC, Canada
18	Mattias Ritola	LW	L	March 14, 1987	Borlange, Sweden
20	Jeremy Williams	RW	R	January 26, 1984	Regina, SK, Canada
21	Francis Lemieux	LW	L	February 22, 1984	Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
23	Paul Crosty	LW	L	October 13, 1982	Brampton, ON, Canada
25	Jamie Tardif	RW	R	January 23, 1985	Welland, ON, Canada
27	Tomas Tatar	LW	L	December 1, 1990	Ilava, Slovakia
92	Michael Nylander	C	L	October 3, 1972	Stockholm, Sweden

STAFF
Title	Staff member	Date of birth	Place of birth
Head Coach	Curt Fraser	January 12, 1958	Cincinnati, OH, USA
Assistant Coach	Jim Paek	April 7, 1967	Seoul, South Korea

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