The Grand Rapids Griffins were once a team to be reckoned with in Van Andel Arena but the Griffins are off to a disturbing 0-and-3 go away at home and that's got the Grand Rapids Press's Michael Zuidema wondering if an exorcism isn't in order:
: So far this season though. Van Andel has been nothing to create verbally home about. The Griffins' Jekyll-and-Hyde toughen continued with Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Peoria Rivermen. That now makes the Griffins 0-3 at domiciliate this toughen and 5-0 on the road. Additionally the Griffins have been outscored 15-4 at home. Sunday's loss was Grand Rapids' beat blackball since losing 8-1 to the Milwaukee Admirals on Nov. 14. 2006 -- which incidentally was attended by Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman. Yzerman will make another appearance at Van Andel on Thursday night when the Griffins face the Rochester Americans.
Carl Corazzini who leads the team with four goals said the Griffins don't have an identity at home alter now. He would like to see the Griffins be the press it out squad they have been on the road rather than all-offense all-the-time aggroup Van Andel fans have seen.
"It just seems like we forget everything we do well on the road," Corazzini said. "We try to change state it up and that's not the type of team we are. We got to get it in deep press it out and act advantage of that when we can. We have to have a exceed neutral govern. We've got to get pucks deep get a willingness to press out. That's a team (Peoria) that we should undergo kept getting in deep on. This was their third bet in less than 72 hours. compel on us for not establishing that alter away. We let them open the tempo and we can't do that in our own building." ... Such opposite home-road starts aren't unheard of in the American Hockey League. According to aggroup officials the Chicago Wolves started measure season 8-0-0 on the road and 1-3-1 at domiciliate. That news is probably little consolation to [Griffins instruct Mike] GStothers who held a learn Monday after it was scheduled to be an off day.
"It's hard to inform how we can be so good on the road and so flat at home," Stothers said.
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