2013–14 Grand Rapids Griffins season

2013–14 Grand Rapids Griffins
Division 2nd Midwest Division
Conference 1st Western Conference
2013–14 record 46–23–2–5
Home record 21–12–0–2
Road record 23–10–2–3
Goals for 238
Goals against 187
Team information
General Manager Dan DeVos
Coach Jeff Blashill
Assistant Coach Jim Paek
Spiros Anastas
Captain Jeff Hoggan
Alternate captains Brennan Evans
Nathan Paetsch
Arena Van Andel Arena
Average attendance 8,220 (75.9%)
Total: 312,355
Team leaders
Goals Teemu Pulkkinen (31)
Assists Adam Almqvist (49)
Points Teemu Pulkkinen (59)
Penalties in minutes Brennan Evans (111)
Plus/minus (+) Mitch Callahan (+23)
(–) Martin Frk (–12)
Wins Tom McCollum (24)
Goals against average Petr Mrázek (2.10)
< 2012–13 2014–15>

The 2013–14 Grand Rapids Griffins season was the franchise's 13th season in the American Hockey League.

Off-season

Following the Grand Rapids Griffins' Calder Cup-winning season last year, several of the players were called up to the Detroit Red Wings, including forwards Joakim Andersson and Tomáš Tatar; and defensemen Danny DeKeyser, Brian Lashoff and Brendan Smith.[1] There was a great deal of roster movements between the two teams throughout the off-season, with some players getting repeatedly called back and forth, which meant Griffins coach Jeff Blashill could not finalize the roster or power play and penalty kill teams until just before the regular season began.[2] Ten of the 20 players on Detroit's starting roster had played with Grand Rapids the previous year.[3] Other Griffins departures included defenseman Chad Billins,[4] goaltender Jordan Pearce,[5] and forwards Jan Muršak,[6] and Francis Paré.[7] Winger Cory Emmerton began the regular season with Detroit after Patrick Eaves was placed on long-term injured reserve.[8]

Gustav Nyquist was sent down to Grand Rapids from Detroit, but was not expected to remain there long. The move was primarily intended to keep the team under its salary cap, since Nyquist could be transferred without having to clear waivers.[9] The Griffins signed several new skaters during the off-season, giving the roster a mix of veterans and young prospects. New additions included goaltender Jared Coreau; defensemen Alexei Marchenko, Richard Nedomlel and Xavier Ouellet; forwards Martin Frk, David McIntyre and Marek Tvrdon. McIntyre was the only one of the seven with previous American Hockey League experience.[10] The team re-signed defensemen Nathan Paetsch and Brennan Evans, and forwards Triston Grant and team captain Jeff Hoggan,[4] as well as several skaters who had played only a handful of games the previous year, including center Calle Järnkrok, winger Teemu Pulkkinen,[10] and defenseman Ryan Sproul.[2]

After a training camp that began September 23 at Van Andel Arena,[4] the Griffins played a pair of off-season games against the Lake Erie Monsters, although eight of their players were absent due to a call-up to Detroit.[11] Grand Rapids won the first game 3–2 in a shootout, with Frk scoring the sole shootout goal and McCollum making 36 saves and stopped five shootout shots.[12] Lake Erie won the second game in a 2–0 shutout.[13] Center Landon Ferraro, the team's third-highest score the previous year, suffered a foot injury during the off-season that kept him out of the first two weeks of the regular season.[2]

Regular season

On October 4, the Grand Rapids Griffins won their season opener against the Rochester Americans by a score of 8–1, setting a franchise record for largest margin of victory in a season debut, breaking the previous record of four goals in 2004. Gustav Nyquist and Adam Almquist led the scoring with three points apiece.

Standings

Divisional standings

    		 Midwest Division[14] GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
    1 Chicago Wolves (SLB) 76 45 21 5 5 100 239 191
    2 Grand Rapids Griffins (DRW) 76 46 23 2 5 99 238 187
    3 Milwaukee Admirals (NAS) 76 39 24 6 7 91 215 199
    4 Rockford IceHogs (CHI) 76 35 32 5 4 79 234 262
    5 Iowa Wild (MIN) 76 27 36 7 6 67 169 235

    Conference standings

     y–  indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot
     x–  indicates team has clinched a playoff spot
     e–  indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention

      		 Western Conference[15] Div GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
      1 *y– Texas Stars (DAL) WT 76 48 18 3 7 106 274 197
      2 *y– Chicago Wolves (STL) MW 76 45 21 5 5 100 239 191
      3 *y– Toronto Marlies (TOR) NT 76 45 25 2 4 96 223 202
      4 x– Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) MW 76 46 23 2 5 99 238 187
      5 x– Abbotsford Heat (CGY) WT 76 43 25 5 3 94 237 215
      6 x– Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) MW 76 39 24 6 7 91 215 199
      7 x– Rochester Americans (BUF) NT 76 37 28 6 5 85 216 217
      8 x– Oklahoma City Barons (EDM) WT 76 36 29 2 9 83 239 256
      9 e– Rockford IceHogs (CHI) MW 76 35 32 5 4 79 234 262
      10 e– Utica Comets (VAN) NT 76 35 32 5 4 79 187 216
      11 e– Charlotte Checkers (CAR) WT 76 37 36 1 2 77 228 241
      12 e– Lake Erie Monsters (COL) NT 76 32 33 1 10 75 197 232
      13 e– Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) NT 76 33 35 1 7 74 182 224
      14 e– San Antonio Rampage (FLA) WT 76 30 37 3 6 69 206 235
      15 e– Iowa Wild (MIN) MW 76 27 36 7 6 67 169 235
      * = Division leaders are seeded 1, 2, and 3 in Conference standings.
      The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.

