Dick Axelsson News

Grand Rapids Griffins Alumni Report 12/11 By Jason Kasiorek www.griffinscentral.com December 29, 2011 As 2011 draws to a close there are 132 former Griffins still plying their trade on rinks from North America to Belrus and even Asia.

Ilari Filppula's first season in North America was a success, as the skilled Finnish forward led the Grand Rapids Griffins in scoring and played in the AHL All-Star game.

As I'm a little overworked at present, I'm going to post three European Red Wings-related stories via short summaries as opposed to full translations: Daniel Larsson spoke to Jnytt.se's Daniel Hultqvist recently , and he discussed his status as the successor to HV71's dominant goaltender Stefan Liv .

NHL.com's Bill Metlzer penned a preview of the Swedish Eliteserien's 12 teams today, and of the Wings' four prospects playing in Sweden--HV71's Daniel Larsson and Adam Almqvist, Farjestads BK's Hat Trick Dick Axelsson and Brynas IF's Calle Jarnkrok--only two are mentioned: September 8, NHL.com: HV 71 Jonkoping : Winners of the 2009-10 Swedish ...