Prospect Info: Grand Rapids Griffins Discussion

[GoBoltz56]

GRIFFINS SIGN DYLAN ST. CYR TO ATO (again)​

March 31, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed goaltender Dylan St. Cyr to an amateur tryout.
St. Cyr joined the Griffins last Friday but did not see any game time over two games and was released from his first ATO on Tuesday. St. Cyr played his final collegiate season with the Michigan State Spartans in 2022-23, totaling a 17-18-2 record, a 2.77 goals against average and a 0.915 save percentage. In 2021-22, the 23-year-old notched a NCAA-best 1.16 GAA in 13 games at Quinnipiac University to go along with a 0.936 save percentage and a 10-2-1 ledger. St. Cyr, a Las Vegas native, also spent four seasons at the University of Notre Dame and showed a combined 16-12-2 mark. He won back-to-back Big Ten tournament titles at Notre Dame from 2017-19. In 2017, the 5-foot-8 netminder was named to the World Junior Championship All-Star Team when he went 7-0 and paced the tournament with a 1.96 GAA for Team USA, en route to collecting a gold medal. St. Cyr’s mother is Manon Rheaume, who competed in two ECHL seasons and two IHL campaigns from 1992-95. She also won a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics for Team Canada in Nagano, Japan, amassing a 2-1 mark and a tournament-best 1.15 GAA.

Oooookie dokie.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Oooookie dokie.

Finally made it into the arena!

 

[HoweFan]

Still no Wallinder or Kasper?

 

[Pavels Dog]

Still no Wallinder or Kasper?

Kasper is with Detroit.

 

[Hen Kolland]

GRIFFINS SIGN DYLAN ST. CYR TO ATO (again)​

March 31, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed goaltender Dylan St. Cyr to an amateur tryout.
St. Cyr joined the Griffins last Friday but did not see any game time over two games and was released from his first ATO on Tuesday. St. Cyr played his final collegiate season with the Michigan State Spartans in 2022-23, totaling a 17-18-2 record, a 2.77 goals against average and a 0.915 save percentage. In 2021-22, the 23-year-old notched a NCAA-best 1.16 GAA in 13 games at Quinnipiac University to go along with a 0.936 save percentage and a 10-2-1 ledger. St. Cyr, a Las Vegas native, also spent four seasons at the University of Notre Dame and showed a combined 16-12-2 mark. He won back-to-back Big Ten tournament titles at Notre Dame from 2017-19. In 2017, the 5-foot-8 netminder was named to the World Junior Championship All-Star Team when he went 7-0 and paced the tournament with a 1.96 GAA for Team USA, en route to collecting a gold medal. St. Cyr’s mother is Manon Rheaume, who competed in two ECHL seasons and two IHL campaigns from 1992-95. She also won a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics for Team Canada in Nagano, Japan, amassing a 2-1 mark and a tournament-best 1.15 GAA.

And he was released the same night

 

[lakai17]

Soderblom or Al Johansson not getting the call? Neither the Wings or the Griffins making the playoffs. Why not.

 

[GoBoltz56]

Soderblom or Al Johansson not getting the call? Neither the Wings or the Griffins making the playoffs. Why not.

They're both injured

 

[lakai17]

They're both injured

That makes more sense. I looked up lineups of last week believing both are healthy. Thanks for the update.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

 

[NickH8]

Next Sid Abel confirmed

 

[HoweFan]

Great game for Mazur tonight. No Wallinder though. Please tell me he didn’t get hurt too

 

[RED WINGS STOMP]

Nice night for Mazur tonight.

Any word on Wallinder? Didn't play tonight.

 

[Filppula]

McIsaac with 9 points in 14 games.

