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I think McCarty could be pretty dominant in the AHL. He did put up 10 points in 13 games last season with Grand Rapids and I’d suggest he’s in much better shape now. They could definitely make use of him but the problem is if he plays someone like McGrath or Mursak will always be sitting; they’re loaded enough as it is!

There are a couple of posters here who are in a good position to do something like that. I haven’t caught any games, only followed the box scores, stats and the recaps/comments people provide. Probably doesn’t qualify me to post grades but I could give it my best shot…

Hey guys. I was real busy/tired by the time I usually post the thread yesterday and given it’s going to be posted at least 24 hours later and around Christmas time I was concerned a lot of the regulars wouldn’t participate so for that reason I thought maybe we could give it a miss just for this week. Let me know if that's alright...? Will certainly be back next week.

Wow Stuckey! 29 points at 3/4! He's going off tonight!

Stuart= gun! I love the bloke!

That's up quick! What a play by Hossa! And the finish by Dats, what an incredible goal.

Flip's having a strong period. They can never seem to be able to take the puck from him.

Milwaukee Admirals (17-7-0-1) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (14-7-3-3) @ The Milwaukee Admirals are turning out to be a real nemesis of the Griffins in season 2008/09 as the Griffins have taken only a single point from their 4 meetings. Milwaukee occupy 2nd place in the West Division with 35 points while the Griffins are second in the North with 34. Jimmy Howard has been in net 3 times against the Admirals while Larsson has only had the one start where he conceded 4 goals on 7 shots before being pulled. Former first round pick Hugh Jessiman is off to a slow start this season however he seems to turn it on against the Griffins so he'll need to be stopped. 22 year old prospect Cal O'Reilly is tied for first in assists (27) and 4th in points (32) so he is one to watch. Ville Leino seems to finally be back on track having added a goal and an assist in his last outing. Ericsson has been absent for the past 4 games and Garrett Stafford for the past two; their status for tonight is unknown but I have included them in the possible line-up. Rookie Justin Abdelkader notced up his 10th goal of the season two nights back and now has 8 points in his last 10 games and is tied for 5th in rookie goals. Possible line-up: Oulahen - Helm - Downey Leino - Abdelkader - Tardif Ritola - Emmerton - Haydar McGrath - Gagnon - Pare Ericsson - Stafford Galvin - Kindl Kolosov - Pyett Larsson Howard Team Leaders: Goals: Haydar (11), Abdelkader (10) Assists: Leino (18), Helm, Emmerton (13) Points: Leino (23), Helm (21) Penalty Minutes: Downey (45), Abdelkader (44) Notes: • Rookie defenceman Sergie Kolosov is in a good vein of form having 2 assists and +3 in his past 3 games. • Jakub Kindl has 4 points in 5 games and is tied for 11th in defenceman scoring. TV/Radio: Internet stream: Pay-per-view AHL Live Radio: Grand Rapids Broadcast: Radio feed Box Score

Grand Rapids Griffins (16-7-3-3) @ Rochester Americans (8-20-0-2) @ The Rochester Americans may have the fewest amount of points in the league but this is a danger game for the Griffins. Rochester are on a 3 game winning streak and the Griffins are on the road to play their 4th game in 5 nights. Tonight will mark the first time Shawn Matthias is in uniform against either the Wings or their affiliate. He has recently been sent back down to the AHL and has a mere 4 points and -19 in 20 games so far this season. The Griffins need to get used to life without defenceman Jonathon Ericsson who appears destined for a long stint on the sidelines and Stafford is likely to be out too. As a result of the injuries, defenceman Brett Peterson was recalled from the ECHL however it is unlikely he will play. The line of Lemieux/McGrath/Pare has been white hot having scored 4 goals and added 9 points in their last 3 games. Possible line-up: Oulahen - Helm - Downey Leino - Abdelkader - Tardif Ritola - Emmerton - Haydar Lemieux - McGrath - Pare Kindl - Galvin Kolosov - Pyett Jozsa - Atherton Larsson Howard Team Leaders: Goals: Haydar (11), Abdelkader (10) Assists: Leino (18), Helm, Emmerton (13) Points: Leino (23), Helm (22) Penalty Minutes: Downey (52), Abdelkader (49) Notes: • With last night's shutout, Howard moved into second all-time on the Griffins shutout list. • Jakub Kindl has 6 points in 7 games and is tied for 6th in defenceman scoring. TV/Radio: Internet stream: Pay-per-view AHL Live Radio: Grand Rapids Broadcast: Radio feed Box Scores

