The Daily: Lombardi Scores in Griffins’ Loss; Becher Debuts

The Grand Rapids Griffins‘ best start in franchise history has been followed by a disappointing three-game losing streak.  The Cleveland Monsters, the Columbus Blue Jackets’ farm team, downed Grand Rapids 3-1 Sunday night in Cleveland.

Much like their parent club, the Griffins are finding it difficult to generate shots on goal. The Griffins managed only 18 shots against the Monsters. They have been out-shot in every game this season.

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— Grand Rapids Griffins (@griffinshockey) November 3, 2024

Red Wings-related notes from the game:

Center Amadeus Lombardi (113th, 2022) scored his fifth goal in 10 games for the Griffins. He only scored five goals all of last season. Elmer Soderblom (159th, 2019) and Jakub Rychlovsky (free agent signing) assisted. Soderblom has one point in 10 games.

Ondrej Becher (80th, 2024) played his first AHL game for the Griffins. He’s on a tryout contract.

Nate Danielson (ninth, 2023) had no points, one shot and was minus-2.

Goalie Sebastian Cossa (15th, 2021) stopped 23 of 25 shots. He owns a 1.98 GAA this season with a .936 save percentage.

Red Wings In Case You Missed

Detroit’s Finnish prospect Jesse Kiiskinen is off to a strong start this season, but now he is sidelined with an injury. He could miss the World Junior Championships.

The Grand Rapids Griffins signed Detroit 2024 third round pick Ondrej Becher to a tryout contract.

Bob Duff opines that goalie Cam Talbot has been the Red Wings’ best offseason acquisition.

Red Wings Extras

Patrick Kane has five points in five games going into Wednesday’s game against his former Blackhawks team in Chicago. Kane picked up an assist in the last game against Buffalo to give him 294 power play assists. That moved him ahead of former Red Wings defenseman Mathieu Schneider for the seventh most by a U.S.-born player in NHL history. The list is topped by Phil Housley (483), Brian Leetch (431), Gary Suter (388),
Doug Weight (358), Chris Chelios (338) and Mike Modano (336)

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