GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins rang out 2018 in the same way they concluded the vast majority of their games this year: with a victory.
Joe Hicketts’ slap shot with 4:44 remaining on Monday gave the home squad a 2-1 win over the Rockford IceHogs in their 22nd annual New Year’s Eve game at Van Andel Arena. Harri Sateri was brilliant between the pipes with 31 saves, as the Griffins closed out the calendar year with a regular season mark of 47-21-4-5 (0.