Standings: 1. timothy1997 130 2. Dominator 2005 129 3. #19=Legend 128 4. Dano33 126 4. Aussie_Wing 126 4. North Guy 126 7. MSDoubleJ19 125 8. FinRedWing 124 9. redwingslady87 123 9. HD30 123 9. hawkupaloogie 123 9. CrossCheck24 123 13. Hockeytown0001 122 13. rwfan007 122 15. mindfly 121 15. TRD604 121 15. GoWiings1905 121 15. wingsfanatic4alltime 121 19. Hockey13Playa 120 19. Systemfel 120 21. wingsgirl001 119 22. juice71285 118 23. Wildwings44 116 23. LEBDA22 116 23. shannyfan1414 116 23. betterREDthandead 116 23. akustyk 116 28. interminded 115 28. wingschamps 115 28. sibiriak 115 31. Chase 114 31. edicius 114 31. NeverForgetMac25 114 34. Elshupacabra 113 34. WingsRJ91 113 36. Ontario Wingsfan 112 37. T-Ruff 111 38. johnnyoski 110 39. Mithros 109 40. naranja 108 41. SeeinRed 107 42. P. Marlowe 105 43. frederick9125 104 44. Drake_Marcus 96 45. Sebastian 91 46. Osgood4President 88 47. Duck Guy 78 48. Blood On The Ice 76 49. DatsyukownzU13 72 50. Landstander 71 50. cirov19 71 52. stormboy 59 53. McCartyFanForLife 49 54. ashenhigh 48 55. Superman54 47 55. wingsfan40 47 57. SwedeLundin77 45 58. j.hoop 44 59. Mickeyisms Rule! 43 60. Shutemdown 42 61. David 37 62. ashenhigh 35 63. ManLove4Homer 31 64. wingslogo19 29 65. Reds4Life 25 66. zata40 24 66. JohnS 24 68. jawbreaker 23 69. jmgriffith 22 70. kook_10 21 70. Doc Holiday 21 72. Shoreline 20 72. CupChamps979802 20 72. wingsfan13 20 75. marcaractac 14 75. Swayze 14 75. Gutierrez 14 78. TheGreatOne 13 78. redwings56 13 78. FinWing 13 78. Konnan511 13 78. Sgt Sharpie 13 83. irishtemper14+25 12 83. Kween78 12 83. Chunkylover 12 86. kook_10 11 86. discohadestwo 11 86. zetterisbetter 11 89. Phil 10 89. ZETTERBERGPWN 10 89. puckhog419 10 89. swedishconnection 10 93. Winged Scooter 9 94. Williams29fan 8 94. wings1fan19 8 Friday: Ottawa @ New Jersey Los Angeles @ Buffalo NY Islanders @ Minnesota Chicago @ Calgary Anaheim @ Edmonton Saturday: Carolina @ Boston Washington @ Philadelphia Buffalo @ Montreal Dallas @ Ottawa Toronto @ Pittsburgh Tampa Bay @ Atlanta Los Angeles @ Detroit NY Islanders @ Nashville Minnesota @ St Louis Columbus @ Phoenix Chicago @ Vancouver NY Rangers @ San Jose Sunday: Philadelphia @ New Jersey Colorado @ Florida Boston @ St Louis Carolina @ Montreal

I think there were 22 games, for some reason I only put 21, not that is matters though. As they say, NeverForgetMac.

Week 11 Results: 1. Ontario Wingsfan 18/21 2. NeverForgetMac25 17 2. Hockey13Playa 17 2. North Guy 17 2. interminded 17 6. wingschamps 16 6. TRD604 16 6. sibiriak 16 6. timothy1997 16 6. FinRedWing 16 6. P. Marlowe 16 12. Dano33 15 12. mindfly 15 12. Elshupacabra 15 12. Wildwings44 15 12. LEBDA22 15 12. wingsgirl001 15 12. wingsfanatic4alltime 15 12. Systemfel 15 12. Aussie_Wing 15 12. T-Ruff 15 12. Shoreline 15 23. #19=Legend 14 23. GoWiings1905 14 23. akustyk 14 23. WingsRJ91 14 27. redwingslady87 13 27. HD30 13 27. naranja 13 27. Dominator 2005 13 27. Sebastian 13 27. Blood On The Ice 13 27. shannyfan1414 13 27. betterREDthandead 13 27. juice71285 13 27. edicius 13 27. hawkupaloogie 13 27. SeeinRed 13 39. MSDoubleJ19 12 39. Hockeytown0001 12 41. rwfan007 11 41. Mithros 11 43. CrossCheck24 10 43. johnnyoski 10 45. Drake_Marcus 9 Well done to Ontario Wingsfan who is the Week 11 winner with a score of 18. Seems to consistently be high scores this season and it's very close at the top of the standings.