      Schedule and results

      Pre-season

      Regular season

      2013–14 Regular season Game Log

      Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1-point)

      Playoffs

      2014 Calder Cup Playoffs

      Legend:   Win   Loss

      Player statistics

      Skaters

      Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

      Regular Season
      Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
      Pulkkinen, TeemuTeemu Pulkkinen* 71 31 28 59 18 34
      Almquist, AdamAdam Almquist 73 4 49 53 9 56
      Emmerton, CoryCory Emmerton 53 16 30 46 17 14
      Callahan, MitchMitch Callahan 70 26 18 44 23 51
      Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil 70 16 20 36 0 24
      Järnkrok, CalleCalle Järnkrok‡ 57 13 23 36 19 14
      Jurčo, TomášTomáš Jurčo‡ 32 13 19 32 10 14
      Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul* 72 11 21 32 0 49
      Ferraro, LandonLandon Ferraro 70 15 16 31 −3 52
      Hoggan, JeffJeff Hoggan 59 14 17 31 1 31
      Paetsch, NathanNathan Paetsch 68 4 27 31 18 40
      McIntyre, DavidDavid McIntyre 64 8 13 21 −1 45
      Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist‡ 15 7 14 21 6 6
      Sheahan, RileyRiley Sheahan‡ 31 8 10 18 −2 12
      Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 51 6 12 18 −1 104
      Marchenko, AlexeiAlexei Marchenko* 49 3 15 18 11 14
      Evans, BrennanBrennan Evans 68 4 13 17 14 111
      Ouellet, XavierXavier Ouellet 70 4 13 17 3 22
      Grant, TristonTriston Grant 51 6 10 16 6 103
      Glendening, LukeLuke Glendening‡ 18 5 7 12 8 18
      Frk, MartinMartin Frk 50 3 9 12 −12 22
      Parkes, TrevorTrevor Parkes 36 6 3 9 5 27
      Jensen, NickNick Jensen 45 0 9 9 12 8
      Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves‡ 8 4 2 6 1 8
      Aubry, Louis-MarcLouis-Marc Aubry 38 2 2 4 −1 16
      Athanasiou, AndreasAndreas Athanasiou 2 1 2 3 0 0
      Novak, TravisTravis Novak‡ 9 1 2 3 3 6
      Hirschfeld, AldenAlden Hirschfeld 13 1 1 2 3 7
      Fournier, GleasonGleason Fournier 25 0 2 2 4 4
      Campbell, ColinColin Campbell 13 1 0 1 −2 5
      Tvrdon, MarekMarek Tvrdon‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Bäckman, MattiasMattias Bäckman 2 0 0 0 −1 0
      Helm, DarrenDarren Helm‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Janmark-Nylén, MattiasMattias Janmark-Nylén 2 0 0 0 1 2
      Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson‡ 2 0 0 0 −4 0
      Nedomlel, RichardRichard Nedomlel 3 0 0 0 −2 2
      Nastasiuk, ZachZach Nastasiuk 5 0 0 0 −2 0
      Playoffs
      Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
      Pulkkinen, TeemuTeemu Pulkkinen 10 5 6 11 8 10
      Emmerton, CoryCory Emmerton 10 2 7 9 4 2
      Jurčo, TomášTomáš Jurčo 8 5 2 7 −5 11
      Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil 10 4 2 6 4 4
      Bäckman, MattiasMattias Bäckman 10 1 5 6 −6 2
      Hoggan, JeffJeff Hoggan 10 4 1 5 −4 12
      Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul 10 2 3 5 2 4
      Callahan, MitchMitch Callahan 8 1 4 5 −5 6
      Sheahan, RileyRiley Sheahan 8 1 4 5 −5 0
      Paetsch, NathanNathan Paetsch 10 0 5 5 2 4
      Ferraro, LandonLandon Ferraro 9 1 2 3 −4 2
      McIntyre, DavidDavid McIntyre 10 1 1 2 0 9
      Parkes, TrevorTrevor Parkes 3 1 0 1 2 12
      Fournier, GleasonGleason Fournier 1 0 1 1 2 2
      Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 4 0 1 1 −3 4
      Athanasiou, AndreasAndreas Athanasiou 6 0 1 1 2 6
      Janmark-Nylén, MattiasMattias Janmark-Nylén 6 0 1 1 −1 0
      Nastasiuk, ZachZach Nastasiuk 6 0 1 1 −1 0
      Jensen, NickNick Jensen 10 0 1 1 −3 2
      Almquist, AdamAdam Almquist 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Campbell, ColinColin Campbell 3 0 0 0 1 2
      Frk, MartinMartin Frk 4 0 0 0 −4 0
      Grant, TristonTriston Grant 4 0 0 0 0 4
      Ouellet, XavierXavier Ouellet 8 0 0 0 −5 4
      Evans, BrennanBrennan Evans 10 0 0 0 2 30

