# 2014–15 Grand Rapids Griffins season

The 2014–15 Grand Rapids Griffins season was the franchise's 14th season in the American Hockey League.

## Regular season

The Griffins set a franchise record 19-game point streak, beginning on February 4, and ending on March 21. The streak was the longest in the AHL since the Norfolk Admirals concluded the 2011–12 season with 28 consecutive wins.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

| # | Midwest Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins (DRW) | 76 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 249 | 185 |
| 2 | Rockford IceHogs (CHI) | 76 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 99 | 222 | 180 |
| 3 | Chicago Wolves (SLB) | 76 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 210 | 198 |
| 4 | Lake Erie (COL) | 76 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 82 | 211 | 240 |
| 5 | Milwaukee Admirals (NAS) | 76 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 206 | 218 |
y– indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot  x– indicates team has clinched a playoff spot  e– indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention

### Conference standings

| # | Western Conference | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | y– Utica Comets (VAN) | NO | 76 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 103 | 219 | 182 |
| 2 | y– Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) | MW | 76 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 249 | 185 |
| 3 | y– San Antonio Rampage (FLA) | WT | 76 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 98 | 248 | 222 |
| 4 | x– Rockford IceHogs (CHI) | MW | 76 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 99 | 222 | 180 |
| 5 | x– Texas Stars (DAL) | WT | 76 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 94 | 242 | 216 |
| 6 | x– Oklahoma City Barons (EDM) | WT | 76 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 224 | 212 |
| 7 | x– Toronto Marlies (TOR) | NO | 76 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 87 | 207 | 203 |
| 8 | x– Chicago Wolves (STL) | MW | 76 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 210 | 198 |
| 9 | e– Lake Erie Monsters (COL) | MW | 76 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 82 | 211 | 240 |
| 10 | e– Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) | NO | 76 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 81 | 201 | 208 |
| 11 | e– Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) | MW | 76 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 206 | 218 |
| 12 | e– Adirondack Flames (CGY) | NO | 76 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 78 | 233 | 240 |
| 13 | e– Charlotte Checkers (CAR) | WT | 76 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 172 | 231 |
| 14 | e– Rochester Americans (BUF) | NO | 76 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 209 | 251 |
| 15 | e– Iowa Wild (MIN) | WT | 76 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 172 | 245 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

2014–15 Pre-Season Game Log: 0–2–0–0 :

### Regular season

2014–15 Regular season Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2015 Calder Cup Playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Andy Miele | 71 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 10 | 42 |
| Teemu Pulkkinen$^‡$ | 46 | 34 | 27 | 61 | 1 | 30 |
| Landon Ferraro$^‡$ | 70 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 14 | 61 |
| Kevin Porter | 76 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −11 | 25 |
| Mitch Callahan | 48 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 24 |
| Nathan Paetsch | 75 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 24 | 42 |
| Mark Zengerle | 72 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 17 | 8 |
| Tomas Nosek | 55 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 22 |
| Anthony Mantha$^*$ | 62 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 64 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 55 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 25 |
| Jeff Hoggan | 76 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 39 |
| Marek Tvrdon | 51 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 16 |
| Nick Jensen | 75 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 15 |
| Ryan Sproul | 66 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 26 |
| Alexey Marchenko$^‡$ | 51 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 26 |
| Louis-Marc Aubry | 66 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 52 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 52 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| Martin Frk | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| Scott Czarnowczan | 29 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| Brian Lashoff | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
| Colin Campbell | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| Chris Bruton | 51 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 124 |
| Brennan Evans | 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 71 |
| Mattias Backman$^‡$ | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 6 |
| Stephen Weiss$^‡$ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alden Hirschfeld | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Jakub Kindl$^‡$ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tyler Barnes$^‡$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Chouinard$^‡$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Jared Nightingale$^‡$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Bonis$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Berschbach$^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Zach Nastasiuk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Teemu Pulkkinen | 16 | 14 | 4 | 18 | −6 | 22 |
| Andy Miele | 16 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
| Mark Zengerle | 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Jeff Hoggan | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −13 | 26 |
| Tomas Nosek | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −10 | 4 |
| Marek Tvrdon | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Dylan Larkin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Anthony Mantha | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Kevin Porter | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 14 |
| Alexey Marchenko | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Nathan Paetsch | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Louis-Marc Aubry | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Nick Jensen | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 4 |
| Brian Lashoff | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 8 |
| Martin Frk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Brennan Evans | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Alden Hirschfeld | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Campbell | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Nastasiuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Sproul | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SV | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Pat Nagle | 2 | 77:13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.78 | 34 | 35 | .971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Gustavsson | 2 | 119:04 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.02 | 59 | 63 | .937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Mrazek | 13 | 756:32 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 2.06 | 331 | 357 | .927 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jared Coreau | 25 | 1474:39 | 16 | 8 | 54 | 2.20 | 685 | 739 | .927 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom McCollum | 37 | 2171:02 | 19 | 11 | 87 | 2.40 | 949 | 1036 | .916 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 4639:15 | 46 | 22 | 183 | 2.37 | 2058 | 2241 | .918 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SV | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Tom McCollum | 15 | 894:52 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 2.55 | 413 | 451 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Coreau | 1 | 58:02 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.10 | 21 | 24 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 965:18 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 2.86 | 434 | 480 | .904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only. $^‡$Left the team mid-season $^*$Rookie

