2008-09 Grand Rapids Griffins Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-25-6 (SO: 0-6) - 98 points
in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (43-25, 12 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 297,905, Avg. 7,448 in 40 home dates
2008-09 Grand Rapids Griffins RosterTeam Record: 43-25-6 (SO: 0-6) - 98 points
in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (43-25, 12 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 297,905, Avg. 7,448 in 40 home dates
The Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 43 wins and 25 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 98 points in the AHL's North Division.
The Griffins scored 255 goals and yielded 226. Darren Haydar netted 31 goals for Grand Rapids and contributed 49 assists. Daniel Larsson topped the squad with 22 wins, while Jimmy Howard added 15 or more wins, too. Jimmy Howard recorded a 2.54 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Curt Fraser coached the team. The 2008-09 Grand Rapids Griffins lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Haydar | R | 79 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 26 | -22 | 16 | 1 | 197 | 15.7 |
| Justin Abdelkader | L | 76 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 102 | -2 | 10 | 1 | 195 | 12.3 |
| Francis Pare | RW | 63 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 14 | +23 | 3 | 0 | 140 | 17.1 |
| Evan McGrath | C | 68 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 24 | +12 | 5 | 1 | 112 | 15.2 |
| Ville Leino | L | 57 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 18 | +2 | 6 | 1 | 125 | 12.0 |
| Garrett Stafford | D | 70 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 50 | +3 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 8.5 |
| Mattias Ritola | C | 66 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 32 | -13 | 5 | 1 | 165 | 9.1 |
| Darren Helm | C | 55 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 24 | -10 | 4 | 3 | 156 | 8.3 |
| Cory Emmerton | C | 69 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 18 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 6.6 |
| Jakub Kindl | D | 78 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 76 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 5.2 |
| Ryan Oulahen | LW | 73 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 31 | +7 | 3 | 1 | 137 | 13.9 |
| Francis Lemieux | C | 58 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 48 | +12 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 11.9 |
| Aaron Gagnon | C | 61 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28 | +6 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 9.2 |
| Jamie Tardif | RW | 55 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 7.3 |
| Landon Wilson | R | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | +2 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 19.5 |
| Tom Galvin | D | 71 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | D | 40 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 48 | +12 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 2.6 |
| Logan Pyett | D | 61 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Darren McCarty | R | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Sergei Kolosov | D | 70 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Aaron Downey | R | 65 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 126 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| Jan Mursak | LW | 51 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2.6 |
| Jason Jozsa | D | 50 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Brian Lashoff | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mike Walsh | LW | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| P.J. Atherton | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Brett Peterson | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Chris Chelios | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Joakim Andersson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Pearce | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randall Gelech | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dan Charleston | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Raedeke | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jimmy Howard | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Torquato | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Larsson | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1605 | 249 | 434 | 683 | 963 | 3 | 77 | 11 | 2506 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Larsson | 40 | 2152 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 99 | 2.76 | 1063 | 964 | .907 |
| Jimmy Howard | 45 | 2644 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 112 | 2.54 | 1327 | 1215 | .916 |
| Jordan Pearce | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.08 | 38 | 33 | .868 |
| Totals | 86 | 4855 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 216 | 2.67 | 2428 | 2212 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Haydar | R | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Abdelkader | L | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Pare | RW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ville Leino | L | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Stafford | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mattias Ritola | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Emmerton | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jakub Kindl | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Lemieux | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Gagnon | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Tardif | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Galvin | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Logan Pyett | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren McCarty | R | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Kolosov | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Downey | R | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Mursak | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Jozsa | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Lashoff | D | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Peterson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joakim Andersson | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Howard | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 190 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Howard | 10 | 598 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.41 | 264 | 240 | .909 |
| Totals | 10 | 598 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.41 | 264 | 240 | .909 |
