Jamie Tardif News

The AHL's schedule-makers seem to enjoy having teams' AHL affiliates play on the same nights that their parent clubs clash.

The Grand Rapids Griffins' website posted its weekly press release regarding all things Griffin-related, and it reports the following as the Griffins prepare for a nasty slate of four games in five nights: December 7, Griffinshockey.com : The Griffins tie for the AHL low with just 23 games played thus far, putting them in fifth place in the North ...

The Grand Rapids Griffins have struggled of late, dropping two of their past three decisions and four of their last five, and the bump in the Griffins' relatively smooth season road continued during a 2-1 loss to the Rockford IceHogs on Friday--with the Griffins getting shafted on a game-tying goal--as the Griffins' website's recap notes: December ...

Red Wings forward Jason Williams left the Detroit Red Wings' miserable effort against the Toronto Maple Leafs after his right leg buckled under him while battling for the puck on the forecheck.

Saturday 07 Nov 2009 Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 02:33AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-GRAND RAPIDS , Mich.

Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman has an incredibly busy seven-day period in front of him, starting with a conference call this afternoon and concluding with his Hockey Hall of Fame induction next Monday , and the Globe and Mail's Duhatschek reports that Yzerman has a very busy Wednesday on tap, too: November 2, Globe and Mail : Tomorrow, on the day the ...

In assessing the Detroit Red Wings' organizational depth from a prospects-first perspective, Hockey's Future's Brendan Peleshok took a slightly different tack in examining the prospect pool on a position-by-position basis.

Grand Rapids Griffins coach Curt Fraser chose one-time Calgary Flames prospect Jamie Tardif as his team's captain before the start of the AHL season, and Tardif spoke to the Welland Tribune's John Vessoyan about the fact that he embraces the challenge of wearing a letter on his sweater... November 3, Welland Tribune : "I have that trait in me, that ...

Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman chose to mark the Red Wings' only pre-Olympic trip to Vancouver by spending the weekend working for Team Canada...in Philadelphia.

The Globe and Mail's Eric Duthatschek tends to have the market cornered regarding leaps in logic that end up making quite a bit of sense, and his suggestion regarding the pressure Red Wings coach Mike Babcock faces as Team Canada's 2010 Olympic hockey coach will do battle against the Olympic host-city's Canucks is nothing short of supremely astute: ...

The Grand Rapids Griffins finished a three-games-in-three-nights weekend against a worked-up opponent, the Abbotsford Heat, who they defeated via a 5-3 tally on Friday, and the Chicago Wolves dropped 7-1 on Saturday.

Griffins player Jamie Tardif offers his support for Mackenzie's by volunteering.

Jonathan Cheechoo is not going to score 50 goals. There, I said it. Reports out of Ottawa have Cheechoo, a former Rocket Richard Trophy winner, playing alongside No.