Griffins Down 2-0 After Losing to Chicago in OT
The post Griffins Down 2-0 After Losing to Chicago in OT appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now. GRAND RAPIDS — Griffins goalie Michal Postava played 32 games in the AHL before he gave up four goals in […] The post Griffins Down 2-0 After Losing to Chicago in OT appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now.
The post Griffins Down 2-0 After Losing to Chicago in OT appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now . GRAND RAPIDS — Griffins goalie Michal Postava played 32 games in the AHL before he gave up four goals in a game for the first time. The timing of event couldn’t have been worse for the Griffins.
Felix Ungar Sorum took advantage of a defensive puck bobble to fire a shot past Postava at 5:14 of overtime to give the Chicago Wolves a 4-3 win against the Griffins. Down 0-2 in the best-of-five series, the Griffins face elimination with two games now in Chicago this week. The Wolves erased a 3-1 deficit just to push the game into overtime.
Chicago defenseman Cal Foote scored with 6:04 left in regulation to tie the score. On the winning goal, Axel Sandin-Pellikka made a D to D pass to William Lagesson who lost the puck in his skates. Sorum took advantage.
The Griffins came into the game looking for more offense and found it thanks to Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Sandin-Pellikka. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, who won a Swedish Hockey League title together in Skelleftea in 2023-24, combined for a goal and four assists to help the Griffins build the 3-1 lead. Brandsegg-Nygard’s goal and two assists came after Grand Rapids coach Dan Watson moved him to the top line and shifted Dominik Shine to his previous spot with Amadeus Lombardi and Carter Mazur.