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Griffins Game Recap: vs. Monsters (Oct. 23) — Sheldon Dries scores in his first game back from Detroit

The Grand Rapids Griffins opened a weekend set against the Cleveland Monsters at Van Andel Arena, with Trey Augustine in goal and Sheldon Dries back from Detroit.

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Luca Pinelli scored the only goal of the shootout, and the Cleveland Monsters edged the Grand Rapids Griffins 3-2 on Friday night at Van Andel Arena. Grand Rapids earned a point to move to 6-1-1-1 and remains unbeaten in regulation at home, while Cleveland improved to 5-2-0-0.

Scoring summary

  • 1st, 15:17 — CLE: Steven Lorentz (Jack Williams, Boston Buckberger). 1-0 Cleveland.
  • 1st, 16:09 — GR: Sheldon Dries. 1-1.
  • 2nd, 1:36 — GR: Jesse Kiiskinen. 2-1 Grand Rapids.
  • 2nd, 3:17 — CLE: Luca Marrelli (Luca Pinelli, Oiva Keskinen). 2-2.
  • Shootout — CLE: Luca Pinelli scored in the first round; no other shooter scored.

How it happened

Cleveland opened the scoring late in the first period on Steven Lorentz’s goal, and Dries answered 52 seconds later. Dries, who spent a stretch with the Red Wings on emergency recall before being sent back to Grand Rapids on Thursday, entered the night two games shy of 400 AHL games. Jesse Kiiskinen put the Griffins ahead 1:36 into the second with his sixth goal of the season, adding to his total as the AHL’s top-scoring rookie entering the night. Luca Marrelli tied it 1:41 later, and neither team scored over the final 36 minutes of regulation or in overtime.

Goalies and special teams

Trey Augustine, the Red Wings prospect and former Michigan State standout, made 36 saves as Cleveland outshot Grand Rapids 38-23. Pheonix Copley stopped 21 shots for the Monsters. Cleveland went 2-for-6 on the power play, ending the Griffins’ run of 28 straight penalty kills, and Grand Rapids went 1-for-3. With Michal Postava up in Detroit, the Griffins also have Carter Gylander back after the Red Wings reassigned him Thursday.

What’s next

The teams meet again Saturday at 7 p.m. at Van Andel Arena to close the Griffins’ four-game homestand.

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