 

[izlez]

We need a new prospect ranking poll so I can gauge how badly y'all are still sleeping on Mazur

 

[lilidk]

We need a new prospect ranking poll so I can gauge how badly y'all are still sleeping on Mazur

We're going to have big draft, after vdraft

 

[Fil Larkmanthanasiou]

 

[Fil Larkmanthanasiou]

Mazur scored 2 goals (including an empty netter) and an assist yesterday for the Griffs earning the first star of the game

 

[GrGriffins]

Mazur scores pp goal tonight, but the Griffins are officially out of the playoffs as the Moose got even with the Griffins with a 3-1 win.

 

[GrGriffins]

It is official:​

JEREMIE BIAKABUTUKA SIGNS ATO WITH GRIFFINS​

April 8, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins have signed defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka (bee-OCK-ah-buh-TOO-kuh) to an amateur tryout.
Biakabutuka joins the Griffins after posting a career-high 42 points (17-25—42) in 56 regular-season games with the Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). A year ago, the 21-year-old reached the QMJHL finals with Charlottetown and accumulated four assists in 15 playoff appearances. The 6-foot-4 defenseman suited up for 266 contests in the QMJHL from 2018-23, totaling 40 goals, 78 assists and 199 penalty minutes. Biakabutuka, a Longueuil, Quebec native, was invited to the 2022 Detroit Red Wings training camp in Traverse City, Mich., skating in one NHL preseason game on Sept. 28, 2022 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Biakabutuka’s uncle is Tshimanga Biakabutuka, who played football at the University of Michigan from 1993-95 before being drafted with the eighth overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 1996 NFL Draft.

 

[HoweFan]

It is official:​

JEREMIE BIAKABUTUKA SIGNS ATO WITH GRIFFINS​

April 8, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins have signed defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka (bee-OCK-ah-buh-TOO-kuh) to an amateur tryout.
Biakabutuka joins the Griffins after posting a career-high 42 points (17-25—42) in 56 regular-season games with the Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). A year ago, the 21-year-old reached the QMJHL finals with Charlottetown and accumulated four assists in 15 playoff appearances. The 6-foot-4 defenseman suited up for 266 contests in the QMJHL from 2018-23, totaling 40 goals, 78 assists and 199 penalty minutes. Biakabutuka, a Longueuil, Quebec native, was invited to the 2022 Detroit Red Wings training camp in Traverse City, Mich., skating in one NHL preseason game on Sept. 28, 2022 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Biakabutuka’s uncle is Tshimanga Biakabutuka, who played football at the University of Michigan from 1993-95 before being drafted with the eighth overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 1996 NFL Draft.

I’m kind of looking forward to having him next year. I love big dmen

 

[wingerdinger]

Really like this pick up, big strong good skater. if Jeremie learns to keep it simple think we got a really solid bottom pairing type on our hand.

 

[Fil Larkmanthanasiou]

It is official:​

JEREMIE BIAKABUTUKA SIGNS ATO WITH GRIFFINS​

April 8, 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins have signed defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka (bee-OCK-ah-buh-TOO-kuh) to an amateur tryout.
Biakabutuka joins the Griffins after posting a career-high 42 points (17-25—42) in 56 regular-season games with the Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). A year ago, the 21-year-old reached the QMJHL finals with Charlottetown and accumulated four assists in 15 playoff appearances. The 6-foot-4 defenseman suited up for 266 contests in the QMJHL from 2018-23, totaling 40 goals, 78 assists and 199 penalty minutes. Biakabutuka, a Longueuil, Quebec native, was invited to the 2022 Detroit Red Wings training camp in Traverse City, Mich., skating in one NHL preseason game on Sept. 28, 2022 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Biakabutuka’s uncle is Tshimanga Biakabutuka, who played football at the University of Michigan from 1993-95 before being drafted with the eighth overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Do you (or anybody else reading this) know why Wallinder hasn't played in the last 2 games?

 

[David D]

I'd like to know why myself?

 

[lilidk]

I'd like to know why myself?

My guess is small ice is too small

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

My guess is small ice is too small

I KNEW that had to be a problem. He must have said screw this and went back to Sweden...