Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 GAME 2 Friday October 14th, 7:00 PM EDT Toronto Marlies (1-0-0-0) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (0-1-0-0) Preview: The Griffins play their first game of the season at Van Andel Arena with the hope of collecting their first points of the season. They lost their season debut to Rockford after conceding a late goal in the 3rd period. Willie Coetzee and Jamie Johnson scored for the Griffins. Aubry, Parkes and Callahan made their AHL debuts, and Callahan had a fight. MacDonald, who got the start in the opener, is expected to get the start tonight to be backed up by Jordan Pearce. Possible line-up: Nyquist – Andersson – Conner Tatar – Johnson – Pare Coetzee – Raedeke – Callahan Ferraro – Aubry – Parkes Janik - Ehrhardt Exelby – Lashoff Pyett – Amadio (Piche) MacDonald Pearce Team leaders: Goals: Coetzee, Johnson (1) Assists: Conner, Ferraro, Nyquist, Tatar (1) PIMS: Callahan, Amadio (5) Plus/Minus: 14 tied (E) Media: AHL gamecentre drumnj's profile for stream 1 redwingfan19 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 A short video by Fraser as to his thoughts for the season. He sounds really optimistic. GRAND RAPIDS -- Even though the Grand Rapids Griffins dropped their season opener at Rockford 3-2 on Saturday night, fourth-year coach Curt Fraser had nothing but positive things to say about his team’s performance.He loved the way the Griffins competed in a fast-paced game, thought the power play was strong and thought every player found a way to contribute. The Griffins got contributions from several of their younger players in the opener. Second-year forward Willie Coetzee scored his first career goal and rookie forward Landon Ferraro notched his first assist. Rookie forwards Louis-Marc Aubry, Mitch Callahan and Trevor Parkes also made strong pro debuts. We've got a good group of young, talented forwards, I hope they all stick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WorkingOvertime 536 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Glad to be watching the Griffins again. They're predicting a Callahan fight tonight in the pre-game broadcast. The top three lines all look dangerous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Willie Coetzee!!! Ties it up for GR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Gustav scores with a couple of seconds left in the period, Griffins up 2-1 after one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WorkingOvertime 536 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Callahan fights Finger. Draw with not much landing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 Griffins hold on to win 3-2. Good performance, they worked hard, and had a key 5-on-3 PK in the second. Nyquist a G+A, Coetzee another goal, Parkes and Andersson with assists. It's gonna be fun watching Gus play! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travis 576 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 The Griffins looked great tonight. Dare to say better than they looked all of last year. Much faster, generating much more opportunities, and especially against a team that played them really hard last season. The Griffins handled the Marlies pretty thoroughly tonight with the exception of portions of the 1st and after they pulled their goalie in the 3rd, but it never felt like the Marlies were actually in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwingfan19 293 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 callahan vs finger http://www.nhlfightclub.com/videos/23788/jeff-finger-vs-mitchell-callahan-oct-14-2011-toronto-marlies-vs-grand-rapids-griffins-ahl.html like WorkingOvertime said, not much of a fight but finger lands a good uppercut. slight edge finger. 1 Hatcher#2 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hatcher#2 13 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 callahan vs finger http://www.nhlfightclub.com/videos/23788/jeff-finger-vs-mitchell-callahan-oct-14-2011-toronto-marlies-vs-grand-rapids-griffins-ahl.html like WorkingOvertime said, not much of a fight but finger lands a good uppercut. slight edge finger. Im going with a draw on this one, the uppercut by finger missed and clipped his helmet, nothing landed by either. He seemed a little bit more settled in this one though, wasn't throwing for the KO, he'll get better with every fight as he gets used to GR. Thanks again rw19. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites