Trey Augustine posted the first shutout of his professional career, stopping all 31 shots he faced, as the Grand Rapids Griffins blanked the Iowa Wild 3-0 on Friday night at Casey’s Center in Des Moines. Augustine, a Red Wings second-round pick (41st overall) in 2023 out of Michigan State, improved to 5-1-2 and stretched his personal point streak to six games.
John Leonard scored twice, giving him five goals and six points across his last two games and 10 goals in eight games with Grand Rapids this season. Wilmer Skoog added a power-play goal, his second of the season, to extend his point streak to four games.
How it happened
Grand Rapids controlled the first period, outshooting Iowa 15-6, and went ahead at 4:50 on the power play when Skoog took a feed from Jacob Bryson and beat William Rousseau from the high slot. Jesse Kiiskinen picked up the second assist, stretching his point streak to three games. The Griffins have now scored a power-play goal in 12 straight games.
Iowa pushed hard in the second, outshooting the Griffins 15-6, but Augustine held firm, including five late saves on a Wild power play. Grand Rapids doubled the lead at 15:21 when Dominik Shine forced a turnover at the Iowa blue line and Leonard ripped a shot past Rousseau from the slot.
Leonard sealed it at 9:42 of the third, finishing a two-on-one with Nate Danielson after Alex Kannok Leipert forced a turnover at the Griffins’ line and sent him away.
The Griffins went 1-for-5 on the power play and killed all three Iowa chances, outshooting the Wild 33-31. Grand Rapids (12-2-1-1) has earned points in 11 of its last 12 games. Defenseman William Lagesson played his 100th game as a Griffin.
Up next
The teams meet again Saturday at 7 p.m. ET in Des Moines. The Griffins return home Wednesday, Nov. 18, against the Manitoba Moose.
Watch
Watch: Griffins highlights from Nov. 13 at Iowa (GriffinsHockey.com)
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