Griffins Fall to Cleveland in Final Road Game
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[From the Griffins]
CLEVELAND – In their final road game of the 2020-21 season, the Grand Rapids Griffins fell to the Cleveland Monsters by a 6-4 count on Friday at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
After getting shut out by
Kaden Fulcher and the Griffins 2-0 here on Tuesday, the Monsters opened the scoring 6:07 into this contest, when Tristan Mullin roofed a shot over Fulcher from low in the left circle. Cleveland’s potent power play then connected just seven seconds into its first opportunity, as Carson Meyer scored from the slot at 8:18 to make it 2-0 for the home team.
Red Wings’ Steve Yzerman has long to-do list this offseason
Posted May 10, 2021
Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has a lot of players to sign this offseason. (Ansar Khan/MLive)
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Now that Steve Yzerman’s second season as Detroit Red Wings general manager is over, the bulk of his work begins.
Yzerman has many items to cross off his checklist before players gather for training camp in mid-to-late September, in preparation for an NHL regular season that will start a week later than usual, on Oct. 12.
One task, figures to be completed quickly, as Yzerman indicated last month he will speak with coach Jeff Blashill immediately after the season to discuss his future.
Monsters Thwart Griffins’ Rally With Late Power Play Goal
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A late goal by Josh Dunne, the second of the night for the Cleveland Monsters on the power play, lifted the visitors to a 3-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena.
For the second straight contest the Griffins rallied to tie the score after falling behind 0-2 only to see their guest pull out the victory, extending their winless streak to a season-high four games (0-3-0-1). While Cleveland’s second-ranked power play unit converted two of its six chances, the Monsters’ penalty killers managed to thwart all six Grand Rapids opportunities.
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How Detroit Red Wings would deal with a goaltending crisis
Dealing with injuries is part of life in the NHL, but there is one position that makes coping way more difficult than others.
Over the weekend, news emerged that the Ottawa Senators had forward Artem Anisimov dress in goaltending gear after losing scheduled starter Anton Forsberg to injury during pregame warmups and losing scheduled backup Matt Murray less than five minutes into the second period. That would be the equivalent of the Wings losing Jonathan Bernier and Thomas Greiss.
Losing two NHL-tested goaltenders is somewhat alleviated this season by taxi squads, but only to a degree. For example, the Senators has Marcus Hogberg on the taxi squad, but after that, Anisimov was next on the depth chart.