Things did not start the way newly named head coach Ben Simon would have liked. The Grand Rapids Griffins opened the season with a two-game road trip in the state of Texas. They would return to Grand Rapids with their tail between their legs. The Texas Stars beat the Griffins 3-1. The Detroit Red Wings prospects would again remain cold as they traveled to compete with the San Antonio Rampage the following night and would eventually get skunked 4-0.
The Griffins’ big guns were much too quiet during the road trip, but things would change last night as they would return home.