This is insane, 6-0! Ritola and Helm with their 10th of the season, Kindl with 3 assists, Mursak back in the line-up and an assist.

1. GR Leino, (6) (Helm, Kindl), 16:49 2. GR Leino, (7) (Jozsa, Downey), 5:27 2. GR Lemieux, (4) (Pare), 15:55 2. GR McGrath, (5) (Pare, Jozsa), 16:20 That Lemieux/McGrath/Pare line is amazing! Sorry for the duplicate thread uk_wing. Good to see Downey with yet another point.

Veteran Darren Haydar has been named captain. He’s an absolute dominant force in the AHL and impressed the Wings during training camp. He's been great for the young team and has been very vocal in practices. Jonathon Ericsson given an A along with Landon Wilson. Well done to Ericsson and very promising from a Wings perspective to have a young player with good leadership skills. It should be noted that Ryan Oulahen wasn’t included in the leadership group which would be disappointing for him. And I must admit I would’ve liked to see Darren Helm get an A because I think he’s a man with tremendous leadership abilities but perhaos they see him being up with Detroit quite often.

Thanks for the heads-up! I thought it was a little strange giving the A to Pyett... That is absolutely awesome news for Kindl. Seriously, that’s huge recognition. Last season he was a healthy scratch and they all but said he was rash and a bit immature. Come this season he’s producing offensively, playing solid defence and wearing an A? Marvelous.

Thanks for posting, hadn't seen that. Downey definitely got the better of that!

Syracuse Crunch (14-12-0-1) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (13-7-3-3) @ Syracuse Crunch are in town to take on the Griffins in a crunch match (no pun intended). The Griffins are just 3 points ahead of the Crunch so this looms as a must win game at home. 4 time 50 point producer in the NHL Mike York is the Crunch’s main point producer while the 6th overall pick in last years draft Nikita Filatov has 17 points in 23 games. Another rookie, 19 year old Maxim Mayorov, taken in the 2007 draft, is also off to a good start. Jonathan Ericsson should be back in the line-up after missing the past 3 games with injury. Ville Leino finally got back on the scoresheet in his last outings as he added an assist. Mattias Ritola returned to the line-up and scored a goal and had a team high 6 SOG. In-form defenceman Garrett Stafford sat out the last game with an injury and his status is unknown. Justin Abdelkader is in good form having registered a point in 5 of his past 6 outings. Probable line-up: Mursak - Helm - Oulahen Leino - Abdelkader - Haydar Ritola - Emmerton - Tardif Lemieux - Gagnon - Downey Ericsson - Stafford Galvin - Kindl Kolosov - Pyett Howard Larsson Team Leaders: Goals: Haydar (10), Abdelkader (9) Assists: Leino (16), Helm (13) Points: Leino (21), Helm (20) Penalty Minutes: Abdelkader (44), Downey (43) Notes: • Abdelkader, Kindl and Oulahen are the only players to have appeared in all 26 games. • Jimmy Howard only has 1 win from his past 7 outings and it remains to be seen who will get the start tonight. TV/Radio: Internet stream: Pay-per-view AHL Live Radio: Grand Rapids Broadcast: Radio feed Box Score

Not the captain, that seems to permanently to belong to Haydar. However I've noticed the A seems to be alternating seemingly every other day. With Abdelkader out tonight they gave his A to Logan Pyett, the rookie defenceman. It came as a surprise to me. Considering Pyett has been up and down so far this season,and has been a healthy scratch a few times, why would he of all people get this honour? Helm should be a permanent A IMO.

Awesome line, I'm loving it. He won't beat a goalie once this season. He'll probably score 5 goals, all EN.

Draper. Absolutely ridiculous.

I can see Clearly now!!!

Hudler is insane. What a great play by Flip!

8 seconds. Griffins up 1-0 with 6 minutes remaining. Gotta hold on! How good is Kindl?

I tell you what, ever since being a healthy scratch Ritola has been on fire! 5 points in his last 3 games. This team is on a roll right now, hopefully it can continue today when they again meet Milwaukee.