Dries scored two goals, scored six total points and posted a plus-8 rating in three games last week as the Griffins continued the best start to a season of any team in the AHL’s 90-year history.
On Wednesday night, Dries recorded two assists as visiting Grand Rapids erased a two-goal deficit and defeated Iowa 5-2. In Friday’s rematch against the Wild, Dries scored a goal and an assist in a 6-2 Griffins victory. And on Sunday, Dries recorded his third straight two-point game, scoring one goal and setting up another as Grand Rapids shutout Cleveland 5-0.
Dries scored nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in 22 games for Grand Rapids this season, riding a 14-game winning streak and an overall record of 25-1-0-1 heading into the Christmas holidays.
Dries, a native of Macomb, Michigan, and former Western Michigan University captain, is in his second season with the Detroit Red Wings organization and his ninth professional season overall, having totaled 147 goals and 119 assists for 266 points in 361 career AHL games with Grand Rapids, Abbotsford, Colorado and Texas. He also has 16 goals and 10 assists in 122 games in the National Hockey League with Colorado and Vancouver.
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