## Final roster

Updated May 29, 2015
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
| 23 | Andreas Athanasiou | LW | L | 20 | 2012 | Woodbridge, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 22 | Louis-Marc Aubry | C | L | 23 | 2010 | Arthabaska, Quebec | Red Wings |
| 39 | Tyler Bertuzzi | LW | L | 20 | 2014 | Sudbury, Ontario | Griffins |
| 20 | Kyle Bonis | LW | L | 26 | 2014 | Lindsay, Ontario | Griffins |
| 55 | Chris Bruton | LW | R | 28 | 2014 | Calgary, Alberta | Red Wings |
| 15 | Mitch Callahan | RW | R | 23 | 2011 | Whittier, California | Red Wings |
| 17 | Colin Campbell | F | R | 24 | 2013 | Pickering, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 31 | Jared Coreau | G | L | 24 | 2013 | Perth, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 2 | Scott Czarnowczan | D | L | 24 | 2014 | Macomb, Michigan | Griffins |
| 44 | Brennan Evans (A) | D | L | 33 | 2012 | North Battleford, Saskatchewan | Griffins |
| 27 | Martin Frk | RW | R | 21 | 2012 | Pelhřimov, Czech Republic | Red Wings |
| 5 | Joe Hicketts | D | L | 19 | 2014 | Kamloops, British Columbia | Griffins |
| 32 | Alden Hirschfeld | F | R | 27 | 2014 | Dallas, Texas | Griffins |
| 10 | Jeff Hoggan (C) | LW | L | 37 | 2011 | Hope, British Columbia | Griffins |
| 14 | Nick Jensen | D | R | 24 | 2009 | Rogers, Minnesota | Red Wings |
| 25 | Dylan Larkin | C | L | 18 | 2014 | Waterford, Michigan | Red Wings |
| 18 | Brian Lashoff (A) | D | L | 24 | 2010 | Albany, New York | Red Wings |
| 35 | Jeff Lerg | G | L | 29 | 2014 | Livonia, Michigan | Griffins |
| 8 | Anthony Mantha | RW | L | 20 | 2013 | Longueuil, Quebec | Red Wings |
| 3 | Alexey Marchenko | D | R | 23 | 2011 | Moscow, Russia | Red Wings |
| 30 | Tom McCollum | G | L | 25 | 2009 | Cambria, New York | Red Wings |
| 21 | Andy Miele | C | L | 27 | 2014 | Detroit, Michigan | Red Wings |
| 37 | Zach Nastasiuk | RW | R | 20 | 2013 | Barrie, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 19 | Tomas Nosek | F | L | 22 | 2014 | Pardubice, Czechoslovakia | Red Wings |
| 16 | Xavier Ouellet | D | L | 21 | 2011 | Bayonne, France | Red Wings |
| 4 | Nathan Paetsch (A) | D | L | 32 | 2012 | Humboldt, Saskatchewan | Griffins |
| 1 | Jake Paterson | G | L | 21 | 2013 | Mississauga, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 12 | Kevin Porter | C | L | 29 | 2014 | Detroit, Michigan | Red Wings |
| 6 | Teemu Pulkkinen | RW | R | 23 | 2013 | Vantaa, Finland | Red Wings |
| 7 | Ryan Sproul | D | R | 22 | 2011 | Mississauga, Ontario | Red Wings |
| 13 | Marek Tvrdon | LW | L | 22 | 2011 | Nitra, Slovakia | Red Wings |
| 9 | Mark Zengerle | C | R | 26 | 2014 | Rochester, New York | Griffins |