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12/26 GDT: Rivermen 4, Griffins 3 - OT @ GR

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Aussie_Wing    354

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Peoria Rivermen (18-12-1-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (17-7-3-3)

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The Peoria Rivermen are in town to take on the surging Grand Rapids Griffins who have won their past 4 games and are two points away from joining Manitoba on top of the North Division. The Griffins haven't allowed a goal from their past two matches with both Howard and Larsson posting shutouts.

Ville Leino is finally back on track having registered 2 goals in his last outing and having 5 points in as many games. Mattias Ritola has 6 points in 5 games and Kindl is on a 4 game point streak and is enjoying an extremely productive month. In their last outing, the Griffins played with only five noted defensemen as Ericsson, Stafford and P.J. Atherton all sat out with injuries. As a result forward Ryan Oulahen filled in on the blueline. Rookie Justin Abdelkader has sat out two games with an injury but is expected to return.

Possible line-up:

Oulahen - Helm - Downey
Leino - Abdelkader - Tardif
Ritola - Emmerton - Haydar
Lemieux - McGrath - Pare

Galvin - Kindl
Kolosov - Pyett
Stafford - Peterson

Larsson
Howard

Team Leaders:

Goals: Haydar (11), Ritola, Abdelkader, Helm (10)
Assists: Leino (18), Kindl (15)
Points: Leino (25), Helm (24)
Penalty Minutes: Downey (54), Abdelkader (49)

Notes:

• Evan McGrath is currently on a 5 game point streak.
• Jakub Kindl has 9 points in 8 games and 4th in defenceman scoring.

TV/Radio:

Internet stream: Pay-per-view AHL Live

Radio: Grand Rapids Broadcast: Radio feed

Box Score

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Aussie_Wing    354

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McGrath (6) from Pare and Ericsson

Griffins lead 2-1

McGrath is a real good player, his last 40 or so games from the end of last season to now and have been terrific. 6 straight games with a point and 13 points in 14 games. Does he have an NHL future? Doubt it'll be with Detroit but I think he could get a go elsewhere.

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Aussie_Wing    354

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Griffins retake the lead on the Power Play

McGrath's second of the night, seventh of the season, from Lemieux and Kindl

I notice that on our PP goals we've had one defenceman out with 4 forwards, an interesting move.

McGrath is on fire! :siren: Kindl's point streak continues too.

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I notice that on our PP goals we've had one defenceman out with 4 forwards, an interesting move.

McGrath is on fire! :siren: Kindl's point streak continues too.

I've always been a proponent of this especially if you have the forwards with the ability to do so. Scotty used to do this back in the day by using Fedorov and Yzerman on the points (playing with Murphy and Lidstrom respectively).

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Anyone thinking what I'm thinking? Downey and Jesse Boulerice rematch tomorrow night!!!!

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Well, here is just one man's opinion of the game.

That was a tough game to lose. They came out hard, and had it maintained until a bad PP in the third. Haydar and Ritola took the shift off, and Peoria gained a ton of momentum from that. It felt like the middle to end of the third was all Peoria, and the Griffs were just trying to hang on for a point. In OT, the Griffs were looking over their shoulders, and a few were trying to make things happen, but not quite good enough.

I don't blame Jimmy for any of the goals, and he did good to keep his team in it. His stats won't show it, but he had a solid outing.

Ericsson is still hurt, but he played. He was in a post game autograph session, and had his shoulder iced up the whole time. He had a decent game though, and seemed to try every shift. He was favoring one shoulder over the other in the first though, and was hesitant to hit someone.

Leino was aggressive all night, even had a huge open ice hit right after a whistle.

Ritola had an off night, he wasn't his normal self...was not noticeable at all.

Haydar has just been a disappointment to me all year. He was on the PP, got burned at the point, made a good play to get in the guys bubble to force what would have been a tough shot. Then he just hugs the guy. I'm talking hug where it would have been called a hold 10 years ago.

Our D looked pretty good. We got flustered a couple times with the Peoria forecheck, and had some errant passes. Kindl took a beating, but he is coming into his own. On the PP he has no issue skating in to the face off dots and ripping a shot if the D is allowing it. He use to just pass or take a shot.

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Aussie_Wing    354

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Well, here is just one man's opinion of the game.

That was a tough game to lose. They came out hard, and had it maintained until a bad PP in the third. Haydar and Ritola took the shift off, and Peoria gained a ton of momentum from that. It felt like the middle to end of the third was all Peoria, and the Griffs were just trying to hang on for a point. In OT, the Griffs were looking over their shoulders, and a few were trying to make things happen, but not quite good enough.

I don't blame Jimmy for any of the goals, and he did good to keep his team in it. His stats won't show it, but he had a solid outing.

Ericsson is still hurt, but he played. He was in a post game autograph session, and had his shoulder iced up the whole time. He had a decent game though, and seemed to try every shift. He was favoring one shoulder over the other in the first though, and was hesitant to hit someone.

Leino was aggressive all night, evexn had a huge open ice hit right after a whistle.

Ritola had an off night, he wasn't his normal self...was not noticeable at all.

Haydar has just been a disappointment to me all year. He was on the PP, got burned at the point, made a good play to get in the guys bubble to force what would have been a tough shot. Then he just hugs the guy. I'm talking hug where it would have been called a hold 10 years ago.

Our D looked pretty good. We got flustered a couple times with the Peoria forecheck, and had some errant passes. Kindl took a beating, but he is coming into his own. On the PP he has no issue skating in to the face off dots and ripping a shot if the D is allowing it. He use to just pass or take a shot.

Thanks, great recap. A few things.

Really pleased to hear about Ericsson’s improved effort and intensity. I am hoping that a prolonged absence from the game will make him realise just how much he loves the game and that he shouldn’t be taking it for granted. He’s a leader of the team, probably the #1 defenceman so hopefully he knows how much the team needs him.

Disappointed to hear about Ritola, especially disappointed when he was carrying such great form coming into the game and given the great reports about his attitude and work ethic. To take a shift off which handed momentum to the opposition is a real shame. Hopefully he’ll rebound tonight; in fact I’m sure he will. He responded extremely well to his benching a week or two back so I’m looking for him to have a strong outing tonight

And Kindl, he's just getting glowing reports from all. Real encouraging. :thumbup:

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