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Ritola, Helm returned to Griffins

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Matt Saler
on March 17, 2008
in Aaron Downey, Darren Helm, Darren McCarty, Injuries, Kris Draper and Mattias Ritola
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Update (3:15 PM): I was wrong about Holmstrom.

Bruce MacLeod reports that Kris Draper is a “maybe” for Wednesday, while neither Tomas Holmstrom nor Darren McCarty are expected to be ready. Downey, however, is able to return.

If Draper (or Holmstrom or McCarty) is not able to make it back, the team will recall Mattias Ritola or Darren Helm. - Matt

According to Griffinshockey.com, the Wings have returned Mattias Ritola and Darren Helm to Grand Rapids. As pointed out by George Malik, that should mean two of Aaron Downey (flu), Tomas Holmstrom (abdominal/groin), Kris Draper (groin tear), and Darren McCarty (ribs) will be back Wednesday night.

My guess? Downey, who should be over his flu, and Holmstrom, whose injury seemed less severe than Draper’s. That would make the forward corps look like this:

Filppula-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Franzen-Zetterberg-Samuelsson
Maltby-Kopecky-Drake
Hartigan-Hudler-Downey

Of course, that’s just speculation. It’s also possible that McCarty could make his return debut at the expense of Downey, though I’d be surprised if Draper plays.

Downey sick, Ritola called up.

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Sarah Baker
on March 15, 2008
in 2007-2008, Aaron Downey and Mattias Ritola
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Update (9:46pm):  Apparently some NHL rule prevented the Wings from sending Ritola straight back to Grand Rapids today. (I bet he was relieved…) He may get another chance to play for the Wings in Columbus tomorrow. Jimmy Howard also remains with the Wings, but will be sent down following tomorrow’s game. That means we should see Hasek in net on Wednesday. (via the GR Press) -Sarah

Mattias Ritola got a surprise call-up from the Wings today due to the flu bug. (via The Hockeytown Blog) Apparently Aaron Downey is too sick to play, so Ritola will need to fill in. Could be a long day for Ritola, as Grand Rapids is still expecting him to make it back for their 7pm faceoff tonight. Wish the guy luck, and happy birthday (He turned 21 yesterday.) Look for him to wear #42, as Hudler’s got the #26 he typically wears in GR.

Grigorenko in the wild

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Matt Saler
on September 10, 2007
in Igor Grigorenko, Jonathan Ericsson, Links, Mattias Ritola and Video
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NHL.com has some video (opens Hightlight Machine) of Igor Grigorenko from the first prospects game (versus Atlanta). Nothing terribly exciting, as it consists mostly of Igor skating and gliding around, rarely lower in the zone than the circles. From the admittedly scant evidence provided by the video, it seemed to me that his linemates were doing most of the work. Granted, it was his first game, but I hope he starts moving his feet more than that and mucks it up along the boards a little more in the future.  For more video options, including film of Jonathan Ericsson and Matthias Ritola, click here. (via Snapshots)