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Mitten Three Stars: Week of Nov. 2

A franchise-record night in Grand Rapids, a busy weekend in Houghton, and a steady goaltender in Saginaw headline the Mitten Three Stars for Nov. 2-8.

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A record night in Grand Rapids, a wall in Houghton, and a goaltender who steadied Saginaw top this week’s Mitten Three Stars, covering Nov. 2 through Nov. 8.

1. Dominik Shine, Grand Rapids Griffins

The week: 3 games, 5 goals, 1 assist, 6 points, plus-1, two game-winning goals.

No one on the 15 teams we follow had a bigger single night. Shine scored four times in a 6-2 win over the Texas Stars on Nov. 4 at Van Andel Arena, becoming the first player in Griffins history with four goals in a regular-season game. His second goal that night moved him past Francis Pare for second on the franchise’s career goals list.

Two nights later, he had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win over Milwaukee and moved into second on the club’s career points list, behind only Michel Picard. The AHL named him its Player of the Week on Monday. Eleven seasons into his time in Grand Rapids, the captain is still adding new lines to the record book.

2. Owen Bartoszkiewicz, Michigan Tech

The week: 2 games, 60 saves on 64 shots (.938), two shootout wins.

No. 8 Augustana came to the MacInnes Student Ice Arena unbeaten, and Bartoszkiewicz kept the Vikings from taking the extra CCHA point either night. He made 24 saves on 26 shots on Friday, then stopped the final two Augustana shooters in the shootout.

Saturday was busier: 36 saves on 38 shots, with Augustana outshooting Tech 6-0 in overtime. Both games ended 2-2, and the Huskies won both shootouts. “It was nice to get the extra point in the shootout,” coach Bill Muckalt said in Michigan Tech’s Friday recap. Read our series wrap.

3. Brady Knowling, Saginaw Spirit

The week: 2 games, 2-0, 53 saves on 57 shots (.930), one shutout, two assists.

Saginaw went into Saturday on an eight-game losing streak. Knowling ended it with a 27-save shutout, his first for the Spirit, in a 5-0 win over Erie at the Dow Event Center.

On Sunday, with Saginaw outshot 30-22, he made 26 saves on 30 shots in a 6-4 win over Brampton. He also picked up assists on both of Brody Pepoy’s first-period goals, making him a part of the offense as well as the reason the lead held.

Honorable mentions

  • Brody Pepoy, Spirit: a hat trick, two of the goals on the power play, plus an assist against Brampton on Nov. 8.
  • Carter Morris, NTDP U17: two goals in the 3-0 World U17 Hockey Challenge gold-medal win over Czechia, with Mason Martin making 30 saves.
  • Joshua Ravensbergen, Michigan State: stopped all 25 shots in a 5-0 win over Boston University on Nov. 7.
  • Quinn Preston, Toledo Walleye: scored in all three of Toledo’s wins, including the winner in Kalamazoo on Nov. 4.

Watch

Watch: Spirit vs. Steelheads highlights, Nov. 8 (Saginaw Spirit/OHL)

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