Coming off yesterday's tough loss to Chicago, Texas rolls into Grand Rapids to face the hottest team in the AHL. The Griffins lost their head coach to the NHL club over the summer and found one of the best possible replacements: Todd Nelson. Nelson and his OKC Barons played a million games against the Texas Stars over the past five years as basically the only head coach the team ever knew. Nelson went to Edmonton at the end of the last year, but then wasn't made the head coach after the season was over. He left for Grand Rapids, where he had coached once before as an assistant, and it looked like everything was going to be amazing for the Griffs.