Notes

Dries skated in his 500th pro game.Grand Rapids saw its fourth sell-out crowd of the year at 10,834. The Griffins finished 7-1-0-0 against Texas in their regular-season series.

Box Score

Texas 0 0 0 – 0

Grand Rapids 2 1 2 – 5

1st Period-1, Grand Rapids, Shine 18 (Lombardi), 4:24. 2, Grand Rapids, Seger 4 (Rychlovský), 14:57 (PP). Penalties-Bertucci Tex (tripping), 11:39; Hughes Tex (hooking), 13:01; Brandsegg-Nygård Gr (tripping), 16:42.

2nd Period-3, Grand Rapids, Buium 1 (Becher), 17:17. Penalties-Truscott Gr (tripping), 3:38; Chisholm Tex (cross-checking), 15:19; Shine Gr (cross-checking), 15:19.

3rd Period-4, Grand Rapids, Shine 19 (Danielson, Dries), 1:07. 5, Grand Rapids, Shine 20 (Tuomisto, Truscott), 11:22. Penalties-Lind Tex (slashing), 7:28; Truscott Gr (holding), 15:42; Kannok Leipert Gr (roughing), 18:33; Watson Gr (slashing, misconduct – unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:52.

Shots on Goal-Texas 7-10-9-26. Grand Rapids 13-6-9-28.

Power Play Opportunities-Texas 0 / 5; Grand Rapids 1 / 3.

Goalies-Texas, Tiefensee 7-5-0 (28 shots-23 saves). Grand Rapids, Cossa 21-4-2 (26 shots-26 saves).

A-10,834

Three Stars

1. GR Shine (hat trick) 2. GR Cossa (SO, W, 26 saves) 3. GR Buium (goal)

Record/Next Game

Grand Rapids: 37-7-2-1 (77 pts.) / Wed., Feb. 18 vs. Cleveland 7 p.m.

Texas: 22-21-3-1 (48 pts.) / Wed., Feb. 18 at Milwaukee 7 p.m. CST

 

Photo by Nicolas Carrillo/Griffins