      Goaltenders

      Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty Minutes

      Regular Season
      Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SV SA SV% SO G A PIM
      Mrázek, PetrPetr Mrázek 32 1829:52 22 9 64 2.10 774 838 .924 3 0 2 2
      McCollum, TomTom McCollum 46 2560:46 24 12 98 2.30 1158 1256 .922 2 0 0 6
      Coreau, JaredJared Coreau 5 205:06 0 4 15 4.39 103 118 .873 0 0 1 0
      Totals 4622:56 46 25 182 2.36 2035 2217 .918 5 0 3 8
      Playoffs
      Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SV SA SV% SO G A PIM
      Mrázek, PetrPetr Mrázek 10 599:32 5 5 28 2.80 288 316 .911 0 0 0 0
      McCollum, TomTom McCollum 1 28:01 0 0 2 4.28 14 16 .875 0 0 0 0
      Totals 632:49 5 5 31 2.94 302 333 .907 0 0 0 0

      †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only.
      ‡Left the team mid-season
      *Rookie

      Final roster

      Updated April 19, 2014[16]

      # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
      5 Sweden Almqvist, AdamAdam Almqvist D L 25 2012 Jonkoping, Sweden Red Wings
      47 Canada Athanasiou, AndreasAndreas Athanasiou LW L 22 2012 Woodbridge, Ontario Red Wings
      22 Canada Aubry, Louis-MarcLouis-Marc Aubry C L 25 2010 Arthabaska, Quebec Red Wings
      46 Sweden Backman, MattiasMattias Backman D L 24 2013 Linkoping, Sweden Red Wings
      15 United States Callahan, MitchMitch Callahan RW R 25 2011 Whittier, California Red Wings
      32 Canada Campbell, ColinColin Campbell F R 25 2013 Pickering, Ontario Red Wings
      8 South Africa Coetzee, WillieWillie Coetzee RW R 26 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa Red Wings
      31 Canada Coreau, JaredJared Coreau G L 25 2013 Perth, Ontario Red Wings
      44 Canada Evans, BrennanBrennan Evans (A) D L 34 2012 North Battleford, Saskatchewan Griffins
      18 Canada Emmerton, CoryCory Emmerton C L 28 2006 St. Thomas, Ontario Red Wings
      29 Canada Ferraro, LandonLandon Ferraro C R 25 2010 Trail, British Columbia Red Wings
      27 Czech Republic Frk, MartinMartin Frk RW R 23 2012 Pelhrimov, Czech Republic Red Wings
      20 Canada Fournier, GleasonGleason Fournier D L 25 2011 Saint-Fabien, Quebec Red Wings
      23 Canada Grant, TristonTriston Grant LW L 32 2010 Neepawa, Manitoba Griffins
      10 Canada Hoggan, JeffJeff Hoggan (C) LW L 38 2011 Hope, British Columbia Griffins
      38 Sweden Janmark-Nylen, MattiasMattias Janmark-Nylen C L 23 2013 Stockholm, Sweden Griffins
      14 United States Jensen, NickNick Jensen D R 26 2009 Rogers, Minnesota Red Wings
      3 Russia Marchenko, AlexeiAlexei Marchenko D R 24 2011 Moscow, Russia Red Wings
      30 United States McCollum, TomTom McCollum G L 26 2009 Cambria, New York Red Wings
      26 Canada McIntyre, DavidDavid McIntyre C L 29 2013 Pefferlaw, Ontario Griffins
      34 Czech Republic Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek G L 24 2012 Ostrava, Czech Republic Red Wings
      37 Canada Nastasiuk, ZachZach Nastasiuk RW R 21 2013 Barrie, Ontario Red Wings
      42 Czech Republic Nedomlel, RichardRichard Nedomlel D L 23 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Red Wings
      11 Czech Republic Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil RW L 25 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Red Wings
      17 United States Nicastro, MaxMax Nicastro D R 26 2012 Thousand Oaks, California Red Wings
      16 France Ouellet, XavierXavier Ouellet D L 23 2011 Bayonne, France Red Wings
      4 Canada Paetsch, NathanNathan Paetsch (A) D L 33 2012 LeRoy, Saskatchewan Griffins
      21 Canada Parkes, TrevorTrevor Parkes LW R 25 2011 Fort Erie, Ontario Red Wings
      1 Canada Paterson, JakeJake Paterson G L 22 2013 Mississauga, Ontario Red Wings
      6 Finland Pulkkinen, TeemuTeemu Pulkkinen RW R 24 2013 Vantaa, Finland Red Wings
      7 Canada Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul D R 23 2011 Toronto, Ontario Red Wings
      22 Canada Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo RW R 33 2012 Churchill, Manitoba Red Wings

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