Dominik Shine enjoyed a memorable night with his second hat trick of the season and moving into third place on the Grand Rapids Griffins’ all-time goal scoring list in a 5-0 win against the Texas Stars

And Amadeus Lombardi tried hard to make it an even better night for the veteran Shine by trying to decline an assist. The Griffins had announced that Shine had set a new franchise record of 11 career unassisted goals. No assist was given when the goal was announced. But after reviewing the video, an assist was awarded to Lombardi for directing the puck to Shine from along the boards (SEE VIDEO BELOW).

Usually, players are trying to get credit for an assist after a game, but Lombardi told coach Dan Watson in post-game, with the media nearby, that he neither asked for, nor wanted, the assist. But that’s not how it works.

With his hat trick, Shine has 95 career goals with the AHL team. He moved past Mitch Callahan and moves closer to Francis Pare (102) and Michel Picard (158).

However, the Lombardi moment may be symbolic of how tight knit the Griffins are.  That undoubtedly has aided Grand Rapids’ league-best record of 37-7-2-1 through 47 games (77 points). After experiencing a handful of unsatisfactory performances in January, the Griffins have now won five of their last six.

Sebastian Cossa’s 26-save shutout was his fifth of the year, the most by a Griffins netminder since Jared Coreau posted six in 2015-16. Defenseman Shai Buium also scored his first goal of the season. He has five points in his past three games. Along with Lombardi, Antti Tuomisto, Nate Danielson and Ondrej Becher added assists.

“We want to be known as a hard team to play against when we have the lead, especially here at home,” Grand Rapids coach Dan Watson said. “And we talk about building momentum here. We’ve got a lot of games coming up here. Ten of our next 13 at home and then we finish with 11 of 14 on the road. This home stretch that we’re in is very important. I thought our guys handled tonight extremely well.

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— Grand Rapids Griffins (@griffinshockey) February 15, 2026

Red Wings In Case You Missed It

Detroit captain Dylan Larkin picked up his first Olympic point in USA’s 5-1 win against Moritz Seider’s German team.

Red Wings prospect Michael Brandsegg-Nygard is making the most of his Grand Rapids Griffins time.

Carter Bear’s latest scoring surge has seen him scored 23 goals in 25 games.

Red Wings Extra

Former Red Wings player Daniel Sprong had a hat trick in Avtomobilist’ 8-1 win against Metallurg. Sprong has 20 goals on the season. He started with CSKA, but was traded to to Avtomobilist because CSKA’s coach didn’t appreciate his lack of all-around game. Sprong had 31 points for 29 games for CSKA and now has 13 points in 11 games for Avtomobilist. . . Former Detroit player Dominik Kubalik was a scratch for the Czechia in its third preliminary game against Switzerland.

Hockey Now Digest

Boston: If the Red Wings want Vincent Trocheck, they might have to outbid the Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh: Penguins defenseman Matt Dumbo suffers facial injury in AHL game. Pittsburgh Penguins.

New Jersey: Jack Hughes has been a standout on Team USA at the Olympics. New Jersey Devils. 

 

 

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