General manager Steve Yzerman undoubtedly longs for the day when his top prospects are digging deep to help their Detroit Red Wings claw their way back
GRAND RAPIDS — Being a coach in the American Hockey League means understanding that it’s difficult to teach consistency. All you can do is point players in the right direction.
The Grand Rapids Griffins have 10 Detroit Red Wings draft picks playing quality hockey. But none have been as productive Nashville Predators first round pick Zach L’Heureux has been for the Milwaukee Admirals.
There wasn’t much good to be mined from the Grand Rapids Griffins first home game of the AHL Calder Cup playoffs. The stink was spraying all over the vast majority of Griffins players.
Famed writer and director Orson Welles once made a wine commercial famous by proclaiming the company would never sell a wine “before its time.” Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has a similar approach when it comes to Red Wings draft picks.
The Grand Rapids Griffins play on the road (8 p.m. ET) against the Rockford IceHogs tonight needing just one point to clinch a first-round playoff bye and a berth in the Central Division semifinals.
When all is said and done, we may look back on the 2023-24 season as the season Sebastian Cossa made a believer out of everyone. Cossa’s story to this point in his career is well-documented.
Red Wings prospect goalie Sebastian Cossa added another highlight to his first American Hockey League season when he led the Grand Rapids Griffins to a 4-3 win against the Rockford IceHogs Saturday night.
What Detroit Red Wings fans want to know most about Sebastian Cossa is his ETA for the NHL. There’s still no timetable for Cossa’s ascension to the show, but Cossa is doing all that he can to expedite his rise.
The Detroit Red Wings AHL affiliate is on fire having not lost a game in regulation since January 12th with another win last night 1-0 over the Texas Stars the Dallas Stars AHL affiliate and goalie Sebastian Cossa picked up his first shutout of the season.
Much has changed since the last time we opened up the notebook. Though first place in the American Hockey League’s Central Division is well out of reach at the moment, the Grand Rapids Griffins find themselves in a battle with the Texas Stars for second place in the division.
It was a Detroit Red Wings goalie prospect of the past facing the Red Wings goalie prospect of the future on Friday as the Toronto Marlies played the Grand Rapids Griffins.
It’s only a 186-mile drive from Toledo, Ohio to Grand Rapids. But it takes time to get there if you are a Detroit Red Wings prospect. Sebastian Cossa wasn’t ready to make the trip last season.
In the latest episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, Detroit Red Wings writers Devin Little and Matthew Zator came together to share their final thoughts and takeaways from the preseason.
Sebastian Cossa is a polarizing figure in the Detroit Red Wings’ prospect pool. Most rebuilding teams need to find a top goaltending prospect who turns into a great NHL goalie, and Cossa was the team’s first attempt at filling that role during the Steve Yzerman era.
With one of the best crops of young prospects in the NHL, the return to glory isn’t far away for the Detroit Red Wings.
Here’s a look at 10 of the best goaltending prospects in the game today.
As you may have heard by now, Sebastian Cossa is having quite the season. It’s his first year playing professional-level hockey and he’s given us a number of things to be excited about.
Hockey season is underway and Sebastian Cossa is ready for his first season down in the United States. Transitioning from playing juniors in the Western Hockey League (WHL) to professional leagues such as the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL is a big jump to make.
The team selected Sebastian Cossa 15th overall at the 2021 draft, and he is among the top goalie prospects in hockey.
Championship teams have to be able to win games in many different ways. In the first and second rounds of the 2022 Western Hockey League playoffs, Sebastian Cossa and the Edmonton Oil Kings were defeating their opponents by completely smothering their offensive output.
There’s a brick wall between the home goalposts at Rogers Place — and his name is Sebastian Cossa. Cossa and the Oil Kings have made it to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs and, to this point, have only allowed one goal in four games at home.
Edmonton Oil Kings goaltender Sebastian Cossa has been named the Western Hockey League’s top goaltender for the month of April, the league announced on Tuesday.
The Edmonton Oil Kings have been a dominant force in the Western Hockey League for three seasons now. Unfortunately for them, with the landscape of the
While the Red Wings were clearly happy to get their man in Cossa and have now committed to him with an entry-level deal, expect the impressive prospect to return to junior next season.
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