The Crunch kept it dirty, knocking a Griffin down in the corner and scoring the first goal of the game. It was the same snarf who was tossed to end game two in Syracuse that got the goal.
The Griffins were rightfully upset and behind a riled up crowd scored two of their own in the second period to take the lead 2-1. Syracuse tied it 2-2 before the period closed.
The game stayed knotted at two for a while. The Grand Rapids crowd erupted when their team scored at the 4:49 mark. An insurance goal by the captain Jeff Hoggan with 2:28 left put us in the lead for good 4-2. The Crunch goalie freaked out and started punching Hoggan, removing his helmet before the captain emerged victorious!
Credit our goalie, too, who staved off several furies by the desperate Crunch.
I haven’t seen Van Andel Arena packed like that since the 2001 Arena Bowl! Attendance at Van Andel Arena was 10,102 (ahl.com).
STAND UP GRAND RAPIDS!
Van Andel Arena
(I feel like the Calder Cup belongs in the city with the Calder, don’t you?)
…………….It’s good to see the city get excited because that’s how we get more events…….stop gouging everybody for parking and maybe we’ll stay longer………….the crowd let the officials know that they were not taking any monkey business when a blind eye was turned early in the first…… a better game was called soon after that………….that’s what the home crowd does folks……….we see the problem and help them make the adjustment!
Fuck yeah!